The former Strikeforce light-heavyweight champ and one time UFC light-heavyweight title challenger, Renato “Babalu” Sobral (35-8) is set to face Robbie Lawler (19-5) next week in the main event of the “Strikeforce: Los Angeles” card.
Since Lawler normally fights at middleweight, both men have agreed to fight at a catchweight of 195 pounds.
Sobral is looking for a war once both men step into the cage and hopefully for fans, if it turns out that way, it could happen again except at 185 pounds.
“I hope it’s a war, I always face my fights the same way… It can be an eyed guy or Fedor, I always face it the same way. I have my game plan, he has his and he probably will try to knock me out and I’ll go for the submission, but if he’s not careful, I may knock him out. Today was my last day of hard training, I’ll fight on the until 88kg divisions and I got 90kg now and there’s ten days left before the fight… I’ll try to rest without having to worry much about my weight. I went for it on the last time and I’ll do my best on this one.
“Actually, I’m changing to a lighter division and I intend to fight on the until 84kg (185 pound) division, but I can change my mind and go to a heavier division too, because I already fought among the heavies, middleweights and light heavyweights… I’m not that worried about the belt, wherever there’s a good fight for me, I’m in, because I have a good fighting record. As BJ Penn once said, the belt is only useful to keep your pants up. What make the sport are the challenges. I thank Robbie, who changed divisions to confront me, he could have said no, so we have to give him credits, because I have my bills to pay and I need to fight and he accepted and is coming with his best for this fight.”
You can find more quotes from “Babalu” in the original article at Tatame.com.