One misplaced strike to the groin later and we have been headed in direction of a no contest with Lineker unable to recuperate and for the struggle to proceed.
Andrade was adamant he was successful the struggle, however Lineker – who had his protecting cup damaged by the blow – is able to present the world he’s the higher of the 2 Brazilians – and reclaim his bantamweight crown within the course of.
“I watched my struggle in opposition to him once more,” he stated. “Inside the cage, it’s one factor. Watching it on TV you’ve got one other imaginative and prescient. The reality is that I let him land plenty of jabs, which ended up hurting my face lots. I wasn’t feeling his punches a lot. I wasn’t afraid of his punches, so I took these jabs and ended up getting a fairly bruised face.
“This struggle will present that he didn’t beat me and that he wasn’t the one who took my belt. But like I stated, none of us have something to show. We’re going to enter the cage, do our greatest, and ultimately, we’ll see who will depart with their arms raised.”
Lineker is understood for having a number of the heaviest arms within the sport, and would have possible have an much more spectacular resume than the 35-9-1NC report he holds so far if it weren’t for some excessive profile points with weight administration.
Ahead of this weekend’s conflict in Bangkok nonetheless, he’s supremely targeted on the duty in hand – and tells followers to count on to see the easiest model of the title nicknames ‘Hands of Stone’’.
“I observed some gaps in [Andrade’s] sport. I additionally observed his strengths, so ultimately, it should assist and I definitely gained’t take as many hits as I did within the final struggle. So, the truth that I’ve already fought him, I consider it might assist with some features of the struggle, like his motion and assaults.
“When I shut my eyes, I see myself imposing my sport, going up on a regular basis, nonstop,” he stated. “And that’s what is going to occur. I’m coaching for this. One factor I by no means do in a struggle is again off. I’m going to press on a regular basis, and I’m going to do what I understand how to do greatest, which is to struggle.”
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