“It was unfortunate, but it was a learning experience,” Dober said. “Sometimes you forget about how you got there. With the knockout record and being ranked and all that stuff, I wasn’t doing certain things that got me there. I think I was feeling my own hype. I was listening to social media, and so we had to make the adjustment. What brought me to that position? We’re bringing back the old Drew and then, of course, sprinkling a little bit of the new daddy motivation.”
He faces Glenn this weekend inside the UFC APEX, and when I asked him why this was the right fight for him, considering his past opponents, the answer was simple.
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“I’m trying to stay active,” Dober said. “I don’t want to wait for better opportunities. I want to stay more active. We’re not getting any younger, plus I’ve got a baby now, so we need to start collecting checks. For me, I’m trying to get in the cage as often as possible, Ricky Glenn’s name popped up, and I always say yes.”
Glenn returned to the Octagon in June 2021 after being away for nearly three years. Since then, he has fought three times, with a finish of Joaquim Silva, a draw against Grant Dawson and, most recently, a first-round knockout loss to Christos Giagos in April of this year.
