Maldonado on how he’ll beat Fedor

Fabio Maldonado was an unlikely source to be the next opponent for Fedor Emelianenko, but after he was released from the UFC, he was the guy that got the call.

Maldonado recently spoke about the fight and what he thinks are the keys to beating the legendary Russian heavyweight:

“Fedor is good everywhere,” Maldonado said. “The fight starts standing and I can’t enter the ring thinking about not getting taken down and eat two punches and lose like against Miocic. I have to pay attention. I have to be patient in this fight. The biggest difficulty in this fight is Fedor’s speed and explosion. The idea is to catch him when he’s coming. But I won’t wait for Fedor to come, I will attack him as well.”

“It was hard to believe at first,” he continued. “The fight was done and my life went on normally. A few days later, I looked at myself in the mirror and thought ‘man, I’m fighting Fedor. That’s crazy’. It’s like being a basketball and playing against Michael Jordan. You’re facing the best of all times. Life is a big Ferris wheel, you never know what’s going to happen. The only thing I promise the fans is that I will fight with all my heart against Fedor.”

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