Kurt Holobaugh, UFC 292 media day Credit score: Jake Noecker/Cageside Press
Over the previous few years, the UFC has taken loads of guff about holding occasions within the UFC Apex. Followers lengthy for extra ticket availability to dwell UFC occasions, and the fighters recurrently take about the best way they feed off of a dwell crowd. Whereas he does just like the roar of a giant crowd, don’t anticipate to listen to Kurt Holobaugh complain in regards to the Apex. Not solely does he have optimistic reminiscences of a spot he’s fought at many instances earlier than, however he additionally loves different points of it.
“You know, I don’t hate it at all, to be honest with you,” Holobaugh defined. “The cool thing about the Apex for me is they give the tickets for the family now, and I can have all of my kids and family set in front row, so I mean, that’s a good thing for me.”
That’s closeness is one thing that he’s missed in a few of his different fights. Nevertheless, it’s extra than simply attending to see their smiling faces within the entrance row, a few of them additionally present assist in his fights.
“In Boston, my kids were two levels up, watching me win the Ultimate Fighter at a long distance. Here, they’re basically cornering me,” he mentioned. “You watch my last fight with Kaynan Kruschewsky, and you hear my four-year-old at the time, hollering instructions. So to me, I think that’s really cool.”
When you received’t catch him complaining in regards to the location of his fights, Holobaugh does have his sights on a rumored uncoming card. With Dustin Poirier’s retirement combat being deliberate for ‘The Big Easy’, Holobaugh has made his intentions identified for that one.
“I’ve already kind of had some conversations with the UFC and my management, and nothing is locked down and official yet, but we did talk to the UFC,” Holobaugh shared. “We did say, ‘hey, when that when this happens, we’re on the card, like we have to’. I’m literally an hour away from New Orleans. So that to me, that’s just going to be a really fun time. I feel like that’s a mission accomplished.”
Within the meantime, he’ll look to perform his mission within the Apex this weekend. He’ll combat Alexander Hernandez as a part of the principle card of UFC Vegas 104. The principle card will begin at 7pm EST on ESPN+.
You’ll be able to hear the whole audio of this interview at 2:20.
