At a great stage in his career and undefeated in his career in Ultimate, André Sergipano He knows he has a long way to go until he fights for a middleweight belt (up to 83,9kg), but he already has his eyes on the champion. Brazilian promise in the group led by Israel adesanya, the Minas Gerais native sees the Nigerian with an advantage over the other athletes in the division, but guarantees that he is analyzing possible ways to beat the leader in a possible dispute.
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“(Jan) Blachowicz put Adesanya down and (Marvin) Vettori himself. It already shows a path. Me, my coaches and everyone else in the category watched the fight once, twice, three times. You start trying to find a loophole in the game. Whoever is at the top has nowhere else to go”, said Sergipano, in an interview with SUPER FIGHTS.
Current number 13 in the middleweight division and undefeated in the organization with four clashes, Sergipano knows that, if he continues collecting victims, a meeting with Adesanya will be inevitable. Even though he knows that he is still, in a way, far from his dream, the Brazilian does not hide the fact that he has already imagined how a possible fight would unfold.
“You will always be touched, there is no way around it. It's knowing how to withstand the blows that come your way, trying to break the distance and corner you. It's shortening it to try to put it down. There's no way, I'll have to exchange with him. If I just want to fly at his legs, he'll stop me with a knee to the face. You have to go in knowing that 'you're going to take it'. Touch him in some way, with a punch, kick, to make him close for at least a second so you can pull over. It’s difficult to fight against a guy at that level, but you have to believe it will work out”, he concluded.
At the absolute top of the category since 2019, Israel has a fight scheduled. On February 12, the Nigerian attempts to defend his belt again in a historic rematch against Robert whittaker, former group champion, dethroned by Adesanya more than two years ago.
