Former UFC bantamweight title challenger Marlon Moraes is in dire want of a win forward of his subsequent outing. Paired up towards the rising Music Yadong for a co-main occasion match at UFC Vegas 50, ‘Magic’ is aware of how essential a win could be, to snap his present three-fight dropping skid.
In an interview with Combate, Moraes acknowledged his opponent’s hanging expertise and youth as Music’s greatest belongings. Nonetheless, Marlon additionally believes that Yadong has by no means confronted anyone fairly like him, which may behoove the Brazilian once they meet on Saturday.
“I believe it’s going to be the toughest combat of his profession, particularly as a result of now we have related types,” Moraes mentioned. “He’s a striker who’s much like me, however he hasn’t confronted me but. We’ll see how he reacts to that. Each different opponent he has confronted had been guys with good types. Good wrestlers. I do suppose he would possibly attempt to take me down, however that’s not his forte. I believe that if he tries to vary his technique to do this, he’ll be making a giant mistake.”
After dropping all of his three earlier outings, Moraes determined it may very well be time to strive one thing totally different, With the intention to have a recent begin, Marlon went to Thailand, the place he did many of the coaching camp for Yadong. Within the Brazilian’s opinion, the choice was a fairly welcome one.
“I believe that this journey was all a few change of airs,” Moraes mentioned. “To really feel like a boy once more, who’s simply beginning to dwell in a small house. I used to be residing that, I’d go from the house to the fitness center. It’s a brand new begin for me. I’m very glad with what I did. It was very productive and I’ll present it on Saturday night time. I attempted to provide my profession a recent begin. I did the whole lot I may. I really feel nice and I’m certain you’ll have the ability to see that within the Octagon on Saturday.”
In his final three outings, Moraes (23-9) obtained knocked out by Merab Dvalshivili, Rob Font and Cory Sandhagen. The 33-year-old’s final victory occurred in December 2019, when Magic scored a cut up choice win over former UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo.
Now, Moraes is predicted to tackle Yadong at UFC Vegas 50, on March 12, on the UFC Apex. The cardboard is scheduled to be headlined by a lightweight heavyweight bout between rising contender Magomed Ankalaev and former title challenger Thiago Santos.
