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Durinho promotes UFC event. Photo: Reproduction/Facebook/UFC
Like MMA fans and professionals, Gilbert Durinho He was not at all happy to watch the fight. Jailton Malhadinho at UFC Vegas 113. At the event held last Saturday (7), the Brazilian lost his second fight in a row, now to Rizvan KunievBy unanimous decision. Reacting to the show, the veteran, being candid, harshly criticized his compatriot.
On his official YouTube channel, Durinho disapproved of the heavyweight (up to 120,2 kg) fight and questioned Malhadinho's strategy. The fight was fought in the clinch, mainly against the cage, and had few moments of action. The Brazilian was unsuccessful in imposing his takedown game, but he didn't give up on taking his much larger and more robust opponent to the ground, and came out worse in the exchange of strength.
According to the former welterweight title challenger (up to 77,1 kg), his compatriot lacked fight IQ, confidence, and, above all, aggression. Therefore, Durinho lamented that Malhadinho was unable to turn the tide against the Russian, who, in his opinion, was a beatable opponent.
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"Wow, what a situation. I'll be honest. When he lost to Volkov, it was a boring fight. I wasn't expecting another 'Malhadinho,' but a 'Malhadinho' who finally understood, like Bautista did. Bautista realized he needed to fight more, finish the fight, improve, and he did. I expected this turning point from Malhadinho. Malhadinho couldn't take the guy down. The guy came in focused on takedown defense, and that's fine. What are you going to do? Malhadinho, beat this guy up, hit him in the clinch, try to take him down.", said the athlete.
“Didn’t succeed? Switch. The fight started getting really boring because the guy would put Malhadinho against the cage, Malhadinho would try to take him down and couldn’t. It became a boring cage fight, without much happening. After the guy got tired, Malhadinho, in the third round, started to feel more confident. Only after the guy got tired did he start throwing punches. The worst part, the most bizarre thing is that he has punches. He landed a good punch on the guy, hit him hard, but only in the third round.”
“In the end, the guys did that and I said, 'Oh, my brother, now? 15 minutes, 14 and a bit, they did nothing and in 10 seconds they want to do something? Come on, brother! Stop! You're dishonoring Holloway. Stop it. I didn't like it. I think they lacked a bit more urgency. Neither of them had any urgency at all. They didn't want to play any hand, no sense of urgency whatsoever.”, he concluded.
Malhadinho's MMA Fighters
Jailton MalhadinhoThe 34-year-old is part of the UFC's heavyweight elite. The Brazilian began his MMA career in 2012 and debuted in its largest organization in 2022. In his career, the Bahia native has built a record of 22 wins, 21 by stoppage (13 by submission and 8 by knockout), and five losses. His main victories were against Derrick Lewis, Jairzinho Rozenstruik e Serghei Spivac.
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