In the hour before Alonzo Menifield sat down with UFC.com, he found out his fight with William Knight was off and that he would be facing Fabio Cherant at UFC 260. The light heavyweight walked into his interview, undeterred from the change of opponent and with a smile as big as ever on his face.
Calm, cool and collected.
That’s the Menifield way, regardless of who is standing across from him in the UFC Octagon. Last minute changes don’t change the mission or the outcome for Menifield; he’s just happy to be competing.
“Normally you probably would be panicky and what not, but I’m happy, I’m ecstatic,” Menifield told UFC.