“His knowledge, he has a lot of Octagon time in there. I must consider that. Sometimes maybe if somebody is not there physically as they get older in their career, one thing that they do is substitute that physicality with his mentality 100%,” Brahimaj said. “I got to be cautious of that and aware and really take him out of his rhythm and bring him to places he hasn’t been before.”
With 30 professional fights under his belt, surprisingly, there is actually one place that McGee hasn’t been – on the tapping end of a submission. That’s a stat that Brahimaj, who has won all nine of his professional fights by submission, has his eyes on.
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“[To be the first to submit McGee] would be a big feather in my cap,” Brahimaj said. “Getting the win over him on Saturday would be big and if you pair that with a submission finish, that would be a tremendous feather in my cap.”
It’s been incredible to see Brahimaj bounce back from adversity time and time again, and two and a half years later, the welterweight prospect is truly coming into his own.
“I’ve been manifesting this for a while,” Brahimaj said. “it’s amazing to see it all coming to fruition.”
