MMA star Dylan Tuke has his eyes on the $100,000 PFL Europe prize – so he can lay down a mortgage for his family.
The Scottish-based Irishman is into the semi-finals of the three-stage tournament and faces Jakub Kaszuba next this Saturday in Paris.
MMA star Dylan Tuke is in the PFL Europe semi-final
Going all the way in PFL Europe not only bags him the $100k prize money but also qualifies him into next season’s $1m global season.
And Tuke already has a plan for how he would spend his potential winnings.
He told SunSport: “Winning $100,000 would be amazing.
“I will throw it down on a mortgage for me and the sisters and the family. We’ve got a whole family there.
“I suppose it would be amazing and take a little bit of extra stress off me for training.
“But I am a humble and poor D1 boy at heart and always will be.”
Tuke, 27, left Ireland for Scotland in a bid to better his career and currently represents the Higher Level MMA gym in Bathgate.
He said: “I moved to Scotland just for my coach James Dolan, he is one of the most decorated and high prolific coaches in the whole of Europe, if not the world.
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“He’s trained multiple world champions including Stevie Ray, Paul McVeigh, Luke Shanks and Danny Henry to name a few.
“He is basically the creator of champions from Scotland, so I moved over to be with him and the guys from higher level.
“I couldn’t have made a better decision. I wish had moved sooner.”
Standing in the way of Tuke and the winner-take-all finale fight on December 8 is Kaszuba.
But Tuke said: “I know he likes to wrestle; I know he is in for the roughest night of his life come Saturday, September 30th”.
Tuke facing off with opponent Jakub Kaszuba