The stakes are high for Luan Chagas’ UFC Atlantic City fight against Siyar Bahadurzada.
The Brazilian welterweight is slated to meet Bahadurzada in the preliminary portion of Saturday’s card in what will be the last bout of his current contract with the UFC.
According to Chagas, the UFC didn’t reach out to offer him a new deal after his first victory in the Octagon — a second-round submission over Jim Wallhead last June — and he’s doing everything he can to turn this extra pressure on his shoulders into motivation.
”The pressure is always there for everybody, you have to win,” Chagas told MMA Fighting.