C. Anderson (photo) ensures focus to beat J. Walker in the UFC 244. Photo: Reproduction/Facebook Corey anderson
The Brazilian Johnny Walker He has achieved meteoric fame since debuting for Ultimate. With three impressive victories, the athlete soon surprised the public and emerged as one of the public's favorite fighters in the light heavyweight division (up to 93kg). Corey anderson, Walker's rival this Saturday (2), in the UFC 244, will play the role of villain on the card and wants to interrupt his opponent's success, whom he considers just another commitment. The statement was made to 'Combate'.
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“I see this fight like I see all the others. I see myself as the best in the category. I made my mistakes in the past, I learned from those mistakes and today I'm putting what I learned into practice. I'm going to go in there with my hand raised and do what I always do: I'm going to dominate him in the UFC 244. I'm going to set the pace, use my strikes, my reach, my chin, my jiu-jitsu, everything I have in my arsenal”, said the North American.
The fighter also downplayed Walker's talent. According to Corey, the Belford Roxo (RJ) fighter's strategy and fighting stance are easily telegraphed. For him, it's all about mixing styles to decipher the secrets to defeating the Brazilian.
“I can't get there with just one trick up my sleeve, which is what he does. And I'm going to prove it inside. There is a lot of commotion around Johnny Walker. He became a favorite. Everyone expects him to be the next champion. There's always someone like that, but very few who enter the UFC continue to keep their name at the top. O Johnny Walker He’s the guy the UFC wants to see win, they’re investing in him, they want him to reach the top and my job is to prevent that from happening,” he said.
Currently in seventh place in the category ranking, Anderson can serve as a kind of ladder for Walker to finally reach the top of the category. However, the North American criticized the Ultimate ranking system, stating that different counts are adopted for one athlete and another.
“I'm that guy who wins and stays in the rankings forever without moving up because I'm not that popular. I won the Glover Teixeira (2018) when he was third and I was eighth, and I fell to ninth place. And he ended up in tenth. How does this happen? I won third place and couldn't even get into the top 5. Dominick reyes beat Volkan oezdemir, which was in sixth position, and became number three or fourth in the ranking? Something doesn’t make sense”, asked the light heavyweight.
Corey, in fact, is going through a good moment in his career. After going through a troubled phase in 2017, when he was defeated in two consecutive matches, the athlete managed to recover and achieve three consecutive victories, the last in December of last year, when he beat Ilir Latifi, at UFC 232.
The battle between Walker and Anderson is confirmed to close the preliminary card of the event, which is scheduled to start at 19:15 pm.
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