After beating Shogun, Ovince St. Preux challenges Fabio Maldonado

St. Preux celebrates the knockout over Shogun in Uberlândia. Photo: Buda Mendes/UFC

Ovince St Preux The most important victory of his career came at UFC Fight Night 56, an event held in the early hours of this Sunday (09), in Uberlândia, in the interior of Minas Gerais. After knocking out the former champion Mauricio Shogun In just 34 seconds, the American of Haitian origin is already thinking about new challenges, but this time with more modest backgrounds.

In the press conference after the show, St Preux asked to face Brazilian Fábio Maldonado, currently 14th in the light heavyweight division rankings, or Australian Anthony Perosh, who is not even ranked among the top 15 in the category.

"I have to see. There are some people in line... Fábio Maldonado, Anthony Perosh... I'll fight anyone”, said the North American, who reinforced his desire to face the Brazilian. “I have tremendous respect for him. He’s on the list,” he added.

Maldonado accepts the challenge

Right after Ovince St Preux revealing his interest in facing Maldonado, the Brazilian took to Twitter to accept the challenge. “I never ran from a challenge. I thought you were going to ask for someone better ranked than me. The challenge is accepted“, wrote Caipira de Aço on the microblog.

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