And though harming people simply for the sake of seeing them in pain is never Josephs primary goal, its different this time around.
” Fighting is injuring individuals, however it makes me desire to hurt him. I want you to hurt. I want you to feel woozy when you get up every day and not understand if your concussions are going to go away.
Joseph Benavidez is among the most calm, cool and gathered individuals in the sport of mixed martial arts (MMA) where, for much better or even worse, wild and chaotic personalities get many of the headlines and spotlight.
” Fighting is injuring people, however it makes me wish to injure him. I want you to harm. I want you to feel lightheaded when you get up every day and not understand if your concussions are going to disappear. I desire you to freaking cry and be embarrassed and all that sort of stuff. So yeah, that is a various sensation towards this battle. Generally I dont have that toward a challenger. Im like, “Hey if I win, I win. If I harmed him, obviously thats what were trained to do.” But for this one, thats the distinction.”
” Youre constantly going to wish to beat a person that beat you, simply to show youre much better. I might lose to the nicest person in Demetrious Johnson, and I still desire to eliminate him the next time, because I feel Im much better than him,” he said.
After initially believing it was going to be his last opportunity at winning a UFC title, Benavidez got the news that a rematch would be most likely offered all the drama the was connected to the first fight, which not only consisted of the clash of heads, but Figueiredo missing weight.
” I think the most convenient method to put it is that battling is fighting, it goes in some cases with hurting individuals. What I felt after the last battle and the way it went about, not always in the most fair method, it just makes me actually want to hurt him,” he added.
” I guess the most convenient method to put it is that combating is combating, it goes sometimes with harming individuals. What I felt after the last fight and the way it went about, not always in the most fair method, it simply makes me actually want to injure him,” he added.
Initially, Benavidez took the loss as just that, another tough defeat where he regrettably failed to win the UFC title. Things took a turn days later when he stumbled upon some insight that Figueiredo was in fact bragging to the Brazilian media about head-butting him, which played a big part in his knockout win that occurred moments later (see it again here).
Naturally, all eyes will be on Figueiredo tomorrow when he ideas the scales. Ought to he stop working to hit his mark again, you can bet it will just further include fuel to Benavidezs fire.
And now that he has his possibility at vengeance, its personal for Benavidez, who just recently informed ESPN that this time around his goal is to injure Figueiredo for his unwarranted bragging after the fight.
Inside the cage, though, he discharges his violent streak in order to achieve the ultimate objective, and he also understands how to take his swellings like a man. That held true in his very first battle against Deiveson Figueiredo previously this year, where he was knocked out by “Daico” in the 2nd round.
” And hes nice. Figueiredo is a freaking villain. The way he set about things– he boasted in Portuguese about the battle ending up with a head-butt, and his translator didnt translate it. Brazilian media called me, and theyre like, “Do you understand he was discussing how he was happy that he head-butted you?”
Five months gotten rid of from their very first encounter, Benavidez feels much better than ever and encouraged to get another chance at fulfilling his championship dreams. Along the method, he desires Figueiredo to feel simply the method he felt (and more) last February.
