UFC welterweight Brian ‘Bad Boy’ Ebersole (48-14-1, 1NC) debuted with the top promotion earlier this year, filling in for an injured Carlos Condit at UFC 127 last February. He’d wind up winning an exciting unanimous decision over Chris Lytle at the Australian event.
The longtime veteran, who holds 60-professional fights to his record, plans on living up to his nickname ‘Bad Boy’ this Saturday when he faces Canadian fighter Claude Patrick on the main card of UFC 140. He plans on playing the “heel” by beating up ‘The Prince’ in front of his home town crowd.
“After I’d accepted the fact that I was competing [against] Rory, I had my mind focused on the task. Yes, the change came as a disappointment — for one day. Then I had to realign my thoughts toward Claude Patrick and the new — though much the same — task at hand.”
That task is to walk into Toronto and put an end to Patrick’s 13-fight winning streak in his own backyard, a task that Ebersole is quite familiar with.
“I’ve done this many times, hence the nickname `Bad Boy’ I was given by an Australian promotion. I’m the guy that beats people up in front of their home crowd.”
Ebersole had been scheduled to face rising star Rory MacDonald at the event, but the ‘Waterboy’ pulled out due to injury last month and was replaced by Patrick, who steps up from the prelim card to fight the Australian based fighter.
UFC 140 takes place this Saturday, December 10th, at the Air Canada Center in Toronto, Ontario. The Ebersole vs. Patrick bout will take place on the pay-per-view card.
Check out the entire interview with Ebersole as he talks about his last win against Dennis Hallman and whether he plans on showcasing the “Hairrow” at this weekends Toronto event.