VIDEO: UFC 195’s Joseph Duffy answers SportsJOE’s ten quickfire questions

Joseph Duffy is on the fast track to superstar status.

After two first round finishes his two fights in the UFC, Irish Joe has been given the nod to take on ranked lightweight Dustin Poirier. We all know the basic bio of the Donegal fighter. He "was the last man to beat Conor McGregor," and enjoyed a fruitful pro-boxing career. After his fight announcement, we got the chance to sit down with Duffy and asked him ten quickfire questions to get to know the 155 lb sensation a little bit better.

 I would say DeGale, James DeGale. It's the amount of shots you take and the snap that's on them.

 

 Grittiest? I would have to say Francis Heagney. He was very gritty, very strong and obviously an Irishman as well so he had that stubbornness about him.

 

I'd have to go with Tyson. I loved Tyson. I loved his persona. I loved his style. He was a lot smaller than a lot of the other heavyweights. He was someone I enjoyed watching when I was growing up.

 

It's got to be Wanderlei and Brian Stann. I've always been a massive Wanderlei fan. I remember growing up watching the PRIDEs and I followed him into the UFC and that fight was just crazy.

 

Red velvet.

 

That's a tricky one. There's something special about a KO.

He's probably gonna kill me for this but Tom Breese, when he went to Brazil, he had a meltdown. I don't know if he was cutting weight or what but he changed his name to "The Octopus." He must have thought thought 'what the hell was I thinking?' so that was pretty funny just because I know it's not something he wants to keep.

I would like to think I'd be a pro rugby player.

 I'm gonna go with Joanna Jedrzejczyk. She's looking devastating. Obviously Ronda is blasting through her division and it's going to take a lot to do what she's done. But Joanna's style as well is just a style that I enjoy watching so I'm just going to lean towards her.

Work hard! I think that's the main thing and if you want something enough and you keep working hard then you'll get there. Keep pursuing it and enjoy it because if you don't enjoy it, what's the point?