JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Vinc Pichel is conscious of precisely what Tag Madsen will put out to attain, and he won’t gain it easy for him.
Pichel (14-2 MMA, 7-2 UFC) opens up Saturday’s UFC 273 pay-per-respect predominant card against Madsen (11-0 MMA, 3-0 UFC) at Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena.
Going up against an Olympic-stage wrestler, Pichel is fully awaiting Madsen to take a look at up on and rob the battle to the mat.
“I’m getting ready for a wrestling match,” Pichel knowledgeable MMA Junkie and other reporters at Wednesday’s media day. “He’s now not gonna strike with me much. I’m awaiting him to excellent struggle me the entire time, and that’s what I ready for in the camp. I serene worked on my placing, worked on my strengths, nonetheless I’ve in actual fact worked on my defensive wrestling, significantly Greco.”
Nonetheless Pichel is confident that he has the skill to fend off Madsen’s heavy grappling methodology and plans on dazzling him with it.
“Every person that I’ve fought, that you should presumably presumably talk to them and keep a quiz to them how genuine I am,” Pichel said. “I didn’t model how genuine I changed into once except folks were telling me. I delight in that roughly retard power that in actual fact is conscious of no limits, and my power lasts, too.”
He persisted, “I without a doubt in actual fact feel fancy I will be succesful to gain a short gain. He’s without a doubt gonna eat some shots. I’m awaiting the first spherical to be fancy a Cramped Caesars pizza: We’re gonna be sizzling and ready. We’re excellent gonna near available and delivery up firing. That’s what I’m awaiting, nonetheless after that, my gasoline tank is gonna rob him out, and I don’t see him having much extra for me after that first spherical.”
Are trying the pudgy media day interview with Pichel in the video above.
