Dominick Reyes compares combating fashion to Muhammad Ali
In a current look on The MMA Hour, Reyes defined his added motivation to snap his dropping skid in Louisville.
“I took a lot power from that, a lot energy from that,” Reyes stated. “Going to the Muhammad Ali Middle and studying about his complete journey, the best way he considered the world, what he did to alter the world…the final area his physique was ever in, was the sector I fought in, and that was an enormous honor for me…
“Wow, I get to struggle right here? And my combating fashion, which I imagine is just like his. Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, that’s how I struggle. All the things simply lined up.”
Ali is arguably the best boxer of all time and is extensively thought to be one of the vital influential athletes in sports activities historical past. He handed away in 2016 from septic shock stemming from a respiratory sickness.
Reyes returned to the shape that made him one of the vital harmful fighters on the planet earlier in his MMA profession. After defeating Jacoby, Reyes squeaked again into the 205lb title dialog.
Reyes’s UFC comeback was poetic, just like a few of the bounce-back wins that Ali amassed throughout his legendary profession.