Mauricio Rua är en av de fighters som slår hårdast inom divisionen och Ovince St. Preux siktar därför på att slåss på ett intelligent sätt för att undvika slagen i den kommande matchen.
Han berättar även om hur han ser på Ruas teknik och vad han känner för att möta en av sina favoriter inom MMA.
Det här berättar han, via ”MMAFighting”:
He can knock me out and I can knock him out. I think I have more weapons than he does. When it comes to ground game, I’m really good at neutralizing people. Hopefully when he locks me up he will realize how strong I am too. I think my wrestling is a little better than his and I’ve been working on mine a lot. I think I should be OK.
Most fighters primarily stand but, with Shogun he just a little more aggressive you know. He’s been in the game so long and seem to me to be a tad bit slower. He doesn’t throw high kicks anymore but he does a lot of body kicks. He’s one of the guys that goes toward you and stand right in front of you. A lot of the time it leaves you open for takedowns or body shots.
Shogun is one of my favorite fighters, but it comes a time when you work toward becoming a legend too. In order to become the legend, you have to be the legend. I’m just trying to work my way up to light heavyweight rankings, he just happens to be in the way.
Ovince St. Preux och Shogun Rua möter varandra under UFC Fight Night 56 i Uberlandia i Brasilien under lördagen.
