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UFC's Adam Hunter 'very proud' to be in 'the same ballpark' as idolized fighters

The perks of being a UFC fighter aren't always pretty, but newly signed middleweight Adam Hunter is lying if he says fighting among some of his idols isn't surreal to him.

Adam Hunter has made the jump from the local circuit to the big leagues. He recently signed the papers to make his UFC debut against fellow newcomer Ryan Janes at UFC on FOX 21 in Vancouver later this month.

As it would be for anyone, the news is still quite unbelievable to the middleweight fighter. But he has been trying to get over the news -- and has been somewhat successful at doing so -- in an attempt to not suffer from Octagon jitters leading up and during his promotional debut.