Regardless of getting his hand raised within the largest combat of his life in opposition to some of the legendary fighters in UFC historical past, bantamweight contender Mario Bautista has discovered himself on the receiving finish of extreme backlash from the MMA group.
The controversy surrounding that UFC 307 bout comes all the way down to what many followers are calling the ‘Wall and Stall’ technique, with the 15-2 American repeatedly placing himself into dominant positions alongside the fence however failing to land a single takedown on 10 makes an attempt.
Mario Bautista opens up on controversial break up determination win over Jose Aldo
Following his determination win over Jose Aldo, UFC bantamweight prospect Mario Bautista discovered himself embroiled in a bitter debate on-line; with some followers arguing that he wasn’t making an attempt to win the competition in any respect, while others said that he merely employed probably the most optimum path to victory.
Talking with MMA Junkie, Bautista has now damaged his silence concerning the combat and even partially blamed Jose Aldo for a way the competition performed out as he defined his technique.
“I simply wished him to maintain on working, I simply wished him to make use of that power to interrupt out after which simply type of keep caught to him; simply preserve him working, working, working however I didn’t actually assume he was going to remain on the wall.
“I assumed that he was going to get out, there have been factors I felt he was defending the takedown and will’ve circled off however he type of simply selected to remain there and wait a little bit bit… I used to be holding him in opposition to the cage however on the time identical time, I believe he did have the alternatives to circle off, it’s simply he selected to not.”
Contemplating that Aldo is well-known for his excellent takedown protection, Bautista argued that the explanation why the enduring ‘King of Rio’ failed to flee his maintain might’ve merely been as a result of that was additionally, and relatively unusually, a part of Aldo’s recreation plan.
“I don’t know if that was a part of the technique on his half, possibly that’s like his resting space the place he seems like ‘Okay, Imma relaxation up and the ref will separate us after which I’ll be capable to get my strikes off’.”
While the MMA Lab alumni acknowledged that there’s certainly a powerful need from the worldwide fanbase to see fights finish in a end, if he was watching the bout as a fan of Jose Aldo – he’d be pissed off with the Brazilian, and never him.
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“However it from a followers’ perspective, I’m not yelling at me, I’m yelling ‘Aldo, circle off the cage, what are you doing?’ That’s what I inform my fighters in the event that they’re caught on the cage.
“That’s one thing that I’ve realized earlier than the UFC, if I ever received caught on the cage in sparring or something, it’s not like ‘Oh man whoever’s holding you in opposition to the cage’ – No, like I must deal with that scenario, circle off and get to the place I need to be in order that I can begin profitable the combat.”
When requested whether or not he’d change his technique if he was ever to rematch Aldo, Bautista would considerably paradoxically declare that he would ‘tweak’ the gameplan; however would return to the fence if he was in bother.
“If I used to be to combat Aldo once more, then I’d positively tweak it up a little bit bit, type of break free a little bit bit myself and get him again to that spot if I needed to – a little bit bit extra clinch work, this and that, like I stated I simply didn’t actually count on him to remain on the cage.
“I do know that Dana is upset, and I do know what sort of fights he likes too so like I stated, it’s all expertise – I’ll take what I can for this combat and go into the following one understanding what everybody’s considering.”
On the finish of the day, a win’s a win and following victory at UFC 307, Bautista improved his spot within the bantamweight rankings by transferring into the #8 place – Jose Aldo dropped to #11.
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