Ode’ Osbourne will be the first to tell you that he isn’t getting any younger.
At 29 years old.
He laughs, knowing how that sounds to those of us long past 29.
“I don't think I'm getting old,” he explains. “I'd just rather spend the duration of my fighting career at the top then getting to the top.”
Hence a move to flyweight, which “The Jamaican Sensation” eases into when he returns to the Octagon next weekend in Las Vegas for a 130-pound catchweight bout on UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs Volkov.
“I'm only 29, but if I really wanted to pursue a title at '35, it would take me a little while,” he admits.