Jared Cannonier is set to take on Derek Brunson at UFC 270 in January. The two aren't exactly best of friends and it's fair to say they won't be high-fiving a bunch before the fight starts.

Jared Cannonier has big plans for his fight with Derek Brunson as he believes a win will earn him the next crack at the title. Most likely the winner of Israel Adesanya vs Robert Whittaker at UFC 271.

Jared Cannonier spoke with The Schmo ahead of the fight and he assured him that he likes the matchup. He may be seen as a striker, but he can grapple too.

“I think it’s a perfect matchup for me. It’s a classic grappler vs. predominant striker in myself. But I can grapple with the best as well. And I feel that, you know, this is a perfect matchup for me, a terrible matchup for him. So yeah, I plan on going in there and making that happen.”

The UFC middleweight has a stern warning for Brunson too. He wants to turn the legendary beast known as ‘Blonde Brunson' into ‘Blood Brunson,' or even ‘Ground Beef Brunson.'

“Get ready. I’m about to bust open this UFC middleweight division wide open as soon as I turn blonde Brunson into blood Brunson, because I’m gonna bloody him up, I’mma batter him up. Ground beef Brunson, whatever the hell you wanna call him, I’mma beat this man up. Then I’m gonna move on to my title, and I plan on doing the same thing to each and every person after that.”

The fight is a very exciting one and it takes place in January. The winner will find themselves in an excellent position to potentially fight for the title.