When it comes to his 2019, and for most of his career overall, bantamweight Ode Osbourne doesn’t have a whole bunch of complaints.
Coming off a win over Kelly Offield at HD MMA 15 in January, Osbourne earned his way into the UFC with a first round submission of Armando Villarreal at Dana White’s Contender Series in July.
“With the win over Kelly I got that fight on two weeks’ notice, and I think that’s the fight that paved the way to the Contender Series fight,” Osbourne told MMAWeekly.com.
“For me, that (Contender Series) fight was like another day in the office. I try not to let the pressure get to me. When I fight I try to make it as fun for me and the least pressure as possible.”
While he can be his own worst critic, Osbourne feels like he did as about as well as he could in his two wins 2019.
“I can be pretty critical on some of the mistakes I make, but for the most part I’m pretty satisfied coming off a win,” said Osbourne. “In the win versus Kelly there wasn’t too much I could be critical about; I ended the fight in the first round.
“With Armando, the fight played out exactly how I thought it would, and I just went in and did what I had to do. I would say the majority of my fights have ended in the first round or early in the second, so I don’t have much to be critical about.”
On Saturday in Las Vegas, Nevada, Osbourne (8-2) will make his proper promotional debut when he faces Brian Kelleher (19-10) in a preliminary 135-pound bout at UFC 246.
This article first appeared at News – MMAWeekly.com
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