Clay
Collard is not shocked he will go up in opposition to
Professional Fighters League 2022 light-weight king Olivier
Aubin-Mercier Friday on the
2023 PFL Championships.
Coming off a dominant unanimous resolution victory in opposition to Shane
Burgos in August at 2023 PFL 9, Collard (24-10) is ready to fulfill
Mercier (20-5) for the light-weight strap contained in the Sensible Cage on
Nov. 24 at The Anthem in Washington D.C.
Mercier, alternatively, is at the moment undefeated within the
promotion and can enter the bout with Collard on the heels of
back-to-back finishes in opposition to Bruno
Miranda and Anthony
Romero.
Contemplating the hectic schedule fighters cope with when competing
in a playoff setting, Collard was requested by Sherdog.com if he is had
sufficient time to provide you with a recreation plan for the reigning
light-weight champion.
“So, I imply, we’re positively going to cater somewhat bit in the direction of
OAM’s combating type. We will work on various things for
completely different particular person fighters. So, I’ve had my eyes on Mercier
because the starting of the season. I type of predicted that it was
going to be me and him within the finals. So, I have been engaged on how
to beat him and making recreation plans on the best way to beat him because the
begin of this 12 months. So, yeah, we received a recreation plan; we received our
tips, we will work onerous and we will be prepared.”
Tudor Leonte contributed to this merchandise.