Under gårdagen blev det klart att Michael Chandler kommer ta sig an Eddie Alvarez i en titelmatch, vid Bellators första ”Pay-Per-View” gala. De båda kämparna har tidigare mötts inne i buren, vid Bellator 58, en match som Michael tog hem via submission i fjärde ronden.
Här pratar Chandler med ”MMAJunkie” om den kommande matchen, och vad som kommer krävas av Eddie för att få ner honom:
My goal is to go out there and finish him a lot quicker than the last fight. I don’t think this fight is going to be as highly contested as it was the first time. I’ve gotten a ton better.
I absolutely think [I hold the striking advantage]. I think Alvarez threw every single thing he had at me (in the first fight), so I think he’s got that in the back of his mind. He’s going to need to bring a baseball bat into that cage to get me on the ground. That’s the confidence that I have.
The speed of my hands has gotten faster. I think the power of my hands has gotten harder, has increased, and it’s just the confidence that I bring into the cage. … I’m not going to say that I hold the advantage anywhere, but I think I am the better fighter now, two years later especially.
I think you’re going to see two even better fighters than what stepped in the cage in 2011, so it’s going to be pretty exciting. There’s going to be a possibility for another knockdown, drag-out (fight). But in my mind, I’ve gotten so much better, my goal is as every single fight: Go out there and get a quick finish.
Hur matchen kommer att utspela sig får vi se vid Bellator 106 den 2 november, där även Tito Ortiz kommer ta sig an Quinton ”Rampage” Jackson.
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