“I think he’s a great fit for me. I consider myself a better striker, and I'm a better boxer. I am more careful in defense, more careful in striking, technically I am a better wrestler. I've been wrestling since I was four years old, and he's just a big and strong guy who learned how to wrestle. I've been doing this since childhood. I was a wrestler in college, but I can also fight. I'm a generalist. He is too, but I am a level higher and obviously faster. He's a big and strong dude, but I'm faster and tougher. And technically better than him in every aspect,” Ablin said on The MMA Hour podcast.
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