Mick Stanton is constantly feeling like someone will burst his bubble at any time.“I have to stop and think sometimes, ‘How did I get here?'” he told talkSPORT.com ahead of his return to action in Prague this weekend.Stanton, 38, boasts a professional 14-8 MMA recordOKTAGON MMAAlthough Stanton doesn’t believe his fight against Oktagon’s No. 3-ranked pound-for-pound fighter, Kerim Engizek, is the toughest of his career, there’s still a lot on the line.“When I first entered the tournament, it was like, ‘Yes, wow, imagine fighting for that money,” Stanton said, speaking about the life-changing reward on the line for him at Oktagon 74 this weekend.Where is Mick Stanton fighting and how much is on the line?Stanton fights at Oktagon 74 in Prague on Saturday night and his bout with Engizek is one of four quarter-finals at middleweight in the promotion’s annual Tipsport Gamechanger tournament.The Liverpudlian can walk away with €300,000 (approximately £260,000) if he defeats Engizek, and goes on to win his semi-final and the final.The tournament is part of Europe’s £200m MMA promotion and has a total prize pool of €1million, with the runner-up banking €130,000, semi-final losers getting €80,000, quarter-final losers €40,000, and the rest €15,000.“But by the time you pay your coaches, your manager, you pay your tax, it’s not as much as it sounds,” Stanton continued.“What would that do with that money for me? It would be amazing. It would be fantastic.“But all that’s going to do for me is just going to go into the bank and help us get a bigger house for the family. That is what I promised my wife.“That’s the only thing left that I promised my wife, the good life, the gym, our business is doing well. I promised that I’d be world champion.”Stanton made his pro MMA debut in November 2016, having previously competed for Team GB boxing, training with the likes of Amir Khan and George Groves in his youth.Stanton, a former boxer, now fights at the highest level in MMAOKTAGON MMAHe is competing in Oktagon’s €1m Tipsport Gamechanger tournament this weekendOKTAGON MMAHe has fought under the Cage Warriors banner for most of his career, winning the promotion’s middleweight title two years ago by outpointing Will Currie in London.‘The Huyton Hammer’ has since been able to transition into full-time fighting and now runs his own community gym, Urban Kingz, in Prescot, Liverpool, in the same building as his wife’s dance academy.Family is everything to Stanton, as he promised his wife a long time ago that he would make a career in fighting work.He has since made it his mission every single day to deliver on that promise and can get one step closer to the goal in Prague this weekend.“It’s crazy because I’ve never dreamt of me getting this far,” Stanton said.“So it’s like this whole thing is like an out-of-body experience. It doesn’t feel like it’s me anymore…Oktagon 74 Main CardEurope's €200m MMA PromotionMain event: Cecilie Bolander vs Lucia Szabova (bantamweight title fight)Tipsport GamechangerKerim Engizek vs Mick StantonDominik Humburger vs Mark HulmeKrzysztof Jotko vs Marek MazuchPiotr Wawrzyniak vs Hojat Khajevand“It’s bizarre. I just do what I do every day.”Stanton oozed confidence when talking about his fight with Engizek at Oktagon 74.Engizek is the Oktagon middleweight champion right now, but the belt will not be on the line, as the fight takes place in tournament style.Stanton asserted his wrestling, boxing, and technique is ‘too good’ for his Turkish-born German opponent, and he sees nothing but a win on Saturday night.“I can’t see myself losing,” he concluded.“I’ve trained that hard to a level where I’m not just surprising myself, I’m surprising everyone around me… “Everyone sits there and wonders how fit I am. I said, ‘I don’t know,’ I’ve amazed myself.“I’m 38 years old and I feel like I’m just going into me best years.”