Aw man. lol. To be fair, I have been pretty quite about Draculino now that everyone knows who he is and that is Poppa's job. He is paid to promote the gym.
A year or two ago I would say his name and a few people knew him but nobody really knew who the guy was, Poppa has come along and we all pretty much know exactly who Draculino is. Which is great. He is a good guy and should be know.
I have no reason to talk him up anymore.
When I started training with him 2 years ago, I googled his name. 2 results would show up, and 2 videos on youtube. Now, tons of results on google and lots of good videos.
So I don't really talk about him anymore unless anyone asks a specific question I feel I can answer.
So actually on topic:
I know nothing about this fight. I knew he wanted to fight again. And I just found out when you guys did about Strikeforce. I heard maybe against Rocky Long who is a pretty tough local fighter,I believe he trained/trains with Yves Edwards and those guys up in the woodlands. He has wayyyyy more fights than Draculino. He sits near a 50/50 average on those fights.
But Draculino is a tough and technical guy, he has good hand, good kicks. But that is not his strength obviously, good Judo, good wrestling, insane BJJ. If he gets the guy down, you will see a submission in no time at all IMO. If the guy can keep it on the feet it might be a long fight. Who knows what kind of ring rust there is...Rocky fought once this year and twice last year.
Draculino hasn't fought since 2005. I'm not sure whether he has more than 2 fights either. He obviously spent the majority of his time training himself, competing at a high level, and training world champions in Belo Horizonte. MMA is just something he likes. Rocky is more of a true MMA fighter. Draculino is an old school badass who came up with Vale Tudo.
I know Draculino will take this very seriously. And although I am nervous in a way, I can't wait.
