PORTRAIT
Are you happy with the way the fight went against How are your injuries?
Thiago Alves? A little better, but the doctors want me to take another two
I’m very happy. For sure I wanted to win by knockout or submis- weeks off. I’m going to respect that because I don’t want this to
sion, but I’m happy apart from my injuries during the fight. become a chronic injury.
Did anything surprise you in that fight? How do you see the fight between Swick and Kamp-
Not really. He was very good but I was expecting that. What mann going?
surprised me is that Fabio Holanda showed up in his corner I haven’t seen many of their fights, but I know they’re both great
after training with me. He was at my wrestling club asking me fighters and I just hope that the best man will win.
questions about my training, and then he turned up in Thiago’s
corner.
Have you given any more thought to going up to mid-
dleweight to fight Anderson Silva?
Did you expect to be able to control him so well stan- Right now they told me that I will fight the winner of Swick and
ding? Kampmann. If one day I decide to do that, I will have to take the
I’m not bad standing up and I’ve been training really hard and I time off to put on some weight and prepare properly for a fight at
was very well prepared. that weight. I’m not fighting to be champion anymore, because I
already am, so whatever I do it has to be a challenge.
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