Yoel Romero ska möta Lyoto Machida i huvudmatchen på finalen av TUF Brazil 4. I en intervju så berättar Romero att han inte är rädd för Machidas karate och att matchen gärna kan utspela sig stående.
Yoel Romero (9-1) möter Lyoto Machida (22-6) på finalen av TUF Brazil 4. Machida är känd för att vinna sina matcher med sin unika karatestil i buren. Romero gick nyligen ut i en intervju med sin manager som tolk att han inte har några problem med att ha matchen stående. Han har tränat på flera stilar och är beredd att vinna matchen vart den än utspelar sig:
”He says that his team has been training everything. They’ve been training Jiu Jitsu, Karate, Muay Thai, and standing up, boxing, and striking. He says if he’s in the clinch with Machida then he’ll use his Muay Thai, if he’s on the ground he’ll use his wrestling and Jiu Jitsu, and if he stays standing then he’ll use his boxing and his striking techniques that he’s been practicing with his team, and that he’s not really worried about standing with Machida. He says that he’s very confident in his stand up game and that wherever the fight goes is where he’s willing to take it. He doesn’t really have a specific option that he’s looking to do.”
Romero har inte heller några problem med att matchen kan gå hela fem ronder:
“He says that he’s not worried about going all five rounds. He says that this training he has been training and working on fighting five rounds, and that he says his last couple of fights that he’s been a little tired, but he says that the other fighter has also been a little gassed in the third round. But he says that his last couple of fights he’s been able to finish it in the third round. He’s been tired but he says that he’s more than capable enough of putting on a good performance and finishing the fight strong. Because I think in his last two or three fights he has finished the opponents in the third round.”
