Marco Tulio feels prepared for his middleweight conflict with Tresean Gore at Saturday’s UFC 314 in Miami, partly on account of coaching with among the best welterweights on the roster, Eire’s personal Ian Machado Garry.
“For Ian to return right here and be a part of our coaching and do his coaching camps with us, that goes to indicate our high quality,” Tulio instructed MMA Combating. “He’s among the best on the planet, so coming right here and praising us goes to indicate how sturdy is our workforce though the heavier athletes [at Chute Boxe Diego Lima] don’t get as a lot consideration because the lighter weights.”
Garry was on a roll within the UFC earlier than shedding an in depth match with Shavkat Rakhmonov in December, and has as soon as once more agreed to step in on comparatively brief discover to combat Carlos Prates in the primary occasion of UFC Kansas Metropolis on April 26. The 170-pound showdown can be a regional conflict of groups, Chute Boxe vs. Combating Nerds.
“Ian Garry embraced Brazil earlier than Brazil embraced him,” Tulio stated. “His spouse is Brazilian, his coaches are prime of the category. His power is surreal. Each time he comes right here it’s an superior vibe in coaching. I study so much from him. He’s one of many hardest guys I’ve ever skilled with. Brazil vs. Brazil all the time suck, however it’s a part of the sport.”
Tulio enters the cage two weeks earlier than Garry faces Prates, and he’s assured he’ll enhance to 2-0 within the promotion. Tulio needed to beat two males on Dana White’s Contender Sequence to earn a UFC deal, topping Yousri Belgaroui and Matthieu Duclos, and walked by way of Ihor Potieria in his UFC debut again in January.
“I knew of [Potieria’s] qualities however did the homework to have the ability to cease him, and it labored,” Tulio stated. “And now we’ve performed the homework for the subsequent opponent. My model is a bit completely different, and I feel [Gore] can be bothered by it. I watched his combat towards [Antonio] Trocoli and have technique for him. I by no means underestimate my opponents, however I all the time imagine in my sport. I’m certain we’ve performed the homework and it’s going to be victory on the twelfth.”
The 30-year-old middleweight has gained his previous 9, six by knockout, and feels that being added to a pay-per-view card exhibits the promotion sees him as a star within the making.
With that in thoughts, Tulio hopes to impress the UFC brass and followers in Miami.
“I like to consider profitable, all the time,” Tulio stated. “If the knockout comes, I’ll be very completely happy. If the bonus comes, much more. It’s going to be an exquisite evening. I’m making ready a number of methods to chase that bonus. I’m a well-rounded fighter. Many individuals suppose I’ve no grappling, that I’ve no jiu-jitsu, that I don’t know any of that. Putting is my background, however I’ve labored on some cool little issues to indicate everyone on the twelfth.”
