Maiquel Falcao
With his legal troubles behind him, Brazilian middleweight Maiquel ‘Big Righ’ Falcão (29-4, 1NC) made his return to the lime light returning to American soil to face French fighter Norman Paraisy in the opening round of Bellator’s Season Six Middleweight Tournament.
Falcão would go on to earn an exciting unanimous decision win a month ago at Bellator 61, in a bout that saw him calling out Paraisy throughout the fight to stand and trade punches.
‘Big Rig’ is now set to face Russian middleweight Vyacheslav Vasilevsky this Friday at Bellaor 66 in the tournament semifinals.
Speaking to Tatame.com, Falcão talked about his opponent, cutting weight from 214-lbs plus more so be sure to check out the article by hitting the link.
Here is a portion of that interview.
Now you’re fighting Vasilevsky on the semifinals. What do you know about his game and how was your preparation for the fight?
I don’t know a lot about him, just his name which is actually hard to pronounce (laughs). Just like I did on my first fight, I leave all the game plan and preparation to Brigadeiro, who besides my manager is my coach. I train what he tells me to train and I do what he tells me to do. I guess it worked quite well on the first time and I’m doing the same on the semifinals.
About your weight, you had to suffer a lot last time but lost it in the last minute. How are things this time?
It’s always a suffering, there’s no other way. I go from 214lbs to 185lbs, so it’s always hard, but every time I fight I cut weight and it won’t be any different now. I’ll make it to the limit and I’ll be just fine on the following day.
What can we hope of you in this fight?
You can hope to see a complete fighter in Maiquel Falcao this time and I’m very focused on winning. I’ve been improving many aspects of my game and I can say that now I’m dangerous. I’ll give everything I’ve got in that cage and I’m only leaving with my ticked stamped to the finale. I count with the Brazilian support. I’ll be there representing our country.