Renato Sobral Interview 05/06/2010

Former light heavyweight champion Strikeforce, Renato Babalu return to octagon June 16 in America against Robbie Lawler, middleweight champion of the now defunct EliteXC. The Brazilian, who trains with Fabricio Werdum and CT King Mo Lawal in Affliction, took a break during training to comment on Jiu-Jitsu, his stay in California, and gave an interview to Tatamá. The guy talked about what he thinks about, reviewed his next fight in Strikeforce, spoke about the fight between Fedor and Werdum, commented on his win over Shogun, in 2003, and pointed to Rashad as a favorite to fight fellow .

What do you think of this place?

Is very beautiful, the gym is amazing, is equipped with everything. I think it's better than what it was Carlson, here is more structure is better for the fighters and the public. I came here to see the crowd in the interval between one fighter and another took a month to see friends here, which is what we'll continue to fight when we stop this friendship ... The friendships I have made are for life.

How is training for the fight against Robbie Lawler and waiting for this fight?

I expect a war, whenever I have a fight I see it the same way ... It may be someone from the crowd or Fedor, I always see always the same. I have my game plan, like my opponent and probably want to knock me out and I want to end on, this is always the case. Today was the last day of hard training, I will fight until I'm 88kg and 90kg and I have ten days off before the fight ... I begin to relax without having to worry too much weight. Now I'm relaxed and I try to be disconnected from all the noise that is generated around the fight.

EliteXC champion was winning people like Ninja Rua ... Consider that a victory for his part, could put you in the battle for Strikeforce belt?

Actually I'm focused on getting the fight to 84kg, but nothing prevents me from fighting in other categories in the future, because I fought for heavy, medium, medium-heavy ... I'm not too worried about the belts, while obtaining a good fight I will be happy because I already have a history of good fights. How does BJ Penn spoke once, the belt only serves to hold the pants. The interesting thing about sports are the challenges. I thank Robbie for fighting me in this category, he could have said no but I accept the challenge, in a way I am grateful, because I have to pay my bills, and now once you have accepted and I will go with everything .

You're training with Werdum will fight with Fedor, whom you have fought. The Russian favoritism is so unanimous that people are cheering for him even more ...

Flock of c. .. milk can I say would like to encourage England against Brazil I'm brsileño ... Who says this is a ... Training I have fought Werdum Fedor and I can say that Werdum has the ability to win Russian and he's going to win this fight. You see the history of both fighters and gets caught up in it, but Werdum has all the weapons to beat someone like Fedor. Fedor has many virtues but also defective and Werdum find and exploit this flaw ... I'm going against the AK 47

Once I finished a Shogun with a guillotine, and is now at the top of the UFC. How do you see today?

The guy is a great athlete and has shown it is possible to ignore who the favorties for a fight. The last fight was his fight, it all depends if the fighter is in a good night. How many people have said that Werdum was completed when he left the UFC? If Fedor wins, the same people will say it is the best in the world, this has always been so, they are paying pay-per-view, buy the magazine and access to the Internet. Today there is not much technical superiority between fighters, but rather who is the one best night of the fight, that's what makes the difference. Not because I beat Shogun mean I'm better than him, now he is the champion of Ultimate. A new struggle with it may be totally different. I bet a fight between Shogun against Rashad.