Jim Miller expects his matchup with Terrance McKinney to be pure fireworks.
Miller (39-19 MMA, 28-18 UFC) meets Terrance McKinney (18-9 MMA, 8-6 UFC) in Saturday's UFC 334 (Paramount+) prelims at Madison Square Garden in New York.
McKinney boasts a 100 percent finish rate, whereas Miller's past 11 wins have come by stoppage. With McKinney's kill or be killed fighting style, Miller has no doubt that he can score another marquee finish.
"McKinney, he's a tough dude," Miller told MMA Junkie Radio. "He starts very fast. He's very dangerous, but he does seem to fade a little bit, too. It's a tough fight. I've got to be on from the very beginning of the fight, and just know that if I can weather the storm, my chances of victory go up as the time ticks
away. I like these fights where I know my opponent's going to come after me and not just try to point fight. I thrive in those fights and do very well. I'm excited for this one."
Miller has goals of reaching 50 UFC fights. He has won four of his past six, and is still trucking at the age of 43. Against McKinney, he'll have to do it against an opponent who missed weight Friday by nearly 5 pounds.
"I'm still finishing dudes. I haven't won a decision in nearly a decade," Miller said. "It will be a decade. I'm still dangerous. I'm still going after it. I'm still putting on great shows and finishing opponents, and still a very, very dangerous opponent for any lightweight. So this is a good matchup in that we're both going to come out and be aggressive.
"Like I said, I do thrive in that type of fight where somebody's actually really coming after me. There's a reason I come out to, 'Bad Moon Rising.' The storm's coming, right? A calamity is coming, and that's the frame of mind that I get into. I try to walk into the octagon knowing that it's going to be wild, it's going to be violent, and I'm prepared for whatever ends up happening in those 15 minutes."
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