“He has really good ground and pound and always looks to get to that position. He’s good at hitting from there, knows how to use his elbows, so it’s something I have to be careful about. I’m training to avoid that and defend myself by playing guard, should I end up on bottom. So I’m doing a lot of takedown defenses, playing from the bottom, not to mention working on my boxing.”
“It’s a really important fight. The situation is all the more delicate because I’m coming off a loss. I don’t want to lose and I’m confident. I’m working and I feel the result will depend on everything I do up until then. There’s no secret to it and I’m conscious of the responsibility. I’m going to put in an effort and I’m more focused than ever before.”
Nogueira suffered a setback in September when he lost via unanimous decision to “Ultimate Fighter” season eight winner, Ryan Bader. Prior to that he’d scored a TKO win over Luiz Cane and a split decision win over Jason Brilz. Stay tuned to MMABay for more build-up to this one as we get it.
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