UFC president admitted that he was scared by the moment of the Brazilian’s rise on stage after the press conference about the fight in Salt Lake City
UFC president, Dana Whitetook a big scare this Thursday, the 18th, during the face of Paulo Borrachinhaand Luke Rockhold, after the UFC 278 press conference in Salt Lake City. The Ultimate boss thought that something was going to happen after the Brazilian middleweight (up to 84kg) climbed the stage stairs and jumped to face the American.
“You scared me”, said the president of UFC. Although at that moment it really gave the event an air of tension, Borrachinha asked Rockhold to “be nice” when they did the stare. The American stood completely still and even looked the Brazilian up and down as they both faced the audience in the arena.
Dana White, even knowing that the initial scare had passed, remained alert. However, in the next face the boss managed to relax. Another who took the stage was the former featherweight champion (up to 66kg) and current number 3 bantamweight (up to 61kg) Jose Aldomaking a very friendly, but still serious, face with the opponent Merab Dvalishvilicurrently number 6 in the category.
The welterweight champion Kamaru Usman and the challenger Leon Edwards showed intensity when they came face to face, and next to Dana White, but despite that, they were not disrespectful and avoided getting too much teasing. The only thing out there was the fact that Usman wore an all-green outfit alluding to Nigeria, where he was born.
Already knowing that Borrachinha’s confrontation should be quite intense, this Saturday, the 20th, UFC fans can follow the fight through the “Combate” subscription system, which broadcasts UFC 278 live from 19:00 (Brasília time) ). The site broadcasts “Aquecimento Combate” and the first two fights from 18:30 (Brasília time).
A fiery first face-off for Saturday’s co-main event 👀@BorrachinhaMMA vs. @LukeRockhold
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fights
Main Card – 11pm (Brasilia time)
- Welterweight: Kamaru Usman vs Leon Edwards;
- Middleweight: Paulo Borrachinha vs Luke Rockhold;
- Bantamweight: Jose Aldo vs Merab Dvalishvili;
- Bantamweight: Wu Yanan vs Lucie Pudilova;
- Light Heavyweight: Tyson Pedro vs Harry Hunsucker.
Preliminary Card – 7pm (Brasilia time)
- Heavyweight: Marcin Tybura vs Alexandr Romanov;
- Lightweight: Léo Santos vs Jared Gordon;
- Featherweight: Sean Woodson vs Luis Saldaña;
- Flyweight: Shanna Young vs Miranda Maverick;
- Welterweight: AJ Fletcher v Ange Loosa;
- Flyweight: Amir Albazi vs Francisco Figueiredo;
- Bantamweight: Aori Qileng vs Jay Perrin;
- Flyweight: Daniel Miojo vs Victor Altamirano.
Source: sportbuzz
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