Griffin overweight, expecting tough weight cut for bout against Shogun
Along with his dry wit, another feature of Griffin’s stuck out during his trip: his clearly overweight silhouette, something that…
Along with his dry wit, another feature of Griffin’s stuck out during his trip: his clearly overweight silhouette, something that has been bothering the fighter of late.
I definitely put on more weight than I would like, Griffin told Sherdog.com. I need to cut weight and it won’t be easy. I’ll have a lot of problems until the fight in Brazil, but I’ve gotta do it. I don’t want to fight at heavyweight, so I gotta cut that f–king weight.
Griffin’s worry over the weight-cut and potential reduction in stamina is explained by his strategy to wear Rua down over the course of their three-round fight.
He’s one of the best fighters ever, Griffin said of his opponent, who he submitted in September 2007. He has a blitz style. He goes forward. He’s dangerous. I gotta make him move backward and let’s see what happens. I want to go hard for all 15 minutes of the fight.
