Alex Hernandez Predicts He’ll Finish Olivier Aubin-Mercier in Two Minutes at UFC on FOX 30

Looking back on his UFC debut in March against Beneil Dariush, Alex Hernandez feels the most stressful part of the bout wasn’t the fight itself, but getting things together in in the week leading up to it.

Stepping in as a late replacement for the injured Bobby Green, Hernandez admittedly had to scramble to ensure the bout against Dariush even took place.

“We got the news eight days out, and after that moment it was go-time,” Hernandez told MMAWeekly.com. “I was trying to get all the medical documentation the UFC needed, so I was running haywire for a few days. I was more stressed about that than the fight.

“Every time I got something done we either needed something corrected or additional work done, so the fear of losing the fight was always looming over my head.”

Hernandez was able to hold things together and ended up getting a knockout victory just 42 seconds into the bout.

“I knew there was no way (Darius) was getting out of the first round,” said Hernandez. “It was a perfect progression of confidence, strategizing and my team coming together. It was a great night and I was floating on cloud 3009 after that knockout.”

At UFC on Fox 30 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on Saturday, Hernandez (9-1) has his first fight out of the U.S. when he faces Olivier Aubin-Mercier (11-2) in a main card 155-pound bout.

This article first appeared at News – MMAWeekly.com