No respect!
Former two-time Final Preventing Championship (UFC) Gentle Heavyweight title challenger and self-appointed “Folks’s Champ” Dominick Reyes returns to motion towards the often-forgotten contender Nikita Krylov at UFC 314 subsequent month (Sat., April 12, 2025) inside Kaseya Middle in Miami, Florida.
After a completely brutal two-year stretch, the place Reyes was viciously stopped thrice in a row—on prime of being on the mistaken facet of a foul determination towards Jon Jones—“The Devastator” has lastly discovered himself on a profitable streak and appears like he’s again on observe.
Nevertheless, in a latest interview, Reyes mentioned he doesn’t really feel revered by his friends, or no less than the newer fighters at the moment within the promotion.
“I don’t get respect from the brand new guys. They’re similar to, ‘Hey man, how’s it going?’ However after I speak to Islam [Makhachev], he’s like, ‘Hey brother, how are you? How are issues?’—you already know, actually asking issues about me and the way I’m doing in my life, like a buddy,” Reyes mentioned. “Or Justin Gaethje, he’s like, ‘What’s up, bro? How’s the whole lot going?’ Vets!”
“After I see newer guys, they’re like, ‘Hey,’ or simply ignore me utterly, or act like they’re too cool to speak to me. It’s actually bizarre,” Reyes added. “However for the vets, it’s all about mutual respect, and no one is just too cool for one another, form of factor. As a result of everyone knows what we’ve been by way of, and we all know what it takes to be the place we’re and to maintain going.”
Possibly the brand new fighters didn’t watch Reyes go toe-to-toe with Jones and solely noticed him getting completed by Jiri Prochazka (watch highlights). Or possibly social media actually is ruining society by making folks solely speak on the web.
Regardless of the case, Reyes deserves nothing however respect for rebuilding himself and getting out of the darkish place he was in after his dropping streak.
