In January of 2017, Drakkar Klose stepped into the UFC Octagon for the first time and improved his unbeaten pro MMA record to 7-0-1 with a decision win over Devin Powell.
Nearly nine years later, the native of Kalamazoo, Michigan, is still here, still doing his thing at the highest level of the sport, and as he approaches his UFC 319 bout against Edson Barboza this weekend, he still believes he’s got something left in the tank.
“Yeah, I’m not on empty,” Klose laughs. “I probably got a half a tank left.”
That’s enough to get him somewhere in a notoriously tough lightweight division, and he knows it.