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[ReadWrite]

Fabio Maldonado reflects on rough UFC loss
By Elias Cepeda

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"That was the worst result possible," Maldonado said.

"I lost in the worst way possible. Horrible. Horrible performance...I have no excuses. If I got tired after four or five rounds, I could blame the fact that I only trained two weeks for this fight, but that was not the case. It couldn’t have been worse."

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"I don’t regret taking the fight. I regret fighting the way I fought," he said.

"I could have done better, fighting smarter. I don’t know what I was thinking. I wanted to show that I was calm and he caught me...I should have listened to my corners better.

"They said ‘[Miocic] traded punches with Roy Nelson, he will trade punches with you,’ but I don’t know what I was thinking. I have no excuses. Miocic landed one right hand that caught me, and it was really hard. I wanted to catch him in the beginning of the fight, but I should have fought more patiently."

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https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-...ado-reflects-on-rough-ufc-loss-161249991.html

 

[SimonNova]

Like a stud.

 

[NikFights**]

I mean respect for even stepping up to a more difficult weight class against a beast like stipe.

This is really sincere and I hope he bounces back

 

[HockeyBjj]

Has the "dude had 40 pounds of muscle on me" excuse to use and doesn't. Respect

 

[Lustercross]

I feel that he would have got ko'd sooner or later anyways. He isn't known for his head movement.

 

[DLX]

Yeah, the taking punches to the face gameplan wasn't smart.

 

[hypocalking]

Whats horrible is that the UFC even did that fight.

 

[Junior Cigano**]

He has plenty of excuses yet used none. Good man.

 

[Jrey]

War Maldonado

 

[Hans Gruber]

Thought I would see tons of

"He's not Brazilian" posts

 

[NTylerWeTrust]

Respect to Brawldonado. Get back to 205 and in the win column sooner rather than later.

 

[Karatekakid]

Boss.

 

[AOTB]

Yeah, the taking punches to the face gameplan wasn't smart.

Must admit as soon as I saw him state his 'game plan' it didn't look good for him..

 

[K1HerosNakamura]

What a gangster. Hope his brain is OK.

 

[Kanster]

Impressive, definitely not a full blooded Brazilian.

 

[RAFI BOMB]

I like his quotes at the end of the article:

"I have to think about what I

 

[BrazilianDude]

Impressive, definitely not a full blooded Brazilian.

and there it is...

 

[thatonedude]

and there it is...

I meannnnnnn ya know he does have a point when it comes to brasilians and excuses.... na mean?

 

[mirko>anyone]

and there it is...

Can you blame him? The majority of (popular) Brazilians do make excuses and have the temperament of a 12 year old. Are we not supposed to poke fun at this happening?

 

[thatonedude]

Wait for it......wait for it......