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The year will get a lot more interesting for “Thunder” should he defeat Soriano, a fellow unbeaten graduate of Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series that also scored a knockout in his UFC debut, halting Oskar Piechota in less than four minutes. Todorovic calls the Hawaiian his “toughest challenge yet,” and it’s the kind of matchup that is a lot more prevalent in the UFC as opposed to boxing. But Todorovic, who stopped Michel Pereira in his last fight before the Contender Series, has never shied away from tough competition.
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“It is kind of unusual to have two undefeated prospects fight each other so early in their UFC careers, but it is what it is,” he said. “In order for any of us to come to the top level or get a chance to one day fight for the belt, this is the way for it to be done. I never picked opponents and we always fought the toughest competition possible at the time. There’s only one way to the top and it’s not by taking the easy way. You have to fight the toughest competition and the best fighters in order to reach the top and prove you’re really worth something.”
Todorovic looks like he has the goods thus far, and with the middleweight rankings getting a little shakeup after the 2020 efforts of fighters like Kevin Holland and Marvin Vettori, there is a very real possibility of the Serbian battler finding his own place in the top 15 by the middle of this year. But he’s in no rush. There’s time to get there, and he’s willing to do the work necessary to get there in the right way.
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“I just feel that patience is a virtue that any successful man in any job or professional field has to have in order to be successful,” said Todorovic. “From Day One we have worked very hard and always had the ultimate goal in our mind, which is to be the champion and also to stay undefeated. But I feel like a fighter has to keep in mind all the time that there’s no shortcuts or an easy way to your goal. You have to be patient and you have to realize that this is not a sprint, it’s a marathon. So you have to think long-term in order to one day become successful or become a champion.”
Make sure to watch Todorovic and Soriano duke it out in a battle of unbeaten prospects, live on ABC and ESPN+ at 3pm ET/12pm PT.
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