New UFC Signee Joilton Lutterbach on ‘Shara Bullet’ Matchup: ‘I’ll Sub-Zero Him’

On a few month’s discover, the promotion signed aggressive
middleweight Joilton
Lutterbach (38-9, 1 NC) to tackle (12-0) at
UFC on ABC 6 on June 22. The German by the use of Brazil is elated
to make his organizational debut in Saudi Arabia, and with this
being his seventieth professional combat in MMA and kickboxing mixed, he does
not count on the intense lights will get to him. Unafraid of the
Russian’s knockout energy, Lutterbach talked with Sherdog on
Wednesday about his upcoming debut.

“I’m higher than him in each space,” Lutterbach stated confidently.
“I see myself as far superior to him in boxing, wrestling and on
the bottom. The one factor he does higher than me is kick. I’m a
yr older than him, however I’ve 4 occasions as many MMA fights and
virtually the identical curriculum in kickboxing.”

Boasting a slew of grappling credentials, “Peregrino” nonetheless
needs that he has the chance to defeat his opponent on the
ft.

“I’m a black belt in judo, jiu-jitsu and luta livre,” he acknowledged.
“From what he confirmed within the combat with Bruno ‘Blindado’
[Silva], my superiority on the bottom is obvious over him. If I
take him down there will not be a combat. Since my largest focus
these days is placing on a present, I need to present on this UFC debut
that I’m superior to him standing up. He gained’t make it previous the
second spherical. I’ll sub-zero him within the second spherical.”

Born in Brazil however combating and coaching out of Germany, Lutterbach
has traveled the world competing for numerous fight sports activities
organizations through the years. With a number of fights in Europe,
Lutterbach felt pressured to characterize Germany slightly than his house
nation. This will likely be completely different in Saudi Arabia.

“As most occasions have loads of Brazilians and my spouse has German
ancestry, I needed to characterize Germany a number of occasions, however everybody
is aware of I’m Brazilian. I am actually anxious to debut within the largest
group on the earth beating this Russian with Brazilian flag
on my gear,” Lutterbach famous.

The help from fellow countrymen and girls has been overwhelming
since this matchup was introduced. It got here as a shock that
Magomedov was fairly unpopular in Brazil, though a number of the
Russian’s feedback in direction of a fellow UFC star have modified their
opinions of him.

“I used to be impressed by how hated this man is in Brazil,” he admitted.
“I feel it’s due to the criticism of Michel
[Pereira], who’s having a heroic angle in serving to the
victims within the south of Brazil. I obtained 1000’s of messages
asking me to close up the Russian loudmouth, one thing that solely
elevated my motivation.”

Whereas this combat in opposition to Magomedov will come at 185 kilos,
Lutterbach would really feel extra snug down 15 kilos at his extra
pure weight class of welterweight. If given the possibility, he would
be glad to drop down and rejoin the 170-pound class’s crowded
ranks.

“I signed to combat at middleweight and I promised [UFC matchmaker]
Sean Shelby that I’d be out there to him within the division, however
clearly if I may select, I would like to combat at my weight,”
Lutterbach stated.

As an almost 50-fight MMA vet, Lutterbach has skipped throughout a
variety of notable leagues together with Shooto Brazil, Cage Warriors Fighting Championship, Professional Fighters League and KSW. The latter of these 4 is the place he
encountered future UFC middleweight king Dricus Du
Plessis, and ever since he got here up quick in opposition to the South
African, Lutterbach has been watching his profession. The Brazilian
proffered some ideas on the unresolved title image at his
present weight class.

“Dricus has above-average energy for the division. However actually,
I feel [out of Israel
Adesanya, Khamzat
Chimaev, Paulo
Costa, Robert
Whittaker and Sean
Strickland], Chimaev is the worst matchup for him,” “Peregrino”
concluded.