Almost a decade faraway from their final assembly, Alexandre Pantoja is able to throw down with the heavy-handed Kai Kara-France.
Emanating from the acquainted confines of T-Cellular Area in Las Vegas, ‘The Cannibal’ will put his flyweight world title on the road towards Kara-France within the UFC 317 co-main occasion throughout Worldwide Battle Week on Saturday, June 28.
It will likely be the second-ever assembly between the 2 125-pound stars, the primary coming all the way in which again in 2016 on The Final Fighter 24. Then, Pantoja scored a unanimous choice over Kara-France. After all, lots has modified since then. Don’t Blink’ has since earned wins over the likes of Rogerio Bontorin, Cody Garbrandt, and Steve Erceg — all coming by means of knockout within the very first spherical.
Throughout a current interview with MMA Junkie, Pantoja shared his pleasure the throw arms with Kara-France as soon as once more, likening his energy with that of one of many best heavyweight boxing champions of all time.
“I’ve the chance to deal another time with Kai Kara-France,” Pantoja stated. “He’s a man with highly effective arms. I really feel Kai Kara-France like a Mike Tyson. I really feel like I’m going to battle somebody who can knock me down. That makes me quite a lot of rigidity about his arms.
“That’s problem. I want challenges to coach. I’ve virtually 20 years as an expert fighter. I really like this ambiance. I really like what I imply, what I’m myself proper now. What I did, what I full, I can do far more. I really feel higher and higher each time.”
Alexandre Pantoja places his gold and four-year win streak on the road at UFC 317
Pantoja goes into his fourth flyweight title protection driving a seven-fight win streak, together with a quartet of lights-out performances towards Brandon Moreno, Brandon Royval, Steve Erceg, and Kai Asakura.
Will ‘The Cannibal’ go two-up on Kara-France and add one other profitable protection to his resume, or will ‘Don’t Blink’ stay as much as his moniker and make historical past in ‘Sin Metropolis’?
