UFC 140: Canadians Mark Bocek and Claude Patrick Confident Before Fights

UFC 140 is set to go off tomorrow night, and it will be a true showcase of the top Canadian mixed martial artists in the UFC.

Claude "The Prince" Patrick and Mark Bocek are both on the card and were on hand yesterday at the press conference at the TIFF Bell Lightbox in downtown Toronto.

Patrick is facing Brian Ebersole in a nice step up in competition in his career, while Bocek is in dire need of a win against Nik Lentz.

Both sounded confident and focused when B/R MMA caught up with them.

Claude "The Prince" Patrick Takes on Brian Ebersole

"I was supposed to go to Australia and teach for Ebersole in 2007. He has an academy out there, and he was going on vacation. I was gonna go and teach, so we were rapping back and forth on the computer for a bit.

"He's a pretty nice guy overall but not nice enough to avoid a beating on Saturday night."

Mark Bocek Takes on Nik Lentz

"He's good at bringing people into his game. He's more experienced than me but not more experienced against tougher competition. I don't see how he is going to out-wrestle me. I've trained with better wrestlers than him. I mean, he's an okay wrestler Division 1, but that means nothing in MMA.

"I think he's good, but I think I'm better."

UFC 140 weigh-ins go down at 4pm, and B/R MMA will have video later today.

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

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