Dan Ige put together a six-fight winning streak, beginning with a TKO of Mike Santiago at UFC 225 on June 19, 2018, and extending through May 16, 2020, when he defeated Edson Barboza.
He admitted it was tough going as long as he had without a win, and he wanted to put himself in a positive mindset. He had written “$50K” on his hand wraps as a way to motivate himself to gun for one of the UFC’s post-fight bonuses.“It’s been almost two years without a win and you know, I dedicate my entire life to this sport,” Ige said in the Octagon after the fight. “My identity’s lied in winning for a long time.
“I just want to be a good role model and you know, when you don’t get it, it sucks, but you’ve just got to keep getting up over and over and over again.” Ige was in most of the fights he lost and they were against some of the elite in the world, so it’s not like he was losing to tomato cans.Ige’s power was making a difference throughout the fight. He was mostly outboxing Jackson, but it was clear that when he landed flush, it was having an impact upon Jackson, who had reached out to Ige through a direct message to set up the fight.
Nothing had an impact like the final left hook, though. Jackson threw an uppercut at Ige who read it perfectly. He slid out of the way of the uppercut and fired back with the hook that landed on the jaw. That instantly ended both the fight and Ige’s losing streak.“It’s repetition,” Ige said. “I have great coaches ... I have an incredible team around me. With these guys, I rep it daily. I have ‘$50K,’ written on my hand wraps.
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