Paramount+<\/a>) at RAC Arena in\u00a0Perth, Western Australia.<\/p>\nAdvertisement<\/p>\n
The Aussie has impressed in his UFC stint so far and is coming off two quick finishes of Nasrat Haqparast and Jamie Mullarkey. Beating a veteran like Dariush is the exact test Salkilld thinks he needs to show that he’s a serious contender.<\/p>\n
“I think I belong right up there at the top of the division, in the upper echelon,” Salkilld told MMA Junkie.<\/p>\n
With Dariush’s past three losses coming in the first round, Salkilld sees an opportunity.<\/p>\n
Advertisement<\/p>\n
“I think it’s going to be either I spark him out quick, or it will be a three-round war,” Salkilld said. “I think there’s going to be no in-between. It’s going to go one way or the other like that.”<\/p>\n
But which scenario does Salkilld think is more valuable to his career?<\/p>\n
“Just getting the highlight, sparking him out quick,” Salkilld responded. “It’s better. That’s ideal. I’ve spent enough time in there. I just want to get in and out.”<\/p>\n
This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC Perth a chance for Quillan Salkilld to prove he belongs at top<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Quillan Salkilld can find himself a ranked lightweight after UFC Fight Night 275. Salkilld (11-1 MMA, 4-0 UFC)…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240762,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,152484,786,309711,785,200974,200975,85,44865],"class_list":["post-639527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-beneil-dariush","tag-fighting","tag-jamie-mullarkey","tag-mma","tag-nasrat-haqparast","tag-quillan-salkilld","tag-sports","tag-ufc-fight-night"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639527","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=639527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=639527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=639527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}