UFC 132 – Aaron Simpson excited to be facing Brad Tavares, knows he has his hands full

UFC middleweight powerhouse, Aaron Simpson has been speaking about his UFC 132 fight this weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada against “Ultimate Fighter” alum, Brad Tavares, explaining he’s excited for the fight and knows he will have his hands full when he steps back inside the octagon.
Speaking via UFC.com, Simpson said:

“I was definitely gunning for “Mayhem,” but he had a better deal. The UFC gave him an awesome opportunity with the TUF show and a great name in Michael Bisping, and I think he will definitely beat him verbally and physically. It’s gonna be a great show. And it was a smart move on their part and I don’t have any qualms with that. I just had to keep training hard. We had about five weeks notice and that’s plenty of time to change the game plan a little bit for Tavares and move forward.”

“He (Tavares) is someone who throws pretty heavy hands and will come at you. He’s definitely a hard-nosed fighter with some good wins. He fought my teammate, Seth Baczynski, on the show and at the Ultimate Fighter finale, and Seth is no joke. So I’m excited about the fight. It’s another time to get back in the Octagon, which is always a good thing.”

Simpson recently rebounded from back-to-back losses inside the octagon to Chris Leben and Mark Munoz when he pulled off a dominating unanimous decision win over Mario Miranda. Stay tuned to MMABay for more build-up to this one as we get it.
By Michael Pepper.