Credit:Getty/UFC
Credit: Getty/UFC
Some 13 months after having a two-bout winning streak snapped by
rising welterweight star Shavkat
Rakhmonov, Carlston
Harris is eager to return to the Octagon at UFC Fight Night 221
on Saturday.
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In order to adapt to the local climate, Harris and trainer Marcio
Cromado arrived in Las Vegas two weeks ahead of time of an expected
matchup against Abubakar
Nurmagomedov. Things changed during the week of the event,
however, as the promotion informed Harris that the Russian was out
and offered Jared
Gordon as a replacement opponent.
“I just signed the new contract to face this guy Jared. I
think UFC didn’t even release his name officially,” Harris
recently told Sherdog.com.
According to the Luta Livre fighter, Gordon was the seventh
prospective foe he had received since the beginning of his
camp.
“I can say this was a complete camp since I trained for all type of
fighters, southpaws, orthodox, tall, short, wrestlers,
strikers,” Harris said. “Thanks to that I’m bringing a complete
package. Basically the strategy will not change, what the
opponent gives me I´ll try to capitalize on. The fight
will start standing up, where I’ll try to knock him out, but if we
reach the ground I´ll go for a submission. What I can guarantee is
that I´m very well trained everywhere.”
Harris came away impressed by former foe Rakhmonov’s latest effort,
a submission of Geoff Neal at
UFC 285.
“This guy is for real and soon he will be proving that against the
very top of the division,” Harris said. “I hope one day we can have
a rematch, but this time fighting for the UFC belt.”