Model and UFC fighter Alan Jouban is off to face Seth Baczynski in a three-round welterweight bout on Saturday in Bangor, Maine. This will be Jouban's debut stage in the UFC and he is hyped to be fighting against Baczynski.

He said "I was flattered with it somewhat when I heard they wanted me to fight Seth. Every UFC fighter, no matter who it is, is going to be good or else he wouldn't be at this level, but Seth has proven himself to be a tough guy and he's hung around a long time. I think I'm one of the guys who fights to the level of my competition and so I am optimistic about the way things will go for me."

He added "I was honored to take the fight with him. One of the things my manager and I were talking about was that we wanted a guy with a good reputation and someone who had accomplished a lot so we could make a good first impression."

Jouban has set his standards high as he is currently training at the famed Black House Gym in Los Angeles, where former UFC champions Anderson Silva and Lyoto Machida train.

Since he is training at the same gym as Anderson Silva, he saw Silva's road to recovery from his leg injury. "Anderson looks like a fighter who is taking baby steps right now. A lot of people followed him during his recovery and he showed some pretty big steps pretty quickly after his surgery [following the broken leg he suffered in a fight with Chris Weidman]. Since he's been back in the gym, he's been taking it slow."

He continued "He's been sparring, but he hasn't been going to battle. He's drilling a lot and working to get that muscle memory back and get his body firing on all cylinders as he heals."

He said that sparring with fighters like Silva and Machida is a great advantage for him as he does not only learn from the fighters but he can also work on a strategy on how to deal with strong fighters like them.