King
Green feels his opponent took the fight due to a perceived
advantage. | 📷: Getty/UFC
King
Green initially wasn’t keen on fighting Terrance
McKinney.
Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweights Green and McKinney
are set to collide at
UFC 329 on July 11 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The former
recently revealed that he was with the latter a week before the
booking came together and was surprised to find that “T.Wrecks”
accepted the fight.
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King Green details how Terrance McKinney fight came to
fruition
Green considers McKinney a “homie,” which is why he was surprised
at the matchup. Paying heed to Nate Diaz’s
advice, the 39-year-old didn’t want to fight someone he considers a
friend. However, despite Green conveying the same to McKinney, the
rising 155-pounder’s acceptance of the fight contract has seemingly
offended the UFC veteran.
“Terrance McKinney was supposed to be my homie. I was hanging out
with Terrance a week before we took the fight,” Green said on an
episode of UFC 329’s “Embedded” video series. “And Terrance, I’m
telling him like, ‘We’re homies…’ Nate Diaz broke it down to me —
you ain’t supposed to fight the homies. I’m like, ‘Bro, I thought
we was homies. What’s up? Why are you trying to fight me?’ He ended
up texting me like, ‘Hey, they still want me to take the
fight.’”
Green now believes McKinney sees this as a favorable matchup, which
is motivating him going into UFC 329. “I was like, ‘Let’s do it,
bro.’ Maybe you think this is an easy fight. Maybe you think I’m
some sucker or some bitch, we’re gonna fight. Let’s go fight then.
Let’s get it cracking,” Green added.
Green (35-17) is currently on a three-fight win streak with two
finishes. Meanwhile, McKinney (18-8) has finished all 8 of his UFC
wins in the first round and has never seen the judges’ scorecards
in his entire career.