Bellator bantamweight champion Patchy Combine believes he’s the most effective 135-pound fighter on the planet.
‘Battle Prepared’ has been out of the cage since a second-round submission victory over Sergio Pettis final November. That victory at Bellator 301 noticed Patchy Combine turn out to be the undisputed bantamweight champion. He beforehand received the interim title whereas ‘The Phenom’ was on the shelf as a consequence of harm, and received the bantamweight Grand Prix.
This Friday evening in Paris, Patchy Combine will look to make his first title protection in opposition to former rival Magomed Magomedov. He beforehand handed ‘The Tiger’ a loss by fifth-round submission again in December 2022. Whereas Combine is seeking to hand Magomedov one other loss this weekend, he’s additionally out to show a degree.
Talking in a current interview with ESPN MMA, Patchy Combine acknowledged that he’s assured that he’s the most effective bantamweight on the planet. Whereas names reminiscent of Sean O’Malley and Merab Dvalishvili have a declare, the Bellator champion simply believes he’s extra dominant. Within the interview, Combine acknowledged that skill-for-skill, no person can compete with him at 135 kilos.
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Patchy Combine wins the bantamweight strap. (Photograph credit score: Lucas Noonan/Bellator MMA)
Bellator’s Patchy Combine believes that he’s the best bantamweight fighter on the planet
Patchy Combine additionally acknowledged that the one cause why folks really feel in any other case is that he doesn’t combat within the UFC. Whereas it’s taken the Bellator fighter further time to earn respect as a consequence of that reality, he’s assured that he’ll change followers’ minds. If he has to maneuver up and win one other title at featherweight, he may simply try this too.
“These three letters are what will get different guys ranked above me. A lot respect to these guys.” Patchy Combine acknowledged to ESPN MMA earlier this week forward of his Bellator return. “However when you take a look at all of us, talent set for talent set, I’m the No. 1 man. I’m 19-1 and I’ve obtained probably the most finishes of everybody. I’m probably the most dominant… Since I don’t have these three letters in entrance of me, I really feel prefer it’s rather a lot tougher for me to earn my respect. However it all the time appears proper there ready for me.”
He continued, “If I’m going to maneuver as much as 145, it’s not going to be for an [entire PFL] season. It’s going to be for superfights. It’s going to be champ versus champ, huge fights.”
What do you make of those feedback from Patchy Combine? Will you watch his return in the primary occasion of Bellator Champions Sequence 2 this Friday?