Dan Ige’s son, Bam Alexander Ige, was born on April 4, 2021.
He didn’t want to jump right back into a training camp that would pull him away from his responsibilities as a new father.
The UFC Apex plays host to a Fight Night card headlined by featherweights looking to climb the ladder closer to a future title shot.
The Hawaiian has been with the UFC since 2017 and has accumulated a strong record of 7-2, but he’s not a household name and often is overlooked.
“There’s nothing more that I want than to become a champion, but a lot of people doubt that I have that potential,” Ige told ESPN.
That fight, in many ways, was an outlier in Jung’s UFC career.
Jung figures to be very motivated on Saturday, even though he is fighting an opponent ranked lower than him.
0: UFC victories by Jung that have not come by knockout or submission.
“Ige and Jung both have that early knockout power, stiff punches and great scrambles when it goes to the ground,” said UFC strawweight Angela Hill.
Aleksei Oleinik, who faces Serghei Spivac in the co-main event, has six submission wins, tying him with Stefan Struve for second most in the heavyweight division’s history.
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