Fabrício Monteiro eyes Sengoku return

By Eduardo Ferreira

Photo Marcelo Alonso

Black belt of Jiu-Jitsu, Fabrício Monteiro is removed from the MMA rings since July of 2008, when defeated the Japanese Yoshitomo Watanabe in the sixth edition of Fury FC. After facing difficult times in his career, the fighter told TATAME that is focusing on Jiu-Jitsu tournaments, but doesn’t take the eye away from the Sengoku, one of the biggest MMA events inJapan, where he fought in the beginning of 2008.

"I’m dedicating myself to the specific trainings, the cloth trainings, and I want to fight the Jiu-Jitsu championships again. I’m giving lessons in social projects for poor children that I have in Teresópolis, but I'm there waiting for an opportunity in the Sengoku", says, revealing that still has fights under the contract. "I have contract with them for four fights, and I’m waiting the opportunity, because they’re having some problems in finding opponents for me... They’re solving it and I believe that in September I’ll return to fight in Sengoku".

Used to compete with the welterweights, the athlete will have to sweat to return to normal weight, after fighting between the heavies in some Jiu-Jitsu competitions. "Today I’m 92kg, much above the weight, relaxed, but I fight until 77kg. I’m also heavier because in Jiu-Jitsu I prefer to fight in the heavy category, so I'm more relaxed. But, when I return to train to fight MMA, the weight naturally goes down and I return to 77kg again", revealed the fighter.