Steve Erceg is thrilled by the potential jeers and boos that will come his way as he challenges Alexandre Pantoja in front of the champion’s home crowd at UFC 301.
The stars aligned for Erceg to receive a flyweight title shot against Pantoja in the main event at UFC 301 on Saturday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Known to be among the most passionate MMA fans in the world, Brazilians don’t go easy on visiting fighters. Brazilian fans were even criticized for peltingErceg is definitely expecting a hostile crowd going into enemy territory and is even somewhat excited about it..
“I think honestly it’s his mental toughness,” Erceg said. “Like he gets hit, he gets put into bad spots sometimes, but he just keeps going forward. He gets tired and he finds a way to keep pushing the whole fight. Somebody that’s not gonna give up is obviously a very dangerous person. He has great skills outside of that, but some people with great skills, they’re not winning the way they expect to be winning, they break. But I don’t think he will break. Someone has to take it away from him.
While Erceg plans on trying his best to secure a finish, he expects to walk away with a dominant decision win. “My prediction is that he’s obviously very tough. I’m gonna go out there and try to finish him, but in all likelihood it goes to a decision and I win a dominant decision,” he said.
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