Famed MMA coach Pablo Sucupira believes that determining what kind of animal you’re is essential to turning into a world champion.
Sucupira based the favored Preventing Nerds staff (previously Membership Sao Paulo) alongside sixth-ranked middleweight contender Caio Borralho. Within the years since, the gymnasium has seen a slew of top-shelf expertise emerge contained in the Octagon, together with knockout artist Jean Silva, streaking welterweight standout Carlos Prates, and rising light-weight contender Mauricio ‘One Shot’ Ruffy.
With an immense quantity of success in such a brief time period, Sucupira revealed what he believes is a crucial a part of the method in constructing a future champion.
“The very first thing for a fighter is to know which animal he’s,” Sucupira advised John Gooden in a latest interview on the UFC Struggle Go YouTube channel. “For those who’re tall, brief, robust, or fast, every athlete should perceive their nature. People are the one animals who don’t hunt or get hunted, so we study from animals.”
The Preventing Nerds proceed their MMA takeover in april
Between Silva, Prates, and Borralho, they’re a mixed 11-0 beneath the UFC banner. Borralho scored his fourth straight win contained in the Octagon in November, defeating Neil Magny through a first-round knockout. Subsequent, he’ll step into the primary occasion highlight on April 26 when the promotion heads again to Kansas Metropolis.
On that night time, ‘The Nightmare’ will sq. off with Irish sensation Ian Machado Garry.
Earlier than that, Jean Silva will look to notch his fifth win contained in the Octagon when he meets controversial featherweight standout Bryce Mitchell at UFC 314 in Miami. Silva’s return to the cage comes lower than two months faraway from his highlight-reel KO over Melsik Baghdasaryan in Seattle.