UFC light-heavyweight Seth Petruzelli (12-5) steps into the octagon on Nov. 13 to face Czech fighter Karlos Vemola (7-1) on the preliminary card of UFC 122 in Germany.
Petruzelli wants to make a big splash at the event and would like to be remembered for more than being the “Kimbo Killer.”
“The Silverback” knocked-out Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson in the main event of the very last EliteXC: Heat event in just 14 seconds. Petruzelli stepped in for an injured Ken Shamrock as a relative unknown, dropping the “backyard brawler” and spelling an end to the EliteXC promotion.
“I just want people to recognize me not as “The Kimbo Killer” like everyone says,” he said. “I want people to know me as a great mixed martial artist. If something God forsaken happens and I get beat right away and I never fight again, I want people to know that I’ve been doing this for a long, long time, and it’s still my passion. I’ve been in martial arts since I was six and I want to be known as a great martial artist, someone who made it his career, did big things with it, and helped other people by teaching them and giving them advice…
“I’m definitely faster than the heavyweights and I think I’m still faster than the 205ers, so speed is definitely gonna be a killer. I think I can hit him two punches for every one haymaker he throws, so he’ll definitely have to worry about my speed and agility. A lot of the guys he’s fought prior to the UFC kinda just stood in front of him with this freight train coming and got mauled over, and I’m not gonna do that. I’m gonna be circling with my speed and my footwork and hopefully that’s gonna give him trouble.”
HT: UFC.com