Joey Beltran Looking For Exciting Finish versus Tim Hague at UFC 113

The Ultimate Fighting Championship has traveled to Montreal, Quebec, Canada for UFC 113 this Saturday night.

Live on pay-per-view, UFC 113 features the highly anticipated re-match between challenger Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (18-4) and light heavyweight champion Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida (16-0).

However, before the world gets to see Shogun and Machida back in action there is a fight the heavyweight division that adds intrigue to the card.

Alliance trained heavyweight Joey Beltran (11-3) faces off against Tim Hague (10-3) in part of the night’s undercard action.

Beltran made his organizational debut on eight days notice against Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt, Rolles Gracie back at UFC 109. He defeated Gracie via second round TKO.

Before shipping Gracie out of the Octagon in the second round, Beltran faced a bit adversity in the first but successfully defended any offense Gracie threw his way and in doing so his fight made it to the televised portion of the pay-per-view.

“Training with the people that I train with, I’m pretty used to being in uncomfortable positions. Like Phil Davis, if you train with him then you’re going to have a dominant grappler on top of you. Brandon Vera, same thing he’s an excellent grappler. Travis (Browne) too and he’s huge, so I’m used to having big dominant grapplers so it doesn’t freak me out. I’ve trained with enough high level people in training that when I get into the octagon there’s not much that I haven’t already seen.”

This time around, the UFC has provided Beltran with time to put in a full training camp. According to the Alliance trained heavyweight it has been good and he gives the world an idea of where he set up his camp.

“Everything is going good, cardio is on point and I’m just ready to go out and put on a show. I’ve been at Alliance and I have a crew that I work with on my Muay Thai. I’m going over to Throwdown a couple of days a week. They have some really good grapplers over there and all of us from Alliance go down there once or twice a week.”

Even with a full training camp under him for this fight, the heavyweight still faced a bit of change while training. Beltran’s original opponent Chad Corvin had to pull out of the fight and that is when Tim Hague stepped in. Beltran, however, says that he will still go out and impose his will.

“It doesn’t matter, I’m still going to go out and do the same thing. Corvin I think would’ve been a lot more dangerous in the first two minutes but after that we don’t know how he would’ve been. There’s a little bit of an unknown factor with Chad Corvin that I was looking to expose but like I said before with him is that we’re going to find out what he’s made of,” Beltran proceeded to say.

"Tim Hague has proven that he has gas for how big he is. You definitely don’t want to be in the later rounds with a 280lb. man laying on you and pushing all that weight on you. I’m definitely looking to get him out of there quick. I’m definitely looking to push the pace and keep it on my feet. I’m going to come out and fight the way I’ve always fought and that’s lay it all on the line and go for an exciting finish. I try to be that person that when people leave the show they say that guy really kicked some ass. UFC jitters are gone and it’s just a fight now."

In order to push the pace and deplete his opponents energy level, Beltran’s work ethic has to be second to none and that is exactly what it is.

“I learned a long time ago when I first started that cardio is a heavyweights best friend and I love training, I love fighting. For me, it’s fun and it’s not really work. It really is like living a dream because I get to play all day and fight in front of thousands of people every couple of months. I really couldn’t ask for anything more and right now life is good.”

Beltran’s training partners have all raved about his hard working training style and the heavyweight himself says that it is a great situation to have them all preparing alongside him.

“It’s a great situation and a great scenario having your whole team getting ready to go. Eddie’s (Sanchez) getting ready to fight in Bellator, Travis (Browne) is getting ready to fight at the Ultimate Fighter Finale, the whole team being ready and the whole team going hard definitely helps. It leaves no room for slacking and you work two or three months for this one fight so you have to make the best out of it.”

Making the most out of his opportunity at UFC 113 is the task at hand and Beltran expects to be inside of the Octagon a few more times in the second half of 2010.

“This is how I pay the bills so I’m looking to fight as soon as possible. As long as I don’t get cut or hurt and I have a solid two months between fights then that’s all I need. I’m looking to fight again at the end of the summer and again by the end of the year. I’m trying to get these four fights out of the way, re-sign a new contract and start enjoying life.”

If the heavyweight is once again successful on Saturday night then he will indeed be on a successful track to enjoy life inside of the UFC.

Additional information on Joey Beltran can be found at http://joeybeltran.com/  and via his Twitter @mexicutioner760.