UFC welterweight contender, Thiago Alves has been speaking about his upcoming fight with Rick Story at UFC 130 on May 28th in Las Vegas, Nevada, explaining he plans on pulling off a quick win so he can start to prepare for promotions upcoming event in Rio de Janeiro.Speaking via Tatame Magazine, Alves said:
“Now I have to keep the training rhythm slow so I won’t be ready much time before the fight, so I won’t miss it. I’m training a lot, training my Jiu-Jitsu, much Wrestling to try to improve my game working on my conditioning… Now it’s just wait for the right time.”
“As for my game plan, on my last fight I realized I had to change my strategy. Rick Story is good at Wrestling, but I think his striking is weak. Let’s mix it all, strike, take him down, and mess up with his head. The guy is pretty tough, but I see many flaws on his game, and we’ll work to use these flaws to knock him out or submit him.”
“I’m prepared, training hard since now, because on my last fight I was heisting because I was coming from two losses and it was the first time I was following this diet and working with the guys I’m working now, so I doubted it a little… next fight I won’t be afraid, I’ll be at ease, I’ll go for the quick knockout or submission. This fight won’t last long. I want to knockout or submit him quickly, to get the microphone and ask Dana White to fight on UFC Rio, because the dream of every Brazilian is to fight in Brazil. I’ll work hard to be there, if God helps me, in August.”
Story is currently on a five-fight winning streak including victories over Dustin Hazelett and Johny Hendricks. His sole loss inside the octagon came at UFC 99 on his promotional debut, going down via unanimous decision to John Hathaway. Stay tuned to MMABay in the coming weeks for more build-up to this one as we get it.
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