Bruna Brasil debuts a brand new group of cornermen Saturday at UFC 304, and seems like a brand new fighter going into her strawweight bout with native star Molly McCann in Manchester.
Ranked UFC middleweight contender Caio Borralho labored as Brasil’s head coach in her UFC 304 camp alongside veteran fighter Felipe Douglas and Brasil’s girlfriend Vanessa Messina, serving to the 30-year-old to “higher digest” her current loss to Loma Lookboonmee and bounce again in enemy territory.
“Caio is a superb pal of mine,” Brasil advised MMA Combating. “It was fairly totally different to deliver a pal to my camp. He’s very strict as a coach, he calls for lots from me each bodily and mentally, however on the identical time he has such good vitality. all the things is easy with him. Arduous issues are a lot simpler with him.”
Brasil mentioned the trio of coaches broke down her technique all the way down to tiny particulars, making this her most bodily demanding camp to this point, “however I used to be keen to pay the value to turn out to be stronger and higher.”
“Doing the identical factor again and again isn’t sufficient typically,” Silva mentioned. “It’s a must to problem your self, and so they helped me lots in that a part of the problem.”
Like Borralho, Brasil is a longtime member of Combating Nerds in Sao Paulo, however admits that the group’s current UFC success with the likes of Borralho, Vinicius Oliveira, and Jean Silva, has made issues extra difficult within the gymnasium.
“The group has grown a lot during the last 12 months that it has taken the eye of our coaches, Pablo [Sucupira] and Flavio [Alvaro],” Brasil mentioned. “That is a very powerful combat of my life and it’s a second I want consideration. I want folks which can be one hundred pc with me, those that undoubtedly consider one hundred pc on the win. It was exhausting to make this choice but it surely was essential.”
“They’re having their second with the group,” she continued, “however I want this consideration personally proper now, to suppose what’s greatest for my improvement and for higher efficiency, higher camp, higher vitality targeted one hundred pc on me. I needed that precedence for this combat. It is a huge problem, and likewise a vital second in my profession. What I really need was to have folks which can be one hundred pc with me, no distractions.”
McCann is a giant star in Europe and Brasil mentioned “UFC could be very enthusiastic about this combat.” McCann is a fan-favorite in the UK and one of the vital widespread athletes on the UFC 304 card, and Brasil vows to show “I’m able to going through this problem and win.”
“We’ve deliberate good counters,” Brasil mentioned of how she beats McCann in Manchester. “Perhaps I can finish the combat with a knee. That’s what I’m taking a look at. I’m certain I’ll land that knee and I hope she goes down. If she doesn’t go down, we’ll proceed hurting her all the combat.”
