UFC: Mark Hominick Talks About His Upcoming Title Fight with Jose Aldo

Mark Hominick defeated George Roop at UFC Fight for the Troops and earned the right to be the first featherweight title contender in UFC history.

Hominick is also no stranger to the UFC. He fought previously in the UFC at lightweight and is 2-0 inside the Octagon. Not to mention, Hominick is fighting in his own backyard—Canada.

"It's a different landscape, there is no question there," Hominick said about the difference in the UFC from his first go in the Octagon. "Fighting in Toronto is going to be even more. You know, fighting in front of the troops is pretty amazing, the atmosphere there is different, but there's going to be nothing like fighting in front of 55,000 people."

The Rogers Centre in Toronto, where UFC 129 is being held, is already sold out and contains two title fights. One being Georges St-Pierre versus Jake Shields, the other being Hominick against Jose Aldo.

"You never know, like he's a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt, so you know that's the thing with Jose, he's dangerous in the clinch, he's dangerous in his stand-up, he's dangerous on the ground and that's what a title holder should be," Hominick said. "I'm fighting for the belt against one of the best in the world, pound for pound, it's one of those fights that I'm trying to cover all the areas. I'm not going in there treating it like a kickboxing match or a jiu-jitsu match or wrestling match, I'm going in there like it's an MMA fight."

Hominick was then asked about his dangerous left hook to the body and why the liver shot is so under-utilized in MMA.

"Everyone goes high for headhunting, the small gloves they think one punch can end the fight, and we've seen that time and time again, but one body shot can change the landscape of a fight as well." Hominick said.

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