Palhares ready for “whoever comes”

By Guilherme Cruz

Photo Josh Hedges

 

With two victories in three fights in the UFC, Rousimar "Toquinho" Palhares didn’t have any easy fights when he entered the octagon. Dominating the fight against Jeremy Horn, at UFC 93, the athlete of the Brazilian Top Team wasn’t able to finish, due to a fracture in his hand in the first round, but the undoubted victory left the Brazilian more than satisfied. "I'm much better, I’ll go to the doctor to be able to return to training as soon as possible. In fact I still haven’t got back to the trainings, I'm just doing a movement, nothing heavy", says the fighter.

 

"The hand didn’t help, but had nothing to do. My hand hurt a lot, I left some things out of the fight, but this isn’t the case", said the Brazilian, who doesn’t expect easier challenges ahead. "First I will take care of my hand and then I think about it. Murilo (Bustamante) is taking care of that part, but I’m used to fight against tough guys and now I’m ok with it... Whoever comes is ok (laughs)”, finalized the fighter, without forecast to return to the UFC.

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