Thales Leites ready for Sakara at UFC 101

By Guilherme Cruz

Photo Josh Hedges

Finishing the preparation for his next fight in the UFC, Thales Leites is ready to face Alessio Sakara at UFC 101, which happens on August 8, inPhiladelphia. Facing the American Top Team athlete, who won four out of the nine fights that he made at the event, Leites is excited. "The expectation is good, I'm training a lot... It’s the thing from always, I'm giving the maximum of me and I hope to win", said the Nova União black belt, who travels on Tuesday to the United States.

As for the opponent, Thales recalls that will be another striker that he will face inside the octagon, but he wants to impose his ground game in the fight. "All the guys who I fought are strikers, but my strategy is always to take the fight where I feel comfortable, which is the fight on the ground. I’ll always search for that, no matter who is my opponent", says Thales, who commented about the next fight of Anderson Silva, against Forrest Griffin, in the same night. "Griffin is a very good guy, has a big heart, goes inside all the time, always makes exciting fights, but I think that Anderson is more technical, works well. I think Anderson will win it, but anyway it’ll be a great fight", finished Thales.