Gamburyan to Aldo: ‘We can fight in the backyard’
The 28-year-old Gamburyan was fighting for more than just a victory at Sacramento’s ARCO Arena. April 24 carried special significance…
The 28-year-old Gamburyan was fighting for more than just a victory at Sacramento’s ARCO Arena. April 24 carried special significance to his Armenian heritage. That day marked the country’s remembrance of the 1.5 million Armenians who were massacred under the Ottoman Turk Empire between 1915 and 1917.
“I’m an emotional guy,” Gamburyan told MMAjunkie.com Radio earlier this week. “It was a very sad day for me, but in a way this is revenge. I was looking at Mike Brown as a Turk. ‘So just go out there and just destroy him.'”
“I told Joe Silva that I going to leave everything in the cage. ‘Everything. Whatever I have, I’m going to leave it in the cage. Do or die.'”
“For me, it’s past already. I have to look forward to my next fight right now. It’s Jose Aldo. I look at it that way.”
The WEC’s next event is slated for June 20 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and is almost completely booked. But a late summer event, WEC 50, is rumored for Aug. 8, and Gamburyan is open to a meeting with Aldo then.
“I’d fight him in Brazil if they wan. If I’m ready, I’m focused, I don’t care where I fight him. We can fight in the backyard.”