FiveKnuckles.com: How is it feeling now?

Zack Micklewright: It's been going good; it doesn't bother me at all. It's not a factor in any part of my training whatsoever. Things are going really good.

FiveKnuckles.com: When did you resume training after the injury healed?

Zack Micklewright: At the end of April.

FiveKnuckles.com: And you're fight is in August, so you'll have had plenty of time.

Zack Micklewright: Yeah, I'm pumped about that. I've got [time] to bust my ass and get myself in gear.

FiveKnuckles.com: How did you come into the WEC from GFC (Glory Fighting Championships)? What was it like and how did you feel?

Zack Micklewright: I got my name out there because I had been to a couple of LC Davis' fights (my training partner). I was cornering him. So I stuck my name out there, tried to get my face known around there. Then my manager helped me out.

FiveKnuckles.com: And they liked what they saw and brought you over?

Zack Micklewright: Yeah. They must have scouted me and looked at my videos. I talked to them a couple times. And they invited me on to fight Muhsin Corbbrey, and I beat him, so here I am.

FiveKnuckles.com: Your debut was a success, how did it feel to get your hand raised in your first fight in the cage?

Zack Micklewright: It felt good. That's what I wanted. I wasn't going in there to not get my hand raised. It was a relief and it really made me feel like I had come along way since I started fighting. Muhsin Corbbrey has fought a lot of tough guys. He went three rounds with Nick Diaz. He's fought Kurt Pellegrino, Jim Miller. To see that I could ascend like that made me really me feel like I've come a long way and I've got what it takes.

FiveKnuckles.com: Do you plan to stay in the lightweight division or would you like to move around?

Zack Micklewright: I'm a pretty big 155er, so that's my best bet. I'd be good at 170; I might be a small 170. I'm too small for 170 and too big for 155. But I can make 155 and be healthy, so that's where I'm gonna stay.

FiveKnuckles.com: Is your goal to go to the UFC, or are you happy with your home in the WEC?

Zack Micklewright: I'm happy with where I'm at. If the 155 division gets moved to the UFC, I'm fine with that. I'm just gonna take it one fight at a time and not let it bother me.

The WEC's milestone WEC 50 event will take place on August 18 in Las Vegas, NV.