Newly crowned Maximum Fighting Champion welterweight title holder Douglas Lima (17-4) couldn’t be happier with how things have changed for him since winning the belt earlier this month.
He defeated a tough opponent in Team Bodyshop fighter Jesse Juarez in the main event of MFC 27: Breaking Point on Nov. 12th.
Leading up to the fight, Juarez was doing a lot of smack talk, putting down Lima’s abilities including his Jiu-Jitsu. “The Phenom” took the other route in response to Juaurez’ comments by doing all of his talking in the ring.
“It sucks for him – he was the guy talking all that stuff, calling me just a jiu jitsu guy and he’s got a broken arm and a broken leg,” Lima suggested with a laugh. “That’s a lesson learned for him – don’t talk a lot of smack before the fight, man. For me, it’s great; I let my fighting do the talking. I don’t like to talk smack about guys before the fight, especially disrespecting jiu jitsu. I’ll leave that in the hands of my manager. We had some calls, but he’s the one that is taking care of it. I’ve got another fight with MFC, and they helped me get my name out there, so I’m just taking it a fight at a time.”
Before Lima steps takes his next fight he’ll take some time off and is headed to Brazil for a few months. Fans can probably expect him back at the next MFC event in February, defending his title against an as of yet to be named opponent.
HT: Heavy.com