To achieve his own dreams, he needs to get back in the win column against middleweight Cody Brundage, his first UFC opponent that isn’t from Season 29 of TUF.
“It feels great to not fight somebody from the TUF house,” Gore said. “It ain’t no mercy, man. I knock this dude’s mouthpiece out like I did my last opponent two, three times. He ain’t picking it up unless the ref stops me.”
In his second appearance inside the Octagon, Gore knows he must perform to the best of his ability and follow his new gameplan, rather than focusing on crowd noise.
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Versatility is a part of Gore’s skillset that’s been underutilized in his career. He has been training grappling for 10 years, and after preparing for 100 takedown attempts, Gore’s confident he can stop anything Brundage throws his way, while being patient when on the offensive, throwing strikes with more volume.
But when all the words and build-up to the fight settle, Gore’s the only person left to prove himself right.
‘I don’t want to talk no more,” Gore said. “I talked enough through TUF and the build-up with Bryan, and all these people, they think I’m just talking. They’re going to respect me; I’m going to make them respect me.”
