Deiveson focused before fighting in the UFC. Photo: Reproduction/Facebook/UFC
Deiveson FigueiredoThe former flyweight champion (up to 56,7kg) is confident that his current form will improve. The Brazilian, who lost to Umar Nurmagomedov in the bantamweight category (up to 61,2 kg) in UFC 324Last Saturday (24), he spoke out for the first time since the setback and published a strong message on social media.
In a post on his Instagram feed, the 'God of War', currently ranked seventh, thanked his fans for their support and also addressed everyone who rooted against him or criticized his defeat to his cousin. Khabib Nurmagomedov.
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"Thank you to everyone who cheered for me and who, even with the defeat, are with me and sent me messages of support. Thank you very much. To those who are not with me and, at the same time, insult me, I'm sorry to inform you: I'm just getting started. I feel like a 25-year-old kid and soon I'll have a fight scheduled, I'll reach 220%. I'm f@$% as f@$%&* and I know myself. I fought a great fight against..." Umar NurmagomedovA battle of strategies against a wrestling monster.
As a Marajoara wrestler, I decided to play with a lot of lateral movement, confusing his entries. The times I ended up on the bottom were because I attacked the guillotine choke, which many here know I do well and that it's surgically precise to execute.
What many people thought, that Umar would crush me, wasn't quite the case. He respected me throughout the entire fight. I know that if I had been more aggressive, I might have won, or I would have lost by being taken down early in the rounds. Everyone here knows that Umar is very good at controlling his opponents when he takes them down and likes to take their backs.
And at no point did he grab my back. Even being underneath twice, I managed to hurt him. That's it, guys. We're always together. Big hug. I'll be back,” he said. Deiveson Figueiredo.
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