LAS VEGAS – Martin Buday beat Jake Collier with a unanimous decision Saturday to close out the preliminary card at UFC Fight Night 223 in Las Vegas.
Take a look inside the fight with Buday, who ran his winning streak to 11 fights.
Buday on the fight’s key moment
Martin Buday vs. Jake Collier
“Definitely I’m not happy with this performance. I was expecting a better (showing) from me, but I don’t know what happened. I must watch it after I get home and we will work on the mistakes I made. I’m not happy with the performance I showed today.”
Buday on improving his cardio
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – APRIL 29: (R-L) Martin Buday of Slovakia punches Jake Collier in a heavyweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event at UFC APEX on April 29, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
“The biggest surprise was I was getting tired in the first round. That surprised me. I thought I had better conditioning, so it surprised me and I (had to deal) with it in the second and third rounds.”
Buday on what he wants next
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – APRIL 29: (L-R) Jake Collier punches Martin Buday of Slovakia in a heavyweight fight during the UFC Fight Night event at UFC APEX on April 29, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
“My nose is broken again. I have to heal the nose, but I want to jump to the next fight camp as soon as possible. I want to be active. I want two more fights this year, so we will see how the nose will heal. I want to go back to fight as soon as possible. I’ve never broken my nose, so I’m not sure how long it will take for a nose to recover from that. If I’m healthy, I may call someone out. But at the moment when I’m injured, I will wait.”
To hear more from Buday, check out the video of the full post-fight interview above.
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