03.05.2008 Pitbull unafraid of Hughes“I’ll only leave if I’m dead�
Always the hard worker, Thiago Pitbull has been started pushing himself once again to face the greatest challenge of his career, set for June 7th, in London, at UFC 85. After dispatching Karo Parisyan with a knee at UFN 13, the Brazilian was granted by his boss Dana White the credentials of being the second challenger to the title, after John Fitch.
Thus the ATT athlete is being put to face yet another bruiser who this time happens to be one of the biggest names in UFC history: Matt Hughes. The wrestler, who is coming off a loss to current champion Georges Saint-Pierre at UFC 79, wants to go back to the days when he dominated the welterweight category.
Even so, Pitbull is not intimidated, and in a talk with GRACIEMAG.com affirms that he is the perfect adversary to take him to his objective: the belt.
“I’m training like mad and I’m really strong with a lot of wind. MMA demands a lot of effort and training to not leave anything to chance. We brought in some wrestlers to train and we’re putting together the right strategy for the fight. To me, experience is what counts. Hughes is already in the UFC Hall of Fame and has only lost to Saint-Pierre. But I’ve been doing this since I was 15 in muay thai and MMA. I can’t be satisfied being just another one, I want to be the best and I’ll only leave dead. They were giving me ever tougher opponents each time and now they send in Matt, but the name doesn’t matter, I’m taking this win for the ATT,” Thiago guaranteed.
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