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Ua hoʻohana ʻo Joel Álvarez (Gijón, 1993) i kona ola holoʻokoʻa e lanakila ai i ka pilikia. Ua maʻa ʻo ia i ka lanakila inā ʻo ka mea kūpono e hiki mai ana ka ʻaoʻao. ʻO ia ke kumu, i ka wā e kū ai i ka hakakā koʻikoʻi o kona ola, kūʻē iā Arman Tsarukyan (helu 13 i ka māmā māmā) i kēia Pōʻaono ma Las Vegas (Eurosport 2 a me Eurosport Player, 23.00:XNUMX p.m.), ʻaʻole haʻalulu kona puʻuwai. ʻO ka mea hiki ke nalowale ʻo Joel. ʻAʻole naʻe ʻo ia e mālama, maʻa ʻo ia i ka underdog ma kahi māhele hōkū.
"He mea kakaikahi wau e hopohopo, ua anu au, malie loa. ʻAʻohe oʻu manaʻo e wehe a pani paha i kahi hanana; he hakaka hou. ʻO koʻu ikaika ka noʻonoʻo a pono iaʻu ke alo me he hakakā ʻē aʻe.
E hele ana au i laila e hoʻopau i ka pāʻani, ua hoʻopau wau i koʻu mau hoa paio i kaʻu mau lanakila he 19. ʻAʻole oʻu manaʻo e hele au i nā helu. Inā ʻo ka hoʻoholo ʻana ʻo ia ka hewa ", haʻi aku ka mea haʻuki Asturian iā ABC ma mua o kāna hakakā ʻana ma UFC Vegas 49, kahi hanana e hōʻike ana i ka hakakā nui ma waena o Islam Makhachev a me Bobby Green.
E alo ʻo ia iā Tsarukyan, kekahi o nā ʻōlelo hoʻohiki nui loa o ka UFC māmā, i manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia ka mahele hoʻopaʻapaʻa loa ma ka honua MMA. He moʻolelo like ko ka Armenian fighter me ko Joel ma ka UFC, 4 lanakila a hoʻokahi pohō, akā ʻo kona ʻano hakakā hakakā a me kona kūlana hoʻokūkū weliweli ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea lanakila nui e lanakila ai. No kēia mea, ua hoʻomākaukau maikaʻi ʻia ka Asturian.
"Ua like loa ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana me ka mea a mākou i hana ai e kūʻē iā Thiago Moisés, ʻaʻole like ke ʻano hakakā akā kūpono ia iā mākou e hoʻomākaukau iā ia ma ke ʻano like, pōkole, liʻiliʻi a ākea. Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei mākou e hele ana ʻo Arman Tsarukyan iā ia iho i ka hakakā ma muli o nā hiʻohiʻona āna e hahai ai i nā hakakā ", ʻo ka Asturian, nāna i hoʻokō i ke kahua hoʻomaʻamaʻa ma kona ʻāina, kuhikuhi i kēia nūpepa. “Pono kaʻu mau kahua hoʻomaʻamaʻa ma Sepania. Ma waho o kahi hoʻomoana, inā hiki iā ʻoe ke hele i Las Vegas me ka hui o koʻu ʻelele, ʻo Ali Abdelaziz, akā me kaʻu hui ʻo ia ka mea i hiki i ʻaneʻi a pēlā e hoʻomau ai, "wahi āna.
Eia naʻe, ma kahi o ka Tsarukyan pōʻino, ua loaʻa hou iā Joel i kahi ʻenemi ʻē aʻe: ʻo ka pālākiō. ʻO ka mea mai Gijón i lanakila me ka mana i kāna mau hakakā hope loa, akā kūʻē iā Alexander Yakovlev lāua ʻo Thiago Moisés ʻaʻole lākou i hoʻololi e hāʻawi i ke kaumaha i ʻae ʻia. No kēia kumu, ua hana ʻo ia i nā ʻano hoʻoponopono, ʻo kahi hemahema ʻē aʻe paha he kuhi hewa ʻo ia ka manaʻo ʻaʻole ia e hakakā hou ma ka māmā. "Ua emi au i ka 88 paona akā i kēia manawa ke huki maikaʻi nei au i ke kaumaha, ua hoʻomaka wau e ʻai ma mua a ke inu nui nei au i ka wai, ʻo wau he 3 a 4 mau paona ma lalo o kahi aʻu i noho ai ma mua. kiko. Manaʻo wau i ka ikaika a holo mālie nā mea a pau, "wahi a ka Asturian, ka mea e ʻimi nei e hāʻawi i kahi kī i ka mahele kahi e nānā ai nā maka a pau. "Makemake au e ʻōlelo i ka lā ʻapōpō ʻo wau kekahi o nā mea maikaʻi loa o ka honua, ʻo ia ka mea e hoʻopiha maoli ai iaʻu a hoʻohauʻoli iaʻu", hoʻopau ʻo ia.
