Jacaré's trainer bets on jiu-jitsu to defeat Belfort

Jacaré faces Belfort in May. Photo: Disclosure

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Months before the main fight of the first UFC event in Brazil in 2016, Ronaldo Jacare and your team are already thinking about the strategy to get the best of Vitor belfort. According to the fighter's main trainer, Josuel Distak, the most obvious path for his pupil will be ground fighting.

Even though Belfort is a black belt in jiu-jitsu under Carlson Gracie, Jacaré is simply one of the most decorated athletes in the gentle art active in MMA. Precisely this will be the athlete's difference in combat, Distak bets.

“We will work on Vitor’s mistake. Everyone knows it's a fight for jiu-jitsu. Let's take Vitor to the ground and work on the jiu-jitsu that Jacaré knows very well, but Jacaré can also use the surprise factor, as he has a very hard, very heavy hand”, declared Distak, in an interview with the website “ Portal do Vale Tudo”.

The fight between Belfort and Jacaré will be the highlight of the attraction on May 14th, which does not yet have a defined location for it to take place. Jacaré comes from a narrow defeat to Yoel romero in December last year, and Belfort, a month earlier, won Dan Henderson in Sao Paulo.