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LAS VEGAS – Bobby Green’s last UFC fight is on Saturday but don't think he's retiring anytime soon.
The 29-4-1 MMA fighter said at a pre-match press conference that people have got the wrong idea. “I keep telling you I’m different,” Green told MMA Junkie and other reporters. “Let them guys be the normal guys. Y’all can be normal. I’m me.”
The UFC lightweight also revealed he will officially change his name to King after his fight with Jared Gordon at UFC Fight Night 222.
This will be his sole name identity, “I was just trying to do something different, rebrand myself, let everybody know that what I’m doing here is like, ‘Why not?'” he explained. “I woke up today and I’m like, ‘I’ve done everything I want to do, why not change my name?' Who says, ‘Today, I’m going to change my name? F*ck it. Let’s do something different. I’m totally different than all the other guys in the lineup. That’s one thing I’m setting myself aside (by).”
Green, aged 36, relishes in his outsider position and thrives off of uniqueness. He wants his name change to demonstrate it is possible to start from the bottom and end up on top. “I want to show you can go from being homeless, being a peasant to being a king. I don’t want to be cocky like, ‘Oh, you’re the king, you’re the king.’ I’m not ‘the’ king. I’m ‘a’ king. I’m a king. I built this sh*t myself off of hard work,” he said.
To find out more about the fight, visit MMA Junkie's event hub for UFC Fight Night 222.