Jack Jenkins thinks Chepe Mariscal's continued success helps his loss to him age well

PERTH, Australia – Jack Jenkins met the media Wednesday ahead of his fight at UFC 305.

Jenkins takes on Herbert Burns in a featherweight fight on the ESPN preliminary card at RAC Arena in Perth, Australia. At media day in Perth, Jenkins took questions from media members before his fight.

Jenkins (12-3 MMA, 2-1 UFC) will fight for the first time in nearly a year when he meets Burns (11-5 MMA, 2-3 UFC). In his most recent fight, he suffered an arm injury against Chepe Mariscal and took his first loss since early 2018.

Jenkins said Mariscal’s recent success bodes well for him if that’s his only loss.

“Nobody’s happier for Chepe to do well than me, to be honest,” Jenkins said at Thursday’s media day. “… You saw how dominant he was within the grappling and the pace he just put on against Damon Jackson (at UFC on ESPN 61) and you saw that he wasn’t able to do any of that stuff against me in the first round. So it puts me in a really good position as far as running that one back.

“If we both end up in that top 10, top 15, I’m sure that not only me and Chepe will want to run it back, but I’m sure the UFC and the fans in general will want to see that again. But as far as holding on to that loss and having any kind of personal vindication to go back after him, there’s none there. I’m on my path and he’s on his path. If we end up crossing again, then we’ll see what happens.”

Check out Jenkins’ full media day interview in the video above.

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