Diego Ferreira will finish his almost year-long layoff at UFC St. Louis when he takes on Mateusz Rebecki.
Ferreira hasn’t fought since Might twentieth of final 12 months when he knocked out Michael Johnson. After the combat, Ferreira welcomed a child woman into the world and likewise needed to deal with his health club which saved him out of motion.
“First was my child woman being born. I used to be presupposed to combat in Vegas for Mexican Independence, however I didn’t undergo as a result of my little woman was born. I then had to assist my enterprise with my health club and that slowed me down. After that, I wanted to get again into my coaching and be ready for one more combat, and after my final win towards Michael Johnson, I needed to get well as a result of I used to be having quite a lot of accidents. I took this time to get well, maintain my child woman and my enterprise,” Diego Ferreira mentioned to Just Scrap Radio on BJPENN.com.
Diego Ferreira says he was supplied a special combat however needed to return ahead of what was supplied. He then was supplied to face Mateusz Rebecki at UFC St. Louis on 4 weeks’ discover, and he calls this the right match for him.
“I do know he’s a very aggressive fighter, a southpaw, and throws bombs. He’s an incredible wrestler, in order that matches up for me to show myself,” Ferreira mentioned. “After my combat with Beneil Dariush, it made me step again and work on that, work on my wrestling protection. I need to check myself, so this can be a excellent match for me.”
Towards Rebecki, Ferreira is anticipating him to return out aggressive and search for massive photographs. Nevertheless, the Brazilian believes he can use his wrestling and jiu-jitsu to get the win.
“He’s going to return ahead your entire time, so I’m in search of that and take benefit and go for the takedowns and present my benefit with the jiu-jitsu. Discover a bit extra with my wrestling and jiu-jitsu and see how sharp my palms are. I’m going to attempt to discover all the pieces about this combat,” Ferreira mentioned.
If Ferreira does get his hand raised at UFC St. Louis he says he desires to get a combat with Bobby Inexperienced subsequent trip as he’s able to climb the light-weight ranks once more.
“My desires now utterly modified. Earlier than, I didn’t have the purpose to go for the title or be within the rankings. However, after getting wiser and extra mature, I really feel I can get there and I should be combating these top-five guys. I’ve been asking my coach to combat Bobby Inexperienced and I believe that will be combat,” Ferreira concluded.
