UFC 309 Jones v Miocic: Oban Elliott ‘proud of living MSG dream’

The win moves Elliott to 12-2 in his professional career.

Currently on an eight-fight win streak, the 26-year-old is improving with every bout.

“The sky is the limit, I’m going to keep getting better and better every fight,” said Elliott.

“Every time you do the walk out, the weight cut, you improve as a man.”

In his post-fight press conference Elliott paid tribute to the legends who had fought in the same arena.

“I’m big on history, I think the greatest human being to ever walk the Earth was Muhammad Ali,” he said.

“I stood on the same scales as him and Joe Frazier stood [in 1971].

“I took comfort in thinking I was taking part in this historical weekend before the fight had even unfolded, it was amazing.”

Both the occasion and the setting lived up to the dreams forged in the early part of Elliott’s career.

“When I was [fighting] in the pubs, in my own little head I was in MSG pinging the shots off,” he added.

“It’s been a lifetime of dreaming, a lifetime of working, it’s not always come my way but I’m glad I never gave up, it’s so surreal.”

Elliott gave his appreciation to family in attendance, with his mother, brother, cousins and countless aunts and uncles there to support him.

“To go from where I’ve come from and what I’ve been through in my life, I get to give moments like that to my family now,” reflected Elliott.

“I’ll be a proud man forever and nobody can take that off me.”

He also paid tribute to his father Paul, who took his own life when Oban was seven years old.

“My father is always with me because I had a flag made when he died and it’s as old as the time he passed away.”