“Even with just the small amount of success I’ve had, people see the integrity I carry with me, and it pushes them to want to be that kind of person that is gonna be respectful, gonna be honest, humble, no matter what type of attention or success they find, and that’s where the real value is,” he said. “I do hope to also impress the UFC and the MMA community and Dana White, too, but the mayor of the city is calling me to city council meetings to recognize me, and all these schools and kids are recognizing me, listening to me talk, wanting pictures.
“So much has already been done that I never thought I was gonna do in the first place, so like I said, I’m happy with what I’ve done already.”
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There is a genuineness to Wellmaker that resonates with you when you speak with him, the same way you could feel his unbridled joy as he bounced to the Octagon in his home state earlier this summer.
“I know a lot of people saw Conor (McGregor) get big with the trash talk and stuff like that, and it’s almost like what trash talk was to Conor, it’s what being genuine is to me,” he said with a broad smile. “It’s what makes people like me, and fortunately, it’s just who I am; I don’t have to put on a front or fake it.”
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