Filho: “He’s tough, but I believe I beat him”

By Guilherme Cruz

Photo Josh Hedges

 

Without fighting since 2008, Paulo Filho is back to the rings, and will already have a tough opponent ahead. With one of the best Jiu-Jitsu games of the MMA, the black belt will go trough Melvin Manhoef, striking specialist, at Dream 10, in July 20. In conversation with TATAME.com, Paulão talked about the trainings and the strategy for the bout against Manhoef.

 

"He's coming from a sequence of knockouts, nice, but I'm more complete in the MMA game. Who thinks I’ll change punches with him is wrong, I’ll do my game, try to put him down and define the fight where I’m good. He’s very hard, but I believe that I beat him", bets Paulão, who also commented the fight between he’s training partner, Ronaldo Jacaré, at the middleweight title fight against Jason Miller, and the success of the Brazilians Anderson Silva and Lyoto Machida, UFC champions. Sta