Hernandez looks ahead to de Ridder showdown
“I was getting a massage and I got the offer and they said, ‘I think this is an offer you don’t want to pass.’ And I said, ‘OK, run it. Sign the contract.’ Now we’re here,” Hernandez told MMA Junkie. “If this is what I’ve got to do, let’s keep going. Like I said, if I’ve got to knock every mother f*cker down until I get to the top, then so be it.”
“At the end of the day I’m not matchmaker,” Hernandez said. “I’m not Dana White. I don’t make the calls. He says, ‘Be here.’ And I say, ‘I’m in.’ If I’m f*cking healthy, I’m there. I’ll f*cking never say no to anybody in this f*cking division.
“At that point it’s like, what the f*ck am I going to do? At that point if people don’t believe me, then f*ck ’em. We’re going to keep sending that sh*t until we get everyone on our side.”
“I thought DDP would actually have answers and stuff, but turns out he just got away with being a f*cking big strong guy for a long time,” Hernandez said. “Against a high-level wrestler, if you try to be strong, it just sets up traps.
“He found that out that night. There’s levels to this shit, and I think I’m on that level. Eventually when the fight comes I’ll be ready for it, but it’s one fight at a time for me. Next fight is de Ridder so I’ll just strategize against him and just f*cking keep climbing the rankings.”
Quotes via MMA Junkie