a post-fight scrum<\/a>. \u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s anything special about them. I\u2019m just so consumed with doing my own thing. I\u2019m living Player 1 mode in my life and my dream fight is whoever has the f*cking belt when I\u2019m there and ready to get it.<\/p>\n\u201cAnd I think that\u2019s going to be a lot quicker than most people realize. We\u2019ll be there soon.\u201d<\/p>\n
McMillen\u2019s first UFC fight couldn\u2019t have gone better as he not only picked up the victory, but also an extra $100K for winning the evening\u2019s Fight of the Night award.<\/p>\n
Despite only turning pro in 2019, McMillen believes fans are already getting behind him and if they want to see him fight more, he\u2019s happy to oblige, no matter the circumstances.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll fight a motherf*cker in a Taco Bell parking lot for a Beefy Five-Layer Burrito, I really don\u2019t give a f*ck,\u201d McMillen said. \u201cI like to fight, literally, but as you guys can see tonight, the fans I don\u2019t think they\u2019ve ever been that loud in the Apex center when I walked out. People love to come watch me fight. I have a big fanbase. I\u2019m blessed coming up under Sean and Tim and just the authentic fanbase that I\u2019ve built by being myself. My fans like to watch me fight because they know I\u2019m down to die about it.<\/p>\n
\u201cI literally fight to give people pure entertainment, like I\u2019m a modern day gladiator and I enjoy this shit. So, 100 percent I would love to fight in the T-Mobile Arena. I love Vegas. I\u2019m a gambler. I\u2019m going to go hit the blackjack table tonight, eat some pizza, hit the clubs, pop some bottles, you know I love Vegas. This is where I\u2019m meant to fight.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fortunately for McMillen, the UFC is expected to hold a numbered event during its International Fight Week celebration, which just so happens to take place in Las Vegas in July. With three months to prepare for his next fight, McMillen is targeting a summer return.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, that\u2019d be perfect,\u201d McMillen said. \u201cF*ck yeah, put me on that. Let me go dust somebody.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tommy McMillen sees himself joining pal Sean O\u2019Malley in the championship circle soon. The recent Contender Series featherweight…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":587460,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,1347,785,85,787,1396],"class_list":{"0":"post-587459","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-latest-news","12":"tag-mma","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-ufc","15":"tag-ufc-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/587460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}