Jailton Almeida needs it… and he needs it badly. Lower than a month after his submission win over Alexandr Romanov at UFC 302, Almeida (21-3 MMA, 7-1 UFC) acquired full medical clearance after the New Jersey Athletic Management Board (NJACB), which regulated the occasion, detected a potential knee damage.
Almeida doubled down on his criticism of Ciryl Gane (12-2 MMA 9-2 UFC) in an announcement issued Thursday to MMA Junkie.
“There was speak on the web that I used to be injured. That is not true. After the struggle, I felt some discomfort in my knee from outdated issues I had, however nothing out of the bizarre. “I’m already 100% and coaching, even in Sao Joao. I even posted this weekend doing bodily preparation and dealing on my knee. I’ve already despatched the MRI exams and medical experiences to the UFC and every little thing is ok.”
“…I am wanting ahead to my subsequent struggle. I have been concentrating on Ciryl Gane in France, as a result of the French playing cards are all the time excellent. and at the moment Gane is among the top-ranked athletes within the class and has glorious morale throughout the UFC. I believe it will be an awesome struggle.”
The UFC’s return to Paris is three months away and just one struggle is publicly recognized. Gane has remained comparatively silent in latest months. Interim UFC heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall has claimed that Gane turned down a title struggle as a result of he’s engaged on a film function.
It’s unclear whether or not Gane shall be out there for the date, however Almeida is doing every little thing he can to persuade him. Almeida sees just one different viable possibility, Alexander Volkov, which he would not actually assume is sensible.
«I do not see a lot probability for Gane to struggle in France. It is simply that each one the names have already got fights scheduled, as I posted on Twitter. Now the one possibility is Volkov and me. Since he already beat Volkov in a struggle that was tremendous boring, it (the struggle) would not match up. It will be the identical. Each of them having a really tactical struggle, with out a lot exercise.”
“I believe Almeida vs. Gane is way more fascinating, not solely as a result of it’s a new struggle, but additionally as a result of it’s a duel of kinds. There isn’t a means this struggle will go the space if I can impose my recreation. I’m going to go away all of it and end it, and if he can impose his recreation, he’ll be capable of hold the struggle standing and placed on the present he’s used to placing on.”
