Antonio Rogerio Nogueira Says UFC 156 Fight Is His Most Important Ever
Posted by Jeremy Thomas on 02.01.2013
Nogueira speaks on fighting Rashad Evans and more...
Antonio Rogerio Nogueira recently spoke with MMAjunkie about his fight against Rashad Evans this weekend at UFC 156. Check out the highlights:
On the stakes of the fight: "This fight is the most important fight of my life. I'm just focused on this fight. I don't know what's going to happen, but I'm going to try to do my best, and if I win, I think I'm going to be in a good place in the light-heavyweight division."
On the long layoff since his last fight: "It's been 14 months or so without a fight, but I think it's going to motivate me. I can't wait to fight again. I trained a lot. I know this is a big fight on a big card, and I'm motivated for it."
On his training camp: "We have a good team. I think we have the biggest Brazilian team now. THose guys motivate me a lot. You have to train very serious with these guys because we train really hard in Brazil."
On where he ranks now: "I don't know. Some guys say I'm top 10. Some say top 15. But I want to be in the top five. When I beat this guy, I'm going to be in a good place."
