Carlos Condit has just one loss since the middle of 2006. He's a former WEC world champion. Condit has every reason in the world to be brimming with confidence, but now he's facing the virtually unbeatable UFC weltrweight champion Georges St-Pierre. That doesn't matter to the 27-year-old Condit. He's been dying to get this shot.
When he was offered the fight by Dana White, he wept a bit. He asked White to give him 15 minutes to compose himself. Emotions were running high.
"I've been at this for a really long time. I've been fighting professionally for almost 10 years. Finally, getting a chance to fight for the UFC title is incredible," Condit told The Big Lead.
St. Pierre hasn't lost since a shocking knockout at the hands of Matt Serra at UFC 69 in April of 2007. He's 9-0 since and hasn't lost too many rounds. He broke Josh Koscheck's eye, destroyed Jon Fitch, steamrolled Matt Hughes, beat the snot out of B.J. Penn and crushed Serra in the rematch.
That resume doesn't intimidate Condit.
"Georges is very good at what he does. He's got great wrestling. He's got some very, very quick, effective strikes. I imagine I may end up on my back a few times, but I'm pretty good at getting up, getting back in position or attacking effectively off the ground," said Condit.
When fight is on the feet, Condit likes his chances.
"My standup is pretty dangerous so, I think that I'm going to be able to pose some problems that Georges hasn't seen before," said Condit.
The Albuquerque-native earned this shot with three nasty finishes of Rory MacDonald, Dan Hardy and Dong Hyun Kim. Hardy and Kim were both first-round knockout victims. Condit opened the eyes of management with two Knockouts of the Night and a Fight of the Night in those three wins.
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