Oban Elliott admits the moment got to him in his UFC debut this past February.
Despite leaving with a unanimous decision win over Val Woodburn, the Contender Series alum lost sight of all the hard work he endured to earn his spot on the UFC roster, and instead almost felt like he didn’t deserve to be there. Fighting in the promotion was a dream come true for him, but Elliott realized a few weeks after his debut that he just wasn’t himself in the cage that night.