Maurício Shogun will face St-Preux at UFC 274 and the Brazilian is choking on his rival; both faced each other in Brazil and Ovince won the match!
Shogun is choking on St-Preux and wants to emerge victorious from a rematch at UFC 274. The two rivals faced each other in 2014, in Brazil, and Ovince knocked out Maurício with just 34 seconds into the fight. The defeat to the Haitian bothers the Brazilian to this day and, this Saturday, the 7th, he wants to remake this story and come out with a victory in his penultimate fight for Ultimate.
Considered one of the main UFC legends, Shogun is close to retiring from the Octagons. The fighter believes he has achieved everything necessary in his career, but first and foremost, he wants revenge on St-Preux. Without even thinking about his farewell, he wants to beat Ovince first and then think about what to do in the future.
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“Today I want to do two more fights – this one and one more – and stop. That’s my focus and my goal, and I’m sure I’ll stop at the right time. It’s a very personal decision for each one, but I can already see myself doing other things. It’s calm. I’m definitely thinking about doing my last fight in Brazil or Japan, which is a country that I have great affection for too. I don’t think about a date or place yet, but that’s the goal. But first the goal is to beat the St. Preux, anyway, and win my next fight (laughs)“, he said in an interview with “Combat“.
Shogun also took the opportunity to give more details and point out some differences between this fight against St-Preux in relation to 2014. Maurício said that at that time the element of surprise counted a lot for Ovince’s victory, but that this time things will be different in Phoenix at UFC 274.
“He has a very good left hook, he likes to hit coming out. I have to keep an eye on his hand, because if I catch him, he could end the fight. I trained a lot for this and I hope to surprise you this time. The big difference is that I know my opponent better today. At that time, if I’m not mistaken, Rashad Evans was injured and they put him in his place at the last minute. I didn’t know him well, and since then he has fought a lot, and I managed to study him, and now I know him well“, finished.
Source: sportbuzz
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