Andre Santos (37-9) ställs mot Paul Daley (35-13-2) på Bellator 134 och räknar med att få en titelchans vid vinst.
Santos tog fighten på kort varsel, men känner att han inte behövde mer tid än så för att förbereda sig mot Daley.
I took this fight on short notice, but I haven’t stopped training since my last fight in October,” Berättade Santos för MMAFighting.com. ”I kept training hard and when they offered me this fight, I felt 100 percent ready. I just needed to MAKE a few changes in my training, some adjustments, but I fokusen really hard on muay thai training in the end of 2014, so I’m ready for everything.”
Santoss har stoppat sina fem senaste motståndare och hoppas på att även stoppa Daley.
”He does n want to go to the ground with me,” Sa he. ”senI’m prepared to fight him standing as well. I got some knockouts too, I’m confident standing. I have a reach advantage, I’m taller.”
”I’m confident standing and on the ground. I know I have better chances if this fight goes to the ground because he’s pretty much basic on the ground, and I’m ready to prove that. If I take him down and pass the guard, the fight is over.”
vid vinst så tycker Santos att han bör få en titelchans.
”Replacing the champion, that’s recognition. They recognize my work and what I’m capable of, so I loved when I got that call,” Sa Santos. ”I don’t want to just go there and win, I want to prove a point. When I do that, I believe a title show should be my NEXTstep.”
Santos har gått många matcher och han menar att saker och ting kunde ha gått bättre om han haft en manager.
”It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity,” Sa Santos. ”I have more than 40 fights on my record, but things didn’t happen fast for me. I never had a manager to help me throughout my career. Fighters have managers when they are starting their career now, and I had to wait too much. Now I’m replacing the Bellator champion, and I should fight for the title with a win.”
