Alex Poatán at the entrance to the UFC event. Photo: Reproduction/Instagram/UFC India
Alex Poatán is confident that he will wear the UFC belt again after his rematch against Magomed Ankalayev. The Brazilian, who defended the light heavyweight title on three occasions, guarantees that he is 100% focused on correcting his mistakes. last fight, even though the next one doesn't have a set date yet.
In an interview during the broadcast of UFC 316. Alex Poatán made it clear that his goal is to regain the UFC light heavyweight belt. Confident, the Brazilian is already working with the expectation of returning to the octagon in the second half of the year.
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“Regaining the title is definitely my focus. It’s what I want most and it’s what’s going to happen… We haven’t talked about it yet, but we know more or less when it will be: September, October or November. It doesn’t matter to me, but this date is perfect,” said Poatan.
Regarding the adjustments needed for the rematch, Poatan rules out radical changes to his fighting style. The champion believes that the way forward is to maintain the base that took him to the top of the category, correcting only technical details and perfecting specific aspects of his game.
“Some things are different, but they are details. It’s not like, ‘Man, I’m going to have to retrain and change my game.’ No. It’s the same thing, just correcting some techniques,” said the former light heavyweight champion.
Alex Poatán e Magomed Ankalayev faced each other in UFC 313, where the Russian emerged victorious by unanimous decision of the judges. Since then, the Brazilian has been accused of refusing a rematch.
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