By Marcelo Barone Photo UFC
Coach of Diego Nunes and head-coach of Nova Uniao, Andre Pederneiras assigned his student’s loss to Kenny Florian, in UFC 131, to the blood loss during the combat. On a chat with TATAME, Andre affirmed that the cuts reduced the athlete’s resistance, and then he was defeated on a unanimous decision of the judges, and then criticized the elbows Florian fit on him.
“Diego started ok, he won the first round and got a knockdown. After that, I guess the cuts on head and the great blood loss were undermining his resistance, because he was doing great on the training and he was ready to fight three rounds”, said the coach, commenting on the elbows hit by the American athlete.
“Those elbows, the way I see it, for where they hit him, should be reanalyzed... I’m not taking Kenny Florian’s credits for the win, not at all, but I took some pictures of Diego’s head, and I want to send it to UFC, asking them if those spots are legal. I don’t want them to change the result of the fight, because Florian was better and earned it, but I want to know if it’s legal so that I can tell my students to do it. Sometimes the rules change and we lose a fight for a silly detail”, said Andre, who complimented the Brazilian fighter, but commented on his mistakes.
“Kenny tried to fit a jab and he fit a crossed punch or a direct punch, moving his legs forwards, what made it easier for Kenny Florian, and that’s a mistake he made. I told him, on the time off, that he’d use the straight punch and then the crossed punch, but he never did it. We trained that position so much that I guess he couldn’t change it right there in the sport. That was a mistake, absolutely. But, in general, he did good”.
The head-coach of Nova Uniao affirmed he has no news about a possible bout between Jose Aldo and Kenny Florian for the featherweight title. “We don’t know anything about the date of the bout and not even if it’ll actually happen. For now, it’s just speculation”, guaranteed. |
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