B/R Interview: Jesse Ronson Ready to Test Tony Hervey's Granite Chin

Jesse Ronson is set to take a nice leap forward in his career on Saturday night when he gets a chance to test his skills against a tough veteran in Tony Hervey at The Meltdown, presented by The Score Fighting Series. The event goes down from Sarnia, Ontario, and is a packed card filled with local MMA stars.

Ronson is a very technically sound yet slick striker who is 7-2 in his career and an impressive 3-1 in 2011. Look for this fight to possibly take Fight of the Night honors on Saturday night.

Find out who "The Body Snatcher" picks in UFC 140 fights Jones vs Machida and Hominick vs Jung in the full interview video attached.

Here are some interview highlights...

Was he disappointed in how The Global Warriors event went down

"I was pissed when that event fell through. I've had probably 200 people ask me the same question. It probably took years out of my life just to deal with it.

"I'm not gonna lie obviously I partied for like a week straight and bulked up and therefore the diet was pretty strict leading up to this fight."

On getting on The Meltdown card and his opponent Tony Hervey

"I was glad to get on the Meltdown card, I wanted to get on Instinct MMA, I called out one guy in particular Derek Gauthier and I tried to get a fight with him but it didn't happen and he just ended up fighting Ricky Goodall so.

"I was looking all over for a fight, called out Brad Cardinal I called him out too.

"Tony Hervey, they call him the Lionheart, and I watched his fight with Gomi and I don't know if he has the heart of a lion or the chin of a cinder block because he can take a beating and keep coming, and I like that.

"I see this fight being a striking war. I consider myself more technically sound and I gotta be on my guard with his wild looping shots. Then again, with my power, he doesn't want to take any of my shots either.

"Every lion can be tamed."

Dwight Wakabayashi is a Featured Columnist for Bleacher Report MMA and correspondent for MMACanada.net.

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