HOUSTON – Mario Bautista beat Miles Johns with a second-round TKO Saturday on the preliminary card at UFC 247 in Houston.
Take a look inside the fight with Bautista, who handed Johns the first loss of his pro career.
Result: Mario Bautista def. Miles Johns via TKO (knee, punches) – Round 2, 1:41
Updated records: Bautista (8-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC), Johns (10-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC)
Key stat: Bautista got his first non-doctor’s stoppage TKO win since his pro debut.
Bautista on the fight’s key moment
“We watched his past fights. He is a lot shorter than me – kind of hangs his head in the center and doesn’t really move off line. Working with my striking coach back at home, we do that flying knee all the time, so it was something that we had seen and it worked.”
Bautista on fighting an unbeaten opponent
“You can’t really be thinking about your opponent’s record. If you think about the record, it’s always going to be in your mind that he is unbeatable. But to me, I’ve seen his last fight. I thought he lost, and we just saw a lot of holes in his game. I trained with a great camp and we had a great game plan and it worked tonight.”
Bautista on what he wants next
“Hopefully I’ll get two more fights this year and be breaking the top 15 by the end of the year. I don’t like to call out people, but one thing is that I really do want to fight in Vegas. If anyone is hearing me out there, I really want to fight in Vegas. It’s my home state and I want to put on a show for those guys.”
To hear more from Bautista, check out the video of the full post-fight interview above.
Mario Bautista was zero intimidated by Miles Johns' unbeaten record at UFC 247
