I fought at pride Open wieght.... against the champion: Mauricio"shogun" rua..
... i lost....
Here is the fight how i experienced it...
I m in crotia in holidays after my fight against Namekawa and being in japan where Professor X lost against Sakurai, i receive a mail from my management saying that a fight against Overeem is schedule on the 10th of sept!!! it s the 20th of august. I have neck pain( the pain travel to my right arm) I accept the fight (of course!) but i won t be 100%, having less than 3 weeks of preparation and my injury. I weight 95kg. They respond that is no worries as i will have other fights in Pride. (multiple contract fights)
I come back on the 22nd of august in Paris to prepare for the fight. They tell me Overeem or maybe Shogun. All the gyms are closed, i call some people from the team that haven t been on holidays(in france august nobody work!) to prepare me (cedric+blade). It will last 16days ( the recovery days before a fight are very important). Ma preparation was based around my cardio, a bit of weight,plus grappling (sankuno) twice a week. i did 2 sparring session MMA/boxing with Porfessor X, Blade, Cedric. Last week of preparation, i get injured in my neck again doing grappling. Pride people tell me the is not overeem that i ll fight but Shogun the champ.
2 sessions of chiropacteur and a visit to the emergency later, i leave for japan, with medicine etc..
Lack of sleep and the food lead to a loss of a lots of wieght. After a practise at the dojo of pride, i weight 89.8kg!!!
I have 3 days to gain wieight knowing the my opponent will be at 93 kg.
Sunday10th.. we arrive at Saitama Arena. we check the ring. The match maker for Pride took me on the side and says to me: "don t worry... we know that you didn t have a lot of time to prepare, don t put yourself any pressure... we want youfor more fights whatever happens... so enjoy yourself!
i respond:"dont worry i m here for that"
Like i said during the press conference: " they gave me their champ for my first fight in pride... i have nothing to lose"
It s like that, that i apporached this fight... nothing to lose... enjoy myself...
Unfortunatly, there was some confusion with my music so they chose a music for my entrance (beuuurk!)
The bell ring.... He put himself in a muay thai style position... i say to myself: "he want to boxe?.... let s boxe!!!...". Very quickly i realise that he takes my strikes anormaly (ref: shogun vs nogueira..) He eats but stays up! it s gonna be hard!
he takes me to the ground. I knows their style of gnp andbeing a striker too i use the same punch angle in my gnp... therefore i take my time.. and i stand up again from a mistake of my opponent. The rest is a bit confusing (i haven t seen the fight yet) so on one of my mistake i put me on the ground again and he stomps me...
I lose. I stand up... i have pain on my face/neck/eye!
Being stomps is painfull!!!
Physically i m in pain...and more mentally. I don t feel good....1st pride... 1st loss.... for sure it s the end.......but i know who he was... to my reach.... with a bit more experience.... a better preparation..... a good strategy... i could have done it.....
I step down the ring.
I go back to the dressing room. everybody i pass by congratulate me! I don t understand... i lost!
My team mates tell me they are proud even with the loss.... that i left a good impression. i come out from the dressing room. Staff from the pride, tell me it was very good... that i fought well against the champ..... I start to realise. it s him the champ. In the head of everybody(not me) it was expected that he won.... but i shown very good things.
I see other fighters. Their look has changed.
I go towards the dressing room chute Boxe... they are 6 or 7... the other half are not there. Wanderlei is stting down, with bag of ice everywhere. He shakes my hand: "You are a good fighter"... i respond: "you are an awesome fighter!too bad for the tournament". Coming out i see rudimar and the ruas brothers and the rest of the chute boxe team. I congratulate shogun for his win:"you are the champ... but the next time we fight.......i ll win!"
The adventure ended yesterday at the airport... coming back to france.... coming back to the reality after a dream... where i was fighting at the Pride.
The snake.
Ps if you are a fan of the snake! you are welcome to translate!
... i lost....
Here is the fight how i experienced it...
I m in crotia in holidays after my fight against Namekawa and being in japan where Professor X lost against Sakurai, i receive a mail from my management saying that a fight against Overeem is schedule on the 10th of sept!!! it s the 20th of august. I have neck pain( the pain travel to my right arm) I accept the fight (of course!) but i won t be 100%, having less than 3 weeks of preparation and my injury. I weight 95kg. They respond that is no worries as i will have other fights in Pride. (multiple contract fights)
I come back on the 22nd of august in Paris to prepare for the fight. They tell me Overeem or maybe Shogun. All the gyms are closed, i call some people from the team that haven t been on holidays(in france august nobody work!) to prepare me (cedric+blade). It will last 16days ( the recovery days before a fight are very important). Ma preparation was based around my cardio, a bit of weight,plus grappling (sankuno) twice a week. i did 2 sparring session MMA/boxing with Porfessor X, Blade, Cedric. Last week of preparation, i get injured in my neck again doing grappling. Pride people tell me the is not overeem that i ll fight but Shogun the champ.
2 sessions of chiropacteur and a visit to the emergency later, i leave for japan, with medicine etc..
Lack of sleep and the food lead to a loss of a lots of wieght. After a practise at the dojo of pride, i weight 89.8kg!!!
I have 3 days to gain wieight knowing the my opponent will be at 93 kg.
Sunday10th.. we arrive at Saitama Arena. we check the ring. The match maker for Pride took me on the side and says to me: "don t worry... we know that you didn t have a lot of time to prepare, don t put yourself any pressure... we want youfor more fights whatever happens... so enjoy yourself!
i respond:"dont worry i m here for that"
Like i said during the press conference: " they gave me their champ for my first fight in pride... i have nothing to lose"
It s like that, that i apporached this fight... nothing to lose... enjoy myself...
Unfortunatly, there was some confusion with my music so they chose a music for my entrance (beuuurk!)
The bell ring.... He put himself in a muay thai style position... i say to myself: "he want to boxe?.... let s boxe!!!...". Very quickly i realise that he takes my strikes anormaly (ref: shogun vs nogueira..) He eats but stays up! it s gonna be hard!
he takes me to the ground. I knows their style of gnp andbeing a striker too i use the same punch angle in my gnp... therefore i take my time.. and i stand up again from a mistake of my opponent. The rest is a bit confusing (i haven t seen the fight yet) so on one of my mistake i put me on the ground again and he stomps me...
I lose. I stand up... i have pain on my face/neck/eye!
Being stomps is painfull!!!
Physically i m in pain...and more mentally. I don t feel good....1st pride... 1st loss.... for sure it s the end.......but i know who he was... to my reach.... with a bit more experience.... a better preparation..... a good strategy... i could have done it.....
I step down the ring.
I go back to the dressing room. everybody i pass by congratulate me! I don t understand... i lost!
My team mates tell me they are proud even with the loss.... that i left a good impression. i come out from the dressing room. Staff from the pride, tell me it was very good... that i fought well against the champ..... I start to realise. it s him the champ. In the head of everybody(not me) it was expected that he won.... but i shown very good things.
I see other fighters. Their look has changed.
I go towards the dressing room chute Boxe... they are 6 or 7... the other half are not there. Wanderlei is stting down, with bag of ice everywhere. He shakes my hand: "You are a good fighter"... i respond: "you are an awesome fighter!too bad for the tournament". Coming out i see rudimar and the ruas brothers and the rest of the chute boxe team. I congratulate shogun for his win:"you are the champ... but the next time we fight.......i ll win!"
The adventure ended yesterday at the airport... coming back to france.... coming back to the reality after a dream... where i was fighting at the Pride.
The snake.
Ps if you are a fan of the snake! you are welcome to translate!
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