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Though he’s always been a bit nomadic when it comes to his fighting career and training situation, Walker acknowledged in the build to that fight that settling in and building a long-term relationship with a head coach was something he needed in order to reach his full potential.
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Prior to his fight with Spann last September, Walker detailed the series of events that led to him being essentially stuck in Ireland, unable to return to Montreal’s Tristar Gym, where he’d completed his previous training camp ahead of his fight with Nikita Krylov. The effervescent light heavyweight is also looking forward to exhibiting the improvements he’s made over the last year following a second training camp under the tutelage of John Kavanagh at SBG Ireland. “I was growing up watching guys like this fighting and now I’m here fighting with them, so I’m just so happy.” “He’s a legend in Brazil and I’m very proud to share the cage with him it’s a dream come true. “He’s a really cool guy and I respect him a lot,” he added in regards to Santos, who enters Saturday’s pairing on a three-fight slide, searching for his first victory since stopping current champion Jan Blachowicz in Prague early in 2019. I’m a showman and I’m going to make a quality fight, and make people get emotional at home watching they’re going to love my performance.įight By Fight Preview | UFC Fight Night: Santos vs Walker “I’m going to show my value because I’m going to put a show on. “I’m very proud and very glad the UFC gave me this opportunity,” he said of his main event assignment.
“It has been so long - so much training, so much focus - that I want to put on a show. “I can’t wait to fight,” Walker said eagerly on Tuesday afternoon, just a few days away from competing for the first time since collecting a first-round stoppage win over Ryan Spann a year ago. Saturday night, the charismatic Brazilian will end the longest hiatus of his UFC career when he faces off with countryman Thiago Santos in the main event of this weekend’s fight card at the APEX, and he couldn’t be more excited about returning, about headlining, and about sharing the cage with the man known as “Marreta.”
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