Sapato comes from four consecutive victories (Photo: Reproduction/FacebookUFC)
Considered one of the main Brazilian promises in MMA, Antonio Shoe Guy It took a while to start a winning streak in the UFC, but reality began to change in September 2016. Since then, there have been four consecutive victories, three of them by submission, the most recent being last Saturday (28), in São Paulo, against Jack Marshman, still in the first round.
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The good phase means that the Brazilian started to dream big in the middleweight category. Aiming for his next challenge, Sapato once again asked for a duel with Chris Weidman, whom he had already challenged a few months ago.
“He (Weidman) is a big name and I’m a big fan. It would be great to share the octagon with him. He beat many Brazilians, like Anderson Silva twice, the greatest of all time. He won Vitor belfort, Lyoto Machida e Demian Maia. So it would be great to represent my country against him”, said Sapato to the American website ‘MMA Junkie’.
TUF Brazil 3 Champion, Shoe Face comes packed with four good results. At 27 years old, the jiu-jitsu world champion has a record with nine triumphs, two setbacks and one unsuccessful fight. In Ultimate, there are six positive results, two negative and one I didn't answer.
Weidman, in turn, is coming off a submission victory over Kelvin Gastelum, in July this year, breaking a bad streak of three consecutive defeats. Former middleweight champion, he reached the top of the division by knocking out Anderson Silva twice, both in 2013. He also defended his belt twice by beating Lyoto Machida and knock out Vitor belfort, but was dethroned when he was knocked out by Luke Rockhold. At 33 years old, he has 14 triumphs and three setbacks as a professional (10-3 in the UFC).
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