LAS VEGAS – Joe Pyfer got his redemption moment at Dana White’s Contender Series 47.
Pyfer (9-2) earned a UFC contract when he finished Ozzy Diaz in the main event Tuesday. He was the only fighter to ink a deal.
The 25-year-old made good on his second opportunity at the Contender Series after an arm injury resulted in a TKO loss to Dustin Stoltzfus in August 2020. Now that he’s a UFC fighter, Pyfer wants the opportunity to right his wrong against Stoltzfus (14-4 MMA, 1-3 UFC).
“I would love that fight,” Pyfer told MMA Junkie and other reporters post-fight at DWCS 47. “Nothing but respect to that man – he’s a gentleman. I’ve actually wished him well. We’ve talked about training before. Look, I’m not going to chase him. I’m more emotional because I didn’t get my shot the first time, but yeah, he goes and beats this kid, whoever he’s fighting, let’s run it back. That’s not a win. I know he knows that in his heart. He felt bad – like I feel for Ozzy Diaz in his personal life now.
“The fight’s over, our business is done, but I whooped his ass. Let’s be honest: I whooped his ass. I knocked him out. That’s a win. Dustin mat returned me and part of it was an error on my part, making a mistake instinctually, and it dislocated. I’ve landed that way a thousand f*cking times in training throughout my life – we all have. And mine dislocated. … Going and taking two surgeries man, that sh*t hurt. So I have a little bit of animosity for the fight. I don’t hate him as a person.”
After beating Pyfer to get his UFC deal, Stoltzfus dropped his first three octagon bouts. He notched his first UFC win when he defeated Dwight Grant at UFC on ABC 3 earlier this month and is booked to face Abusupiyan Magomedov on Sept. 3 in Paris.
