Rome Native UFC fighter Alessio Di Chirico has opened up about his upcoming fight against Gareth McLellan and has also talked about why it is that he cannot relate to some of ancient Rome’s most famous and celebrated fighters and gladiators.
Di Chirico is still a budding fighter with not the most professional UFC experience under his belt and will be taking on Gareth McLellan on the back of his first ever defeat which came courtesy of a decision awarded to Bojan Velickovic in April.
Even though he lost to Velickovic, it is safe to say that the fight was a very close call and unlike the judges, a lot of viewers thought that it was Di Chirico that deserved the victory.
When prompted whether he was in agreement with the decision of the judges, Di Chirico said that he really did not care for the decision and that no fighter could be satisfied with victory if it came by a decision.
When asked if he was inspired or thought of himself as a Roman gladiator, Di Chirico ridiculed the idea saying Gladiators were slaves and that the motto of his team is “Not Gladiators, we are Knights”.
Di Chirico also expressed that he respected his opponent. He said McLellan was an old school fighter who started off with Karate and then improved his style by adding wrestling, grappling, etc into the mix.
The fight is going to be well contested, but we have a feeling Di Chirico will nick this one.