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Edmonton \u2014 Believe it or not, middleweight Kyle Daukaus believes there\u2019ll be more pressure fighting in Edmonton than at the White House, where he competed earlier this year.<\/p>\n
Daukaus (17-5, 1NC) was up against Bo Nickal at UFC Freedom 250 on the White House grounds back in June. Saturday finds him paired up with Marc-Andre Barriault at Rogers Place on the UFC Edmonton main card. Yet the White House had limited access for fans, and that might make the difference.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a spectacle of an event, obviously. It was a lot of pressure on you, a lot of eyes on you,\u201d Daukaus said of the White House card on Wednesday, speaking with media outlets including Cageside Press. \u201cGoing out there and fighting for that and then coming here, there\u2019s going to be more fans here I expect, because we\u2019re on the main card. So there\u2019s going to be a ton of fans here, I\u2019m sure it\u2019s going to be sold out. I would expect more pressure for this one just based off the fan aspect, and fighting the hometown guy, and fighting in this country.\u201d<\/p>\n
Playing spoiler in Barriault\u2019s home country, meanwhile, \u201cwould be great to do it, but I\u2019m just here to fight,\u201d added Daukaus. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t really matter if I fight a guy that\u2019s in his hometown, or we fight in Brazil or China or whatnot. I\u2019m just here to win.\u201d<\/p>\n
And when he\u2019s not fighting, Daukaus has become something of a bookworm. His wife is an avid reader, and the middleweight is now following suit. Of late, it\u2019s been Dungeon Crawler Carl. Fight Week gives him the opportunity to catch up on his reading. \u201cI have a lot of free time now, so I can just get some chapters read,\u201d he noted. \u201cIt takes my mind off the fighting. I have a lot of down time here throughout fight week. And for Fight Week for me, it\u2019s something that I kind of make it a vacation, we go around the city, find some things to do and whatnot. I read when I can.\u201d<\/p>\n