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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - AUGUST 18: (L-R) Louis Cosce punches Victor Reyna in a welterweight bout during week three of Dana White's Contender Series Season 4 at UFC APEX on August 18, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Chris Unger/DWCS LLC)

It was meant as a joke, but Louis Cosce was dead serious when asked if he offered to step in for his older brother Orion when an injury forced his sibling out of a UFC 255 bout with 24-fight MMA veteran Nicolas Dalby.

“I did,” Cosce said. “I actually tried to get that fight before Orion did. I tried stealing that one.”

The 25-year-old laughs, but with just seven pro fights, he did want to test himself against the Danish veteran who has competed six times in the Octagon.

“I thought I could beat the dude when I first watched him,” said Cosce.