Raufeon Stots expects his struggle with Marcos Breno to function an appetizer for the PFL: Battle of the Giants principal occasion.
Bantamweights Stots (20-2) and Breno (15-3) throw down in Saturday’s featured prelim at Kingdom Enviornment in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia with the primary card on ESPN+/DAZN pay-per-view.
Having fought the likes of Patchy Combine, Danny Sabatello, and Juan Archuleta, Breno is a far much less notable identify for Stots. Nonetheless, the 35-year-old is absolutely conscious of the situation that would play out, so he gained’t underestimate him.
“I believe he sees this as an enormous alternative to make a reputation for himself instantly and to erase that stink from his final efficiency off,” Stots advised MMA Junkie Radio on Breno. “I believe the trash speak type of bought the most effective of him this final struggle, so I believe he’s going to return in weapons blazing. He’s bought energy in his fingers. He’s a Brazilian (jiu-jitsu) black belt. He’s only a man that hasn’t been round as lengthy.”
Stots thinks his struggle with Breno is the featured prelim for a cause. He plans on getting the followers excited for the primary card, and provides them a small preview of the night time’s principal occasion between Francis Ngannou and Renan Ferreira.
“In case you have a look at the struggle, the struggle is type of a Temu model of the primary occasion struggle with Francis Ngannou and Renan Ferreira,” Stots stated. “I’m a veteran African like Francis, and he’s a younger, powerhouse Brazilian.
“So I believe that’s why they wished me on that featured prelim. They wished me to showcase and get the folks and be like, ‘It’s going to be an enormous barnburner.’ They’re the massive giants, we’re the little giants.”
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