Jimmy Crute has grown up quickly in his fighting career…by choice.
The 22-year-old light heavyweight, who fights Sam Alvey this Saturday (Sunday Australian time) on the main card of UFC 234: Whittaker vs Gastelum, says he has always taken the path of most resistance.
“I’m not here to pad my record out or take the easy route. I could sit here and take the easier fights, build my record up and get more experience, but I’ve never been about that,” said Crute ahead of his fight at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena. “My first professional fight was against a guy who had 20 pro MMA fights.