Exclusive: After First Post-UFC Victory, Ben Saunders Looks to Battle His Way Back to the Big Show

Ben Saunders Comes To Fight! First Win Post UFC – Watch more Funny Videos

Released by the UFC in August following back-to-back decision losses against Jon Fitch and Dennis Hallman, TUF 6 welterweight vet Ben Saunders returned to action this Saturday at World Extreme Fighting in Kissimmee, Florida, scoring a dominant first-round submission-via-strikes victory over Elijah Harshbarger. ‘Killa B’ was justifiably amped-up after the win, and spoke to our pal Remington Reed about the fight and his future goals. A couple highlights…

On his recent opponents: “I’ve had some lay-and-prayers jump in there — no offense to them, I’m saying [they had a] great game-plan. Elijah said he was gonna stand and bang with me. We saw real quick that that wasn’t the case. There’s not too many people that might stand and bang with me. The ones that do, I would love to fight you. And I’m just looking to win my way back into the big show, man, UFC. One down, whatever to go. Joe Silva, I love you baby, I’m coming back!”

On his priorities: “To all my fans, thank you so much for sticking by me. I come to bring the fight, man, entertainment is the #1 priority, then is win. Entertainment, then win. But lose is never an option.”