“I have nothing to worry about,” continued the confident sophomore. “I have a very offensive fighting style and I will be trying to win the fight all the time.
“I believe Pat Sabatini hasn’t faced an opponent who has the same fighting style as me. He will have a hard time.”
After experiencing heartbreak in Las Vegas with his loss to Zellhuber on the Contender Series, it has been nothing but smiles and stoppages for Almeida since.
He returned to his native Brazil, successfully defended his title and got the call every fighter dreams to receive. In his UFC debut, he went shot-for-shot with a former Ultimate Fighter winner for 10 minutes before dispatching him less than a minute into the third round, collecting a Fight of the Night bonus for his efforts.
And now, after a lengthy wait where three different matchups went by the boards, the aggressive featherweight finally gets to return to action this weekend, and he fully expects things to walk out of the Octagon with another victory in tow and even bigger things on the horizon.
“My second victory will be amazing; I have been looking forward to my return,” he stated, looking forward to Saturday. “I will continue my journey in the MMA world, which has been extremely successful so far, and I am sure that it will be even more successful in the UFC.”
