Cortney Casey on Liana Jojua bout, open scoring, and more

Cortney Casey tests skills with Liana Jojua at UFC Fight Night: Holloway vs Rodriguez. The flyweight fight goes down on Saturday, November 13th at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Nevada.

I spoke with Casey before this bout and she covered several subjects such as:-The MMA Lab as the main base of operations for this one

-This bout being canceled previously in August and if there's any game planning utility to that

-The matchup maintaining and now coming to fruition

-A prior bout cancelation on Halloween 2020 and the dents those can put in a fighter's financial situation

-If Casey is interested in fighting in a state that utilizes open scoring to understand what judges are looking for

-Years as a high-level soccer player and how the defined scoring from that sport can present question marks

-Casey's son King is a soccer player now and his big goal celebration

-What the return timeline is looking like for her partner/ fellow UFC combatant Drakkar Klose

-The mutual understanding of the lifestyle demands being an MMA fighter

-Having chickens at the house and other animals a the Casey/ Klose residence

-Avidly following the sport and what she has seen on Liana Jojua