UFC on FOX 23's Jason Gonzalez: I want rematch with Dober because 'I kind of dropped the ball'

DENVER – Per standard post-fight speak, Jason Gonzalez said he would take whatever his promoter offered him next after his first octagon win at Saturday’s UFC on FOX 23.

But the lightweight wants a rematch with the guy who spoiled his debut: Drew Dober.

“Whoever they bring to me – I would love to get my rematch, though,” Gonzalez (11-3 MMA, 1-1 UFC) told MMAjunkie after an impressive first-round submission of J.C. Cottrell (17-5 MMA, 0-2 UFC) in the event’s UFC Fight Pass-streamed opener at Pepsi Center in Denver. “Only because I know I’m a better fighter. I feel like I kind of dropped the ball in that fight, and I wanted to put him more of a fight than I did.”

Dober caught Gonzalez with a flurry of punches this past September at UFC 203, setting up a first-round knockout that snapped a six-fight streak on the regional circuit.

Gonzalez, though, rebounded nicely from that setback, rocking Cottrell with an uppercut before cinching a D’Arce choke that ended the fight in the opening frame.

Fighting in one of the UFC’s most crowded divisions, Gonzalez may have to wait a bit before he gets a second crack at Dober. But two fights into his big-show career, he is back on the right foot.

Check out the video above for more from Gonzalez after his win over Cottrell.

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