VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Tristan Connelly may have taken his UFC debut assignment on just five days’ notice, and he may have had to jump up a weight class to do it, but he said all the conditions were perfect for him to go out and produce the performance of his career against Michel Pereira at UFC on ESPN+ 16. For starters, he was fighting in his home town of Vancouver, where he enjoyed the raucous support of the packed crowd in the Rogers Arena stands. But, more interestingly, he felt Pereira (23-10 MMA, 1-1 UFC) was ideally suited for him to go out and spring a shock on his octagon debut. “He was the perfect opponent,” he told reporters, including MMA Junkie, backstage after his victory. “He’s super-exciting.
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Tristan Connelly talks through dream debut victory over ‘perfect opponent’ Pereira – MMA Junkie