UFC 104 - Josh Neer: “That’s one thing I’ve never been called, is boring”

Mainstay on the Ultimate Fight Night events, Josh “The Dentist” Neer stepped up to the big stage at UFC 101, only to lose a decision to Kurt Pellegrino. Now Neer returns to action at UFC 104 when he takes on Gleison Tibau, and is going to approach the fight the same way he always does.

In a recent interview on UFC.com, Neer talks about his fighting philosophy and who he’d like to fight in the future.

“That’s one thing I’ve never been called, is boring. A lot of people go in to win by decision. I’ve never been that kind of fighter, which is why people like to see me fight. Even before the UFC started handing out bonuses, I was always looking to finish the fight by knockout or submission.”

“If you’re just going to go in and hold your opponent down to win a fight, no one is going to want to see you fight. People pay good money to watch you fight; the least you can do is put on a good show for them and bang it out. A lot of guys don’t want to do that; they just want to take the easy way out.”

“I’d love to fight Tyson Griffin or Sam Stout. Both of them would make for exciting fights. They’re both similar to my style of fighting in that they both go all out for the whole fight and try to finish the fight. People always talk about Tyson being boring or always winning by decision but I don’t see him going out and laying on people to win a decision. He goes out and tries to finish his opponents. I think his fights are exciting. I’d love to fight either of those guys.”

Neer is set to take on Tibau at UFC 104: Machida vs. Shogun on October 24th in Los Angeles. As well as Neer coming off a loss at UFC 101, Tibau is also coming off a loss to Melvin Guillard at the finale show of the ninth season of The Ultimate Fighter.