junior gypsy underperformed at UFC 155, when it was largely dominated by Cain Velazquez and lost the organization's heavyweight title. However, the Brazilian, who had already said that he was having emotional problems before the fight, stated that excessive training made him sick and had kidney problems after the fight on the 29th.
“I had a kidney problem. The doctor said that I crossed the line, that I trained too much and my body was overworked. He said it could have happened before the fight, that it was lucky it happened after. My urine came out all black. He said that my muscles were burning there, that I was losing muscle with that. I went way over the line, which caused my creatine level to rise, which took away some of my attention”, said Cigano, in an interview with Veja magazine.
The Brazilian also spoke about the difficulties he encountered in the fight, that it was difficult to watch the video of the fight and explained why he had his guard down throughout the dispute.
“I rewatched the fight several times. It's something that... It wasn't fun to watch. Not because of Velasquez's performance, I think he did the job very well, but because of mine. While I was watching, I saw things and didn't understand why I didn't respond”, said the former champion, who spoke about his strategy in the fight.
“Actually, I waited too long, I joined Velasquez's dance, his game, and I only defended myself and didn't attack. My main strength is attacks. In this fight, I just walked back and defended myself, as if I wasn't thinking. And so it was repeated throughout all the rounds. It was as if I hadn't entered the fight head on. It was really frustrating for me to see things happening and not react to them”, concluded Cigano.
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Still talking about the gypsy's fight, who suffered a blackout, not undermining the performance of Cain Velasquez, who attacked his opponent at all times. Taking back what he had lost a year ago. I think we will have a breathtaking rematch, however, in my opinion. Cigano is more complete than Velasquez, he needed 5 rounds to win on points. Even though Júnior Cigano was staggering, Velasquez was unable to get the knockout. The gypsy will definitely bring the belt back to Brazil, it won't be easy. But he will do it with a lot of dedication and willpower, like him, gypsy. Thank you guys!!!
Why don’t you just say directly that you sold the fight?
Still looking for justification?
I'll never support that guy again, he sold the fight for money, and I don't think he needed that, because he's making great money, if your boss is corrupt, don't be like him, unless you like it, A .Senna died, but he didn't give in, Mr Barrichello and Massa, delivered some races for the team, I think this is disrespectful to the fans, and a robbery for bettors.
gypsy, you friend made me very sad by losing the belt.