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Jason Young set for Omigawa after beating from Tibau

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British featherweight Jason Young insists he holds no fears over the judo game of Michihiro Omigawa at UFC 138, because he has spent the last few weeks getting beaten up by Gleison Tibau.

Young is making his second dip in the UFC, having lost a close fight to Dustin Poirier on debut. This time he faces Omigawa, who is looking to unleash his frustration after a rough judges' decision went against him against Darren Elkins.

Young explained that he left his new-born son to work with the likes of Mark Hominick, Sam Stout, Mike Brown and Tibau, and he is pretty confident that Omigawa cannot offer anything worse than he has already experienced.

"It's been hard, recently me and my girlfriend had a baby and he was six weeks old when I had to leave for my camp for six-and-a-half weeks. It gives me extra fuel for the fight though," Young told ESPN.

"I went out with Sam Stout, Mark Hominick and Chris Horodecki - all really amazing fighters. With Shawn Tompkins passing away the classes were a little up and down, but don't get me wrong the training was amazing. I was getting beaten up every day.

"I then got a little homesick, so Brad [Pickett] told me to come over to American Top Team, where I was training with some of the best in the world. Mike Brown, Gleison Tibau... Tibau took me everywhere and I was getting beaten up by him which isn't nice - he's a beast."

Unlike many other fighters, Young has been granted no career-building fights in the UFC, facing two top-10 fighters in succession. He expects Saturday's clash with Omigawa, though, to end differently to the Poirier bout.

"Since I got signed to the UFC I got thrown in at late notice against No. 6 in the world Dustin Poirier. So I'm not really getting built up. I got chucked straight in," Young said.

"I proved myself in a close fight with Dustin, now my second fight is No. 10 Omigawa. I've got the tools to put him away. He's a good boxer but I've got more tools. He's a judo black belt but I can't imagine I'm going to get manhandled.

"He's going to have to use his judo but I've been working with a lot of wrestlers for this fight. I'm excited for this fight."

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