Kai Kara-France is currently set to take on Brandon Moreno in a very important flyweight fight at UFC 277. The winner is expected to earn the next title shot and the fight could have even bigger stakes as the champion could vacate his title.

The odds were released recently and Kai Kara-France was not pleased to find out he was the underdog against Brandon Moreno. It brought up negative memories for the UFC flyweight.

“Man, it’s kinda triggering,” Kara-France said Tuesday at a UFC news conference in Australia. “It brings me back to when I was in high school, getting bullied for my height. I guess getting overlooked, underestimated. But man, this kid’s got a lot of fight in him, and that’s what Moreno will be seeing.

“It’s a dog fight and I’ve just gotta make it that, and I don’t care. If you doubt me, it just fuels me. It fuels me even more. I was born to do this, so I can’t wait to get in there and just shut up all the doubters and spoil the party. So Moreno, don’t blink baby.”

Kai Kara-France is also confident in his training considering he had been forced to restrict his training due to COVID protocols in New Zealand. Now, things are back to normal as he gets ready for UFC 277.

“Look what we’ve been able to do without normal conditions,” Kara-France said. “So with the gym back to normal now, you know, pre-COVID, Alex has been training with us back in New Zealand at City Kickboxing, so it’s just perfect timing.

“All of us fighting for world titles, defending, me about to fight for an interim, it’s just great timing. The energy that we have at the gym at the moment at City Kickboxing, man, something special is happening there and there’s about to be a third world champion and about to defend another two. I can’t wait. This is perfect timing and yeah, it’s my time.”