Tommy McMillen is on the main card of Noche UFC 4 this weekend, don’t remind Edgar Chairez about that, though. The, let’s say brash, 28 year-old has made quite the name for himself despite only being around for a minute. And he’s done that by doing something that fits very well with his ‘Tommy Gun’ nickname; shooting off at the mouth.
McMillen booked his spot at Noche UFC 4 after telling the UFC to “send him” a “motherf**king Mexican” on this card, which takes place in Arizona (where he lives). The
UFC obliged by sending him a Moroccan who fights out of Australia in the form of Marwan Rahiki.
The fight with Rahiki, which could give him way more than he’s bargaining for, doesn’t seem to be top of McMillen’s mind, though. At least it wasn’t when he spoke with Mike Heck atMMA Fighting.
During that interview, the two-fight UFC veteran, called for a backup role at theupcoming UFC 333; where Alexander Volkanovski is due to defend his UFC Featherweight title against Movsar Evloev.
“If the UFC hit me up and they need a backup for that fight, [Alexander Volkanovski] and whatever the other f*ck, dude – the other dude’s so boring, let’s be real,” McMillen said. “Nobody wants to see him win. F*ck wrestlers, dude. You got to want to go out there and lay on people. I could do that, too. I could have done that in all my last fights.”
“I could go out there and lay on these guys and f*cking be a Khamzat [Chimaev] and just do all that,” McMillen continued. “That shit’s boring, bro. No one wants to do that. So let’s hope Volk wins. But like, 100 percent, UFC wants to pay me and be like, ‘Yo, Tommy, come be the backup for this fight.’ F*cking send me, bro. I’ll pull up there like a bag of f*cking Cheez-Its and dust any one of them boys, bro.”
McMillen’s confidence seems to stem, at least in part, from his winning start to life as an MMA and UFC fighter. He’s now 10-0 after finishing Alberto Montes in the third round at UFC Oklahoma City in July. Before that he finished Manolo Zehcchini in the first round in the APEX, in April. He won a Performance of the Night bonus for both of those wins.
McMillen graduated off of Contender Series in September, 2025 with a come-from-behind majority decision win over David Mgoyan.
“I don’t think there’s a guy in this world at 145 pounds I can’t beat,” McMillen said before describing his very high self-esteem. “And that’s where my confidence comes from. I truly believe I can beat anybody at 145 pounds. I know I have the tools to. I’m 6’6, 220 pounds. Like 6’6, 220. I’m a f*cking big 45er. So I have that in my arsenal, and then you add the fact that I’ve been wrestling my whole life.I can stop people’s wrestling if I need to. And then just my love for fighting and be able to fight with anybody.”
Lord knows what McMillen will say if he ends up crushing Rahiki on Saturday night. He already had a few things to say to his opponent whenthey bumped into each other in the fighter hotel. Based on our traffic numbers, though, win or lose, there’s going to be lots of folks interested in seeing what McMillen ends up doing in this space.
