JERSEY CITY, N.J. – Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos’s preventing fashion has all the time stood out, but it surely looks as if there is perhaps one other gear to it.
The flashy Brazilian welterweight returns this Saturday within the opening bout of UFC 302, which works down at Prudential Heart in Newark, N.J. Zaleski dos Santos (24-7-1 MMA, 10-3-1 UFC) takes on fellow veteran Brown (18-5 MMA, 12-5 UFC). Zaleski dos Santos has scored many spectacular finishes in his UFC run, most notably a spinning wheel KO of Sean Strickland – who fights within the co-main occasion of the cardboard.
Forward of his return, Zaleski dos Santos guarantees to indicate evolution in his recreation with additional assist of his capoeira coaching.
“I all the time attempt to enhance from camp to camp, and this camp was no completely different,” Zaleski dos Santos mentioned on the UFC 302 media day. “We acquired numerous good high quality sparring companions, new athletes, that helped me loads. I used to be additionally in a position to prepare numerous capoeira as effectively. I believe these have been the primary issues that allowed me to evolve on this camp.”
Zaleski dos Santos is unbeaten in his previous three fights, a stretch that features a win over Benoit Sant-Denis. He respects Brown and thinks this is a wonderful identify to maintain constructing on this present run.
“I bear in mind him, if I’m not mistaken, from preventing in Rio one time, and as quickly as I heard his identify, I jumped on the combat straight away,” Zaleski dos Santos mentioned. “I believe it’s an ideal alternative. I believe it’s an ideal combat, and I believe it’s up there for Struggle of the Evening.”
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