If you know Jonathan Martinez, the quiet man of the UFC’s bantamweight division, then you understand that fighting without a crowd present, like he will this Saturday in Las Vegas, is the perfect scenario.
“That's the best thing, so I'm kinda excited,” he laughs. “There's no fans, I don't gotta be nervous. I just gotta walk in there. It's pretty much like a street fight back when I was in high school.”
Street fight? Jonathan Martinez?
“There were no fans,” he continues. “So I just go in there, do my job and leave. Not actually leave, but run.