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Decorated Kickboxer Gohkan Saki Has the Feel of a Future UFC Champ

You have to admire the pure audacity of Gohkan Saki.

As the former K-1 and Glory kickboxing champion prepares to make his UFC debut against Henrique da Silva on Saturday at UFC Fight Night 117, Saki is setting his own expectations sky-high.

"I'm glad I finally can announce that I have signed an exclusive long-term contract with the UFC," Saki wrote on his Facebook page in May. "[I am] the best investment the UFC has made since Conor McGregor."

Then there's his social media presence, which is, in a word, brash:

Gokhan Saki

23 september.