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“It was tough,” Barboza said. “I’m still digesting it. I have a very good head, but I wasn’t expecting to lose – especially the way it was. I really wasn’t. I was very well-trained. My coaches did everything right. It was me, in the moment of the fight, who wasn’t able to … I fell into his game."
“I spent 15 minutes in his game. That was the whole problem. My coaches, they all did everything right. They had the right game plan. But I couldn’t. It was hard. It was hard, but in a good way. I’m trying to transform that hardship, that sadness the loss gave me, into hunger. I’m very hungry.”
“I couldn’t impose my game,” Barboza said. “I’m a fighter – if they offered me a fight against him tomorrow, I’d take it again for sure. I’d train and give it my best so that what happened in our last fight didn’t happen again. He does have various holes. But he’s able to get people to play into his game. And that’s the problem. That’s what happened to me. …"
“It’s something I almost always do, too, getting them to play my game. But this time I couldn’t. It’s a fight. It’s a chess game. Sometimes the pieces go together and sometimes they don’t. In this last fight, the pieces didn’t. That’s his merit.”
“I didn’t even take any medicine after the fight,” Barboza told MMAjunkie. “I have no injuries and no doubt I want to be back as soon as possible.”
“Mid-March, the end of March, that would be very cool,” Barboza said.
"Anyone else who’s closest, above me in the ranking, I’ll fight,” Barboza said. “There’s (Justin) Gaethje, there’s (Kevin) Lee, there are some people there. So whomever’s around, I’ll fight, for sure.”
http://mmajunkie.com/2018/01/eyeing...reflects-on-tough-loss-to-khabib-nurmagomedov
Quite frankly, seems like barboza had a bit unrealistc expectations. He should have focused on trying to avoid khabib imposing his game... Not trying to get him to play his... Everybody knows khabib will never fall into that... Specially against a pedigree striker like barboza.
The one time i remember khabib trying to stand he almost got put away.
Edson says his coaches prepared him well, but he either completely disregard it during the fight or they dont know what the fuck they were doing.
Trying to get khabib to play his game? never happening... and edson looked completely unable to avoid khabibs offensive game.
What did they train for that camp really?!
“I spent 15 minutes in his game. That was the whole problem. My coaches, they all did everything right. They had the right game plan. But I couldn’t. It was hard. It was hard, but in a good way. I’m trying to transform that hardship, that sadness the loss gave me, into hunger. I’m very hungry.”
“I couldn’t impose my game,” Barboza said. “I’m a fighter – if they offered me a fight against him tomorrow, I’d take it again for sure. I’d train and give it my best so that what happened in our last fight didn’t happen again. He does have various holes. But he’s able to get people to play into his game. And that’s the problem. That’s what happened to me. …"
“It’s something I almost always do, too, getting them to play my game. But this time I couldn’t. It’s a fight. It’s a chess game. Sometimes the pieces go together and sometimes they don’t. In this last fight, the pieces didn’t. That’s his merit.”
“I didn’t even take any medicine after the fight,” Barboza told MMAjunkie. “I have no injuries and no doubt I want to be back as soon as possible.”
“Mid-March, the end of March, that would be very cool,” Barboza said.
"Anyone else who’s closest, above me in the ranking, I’ll fight,” Barboza said. “There’s (Justin) Gaethje, there’s (Kevin) Lee, there are some people there. So whomever’s around, I’ll fight, for sure.”
http://mmajunkie.com/2018/01/eyeing...reflects-on-tough-loss-to-khabib-nurmagomedov
Quite frankly, seems like barboza had a bit unrealistc expectations. He should have focused on trying to avoid khabib imposing his game... Not trying to get him to play his... Everybody knows khabib will never fall into that... Specially against a pedigree striker like barboza.
The one time i remember khabib trying to stand he almost got put away.
Edson says his coaches prepared him well, but he either completely disregard it during the fight or they dont know what the fuck they were doing.
Trying to get khabib to play his game? never happening... and edson looked completely unable to avoid khabibs offensive game.
What did they train for that camp really?!
