Paulo Filho’s coach talks return to Dream

By Guilherme Cruz 

Photo courtesy of FEG 

Paulo Filho already has an opponent to his return to Dream. Ready to face Dong Sik Yoon on Dream 12, that takes place inJapan on November 25. Distak thinks it’s gonna be an intense ground fight. “We’re focused. I think this fight will go straight to the ground… We’re training a lot with Master Oswaldo Alves and this fight will be pure Jiu-Jitsu”, bets Distak.

Besides the inconstant career on MMA, the Korean is considered one of the biggest names of Judo, with a sequence of 47 victories, defeating hitting big names of the art. On the MMA rings, Dong Sik debuted at Pride against Kazushi Sakuraba, being knocked out in 38 seconds. In the following fights, he lost to Quinton Jackson and Murilo Bustamante, getting his first victory by submitting Melvin Manhoef.

Besides Filho, the coach reveals that other Brazilians might fight in November. “(Ronaldo) Jacaré doesn’t have an opponent yet, but he’ll probably fight for Strikeforce’s title on November 7. The event is deciding, they told us that may be Jacaré too. Besides him, (Rafael) Feijão will be back on September 6^th”, told, excited about the training. “They are training very hard. Jacaré didn’t stop training since ADCC and he’s ready to face any opponent. We’re training to have no surprises”.