Chepe Mariscal (16-6 MMA, 3-0 UFC) pushed his win streak to 6 after incomes a aggressive break up choice win over Morgan Charriere (19-10-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) within the UFC Apex on Saturday.
Mariscal graded his efficiency an A-, as he felt he did what he wished to do in opposition to Charriere: have enjoyable and combat a very good bout. He stated Charriere was a really robust opponent with a really excessive fighter IQ.
“He undoubtedly examined me and a few of my limits,” Mariscal informed MMASucka. “He confirmed me how far more I’ve advanced.”
Mariscal discovered success when he muddied the waters in rounds 1 and three, urgent Charriere up in opposition to the clinch and pushing the tempo. He was rewarded with a break up choice win when two judges gave him the 2 aforementioned rounds.
“To be sincere, I get a little bit bored with making an attempt to be this clear, technical fighter like I could be, however once I put that strain and I’m throwing these punches and conserving the strain on you, I interrupt your movement, I interrupt your respiratory, your mentality, your motive,” Mariscal stated.
Mariscal addressed some criticism from coaches, fighters and others that he was smacking Charriere contained in the Octagon.
“Some coaches and fighters assume that smacking doesn’t have an impact, nevertheless it does,” he stated. “If I smack you onerous sufficient, your ears are going to start out ringing. That’s once I fought on the Apex. I’m like, ‘I’m going to smack him in his ears so he can’t hear his nook, as a result of his nook goes to be proper there and it’s going to be far more quiet and never as a lot followers.’ I needed to play with extra technique on this combat, and it labored out advantageous.”
Mariscal stated he brings an old-school fashion into the brand new period. He switches his stance, modifications his assaults and tries to go for takedowns. And even when he doesn’t hit his makes an attempt, he feels they open up completely different maneuvers.
“Pressuring him in opposition to the cage, creating some completely different motion and making use of some strikes, going for takedowns; that’s what I did on this combat,” he stated. “I had extra of the output. I used to be throwing extra strikes. I used to be touchdown. I had him touching his knee on the canvas. I felt these had been factors including up. I used to be outstriking this man. I used to be out pressuring him. I used to be doing what I needed to do to win this combat. It was an excellent combat. He is a good fighter. I wager any cash he’s going to kill the following man he fights. I keep I did sufficient for the victory.”
Mariscal stated he knew he was doing sufficient within the putting division that Charriere would attempt to grapple.
“When he took me down, he didn’t do something. He didn’t advance. He didn’t throw no floor and pound. He was simply holding me, and I may really feel it. That’s why in some positions, I couldn’t advance. He was simply holding me. He didn’t throw no punches or attempt to advance place. When he did, it was due to my motion of getting of getting out. He received me in a guillotine, however I received out of the guillotine. I received out of all his submissions and I used to be making use of strikes. When he was making an attempt to do an anaconda, I threw these sneaky elbows. I saved it a combat; an MMA combat. It wasn’t no, ‘That is simply grappling,’ or ‘That is simply putting.’ I used to be mixing it as much as make clear that that is my fashion.”
Charriere gained the second spherical on all three judges’ scorecards. He was being affected person and counter-fighting in opposition to Marsical, touchdown the more practical strikes. Mariscal knew he needed to step it up within the third spherical and get again to mixing issues up in a combat the place his nook informed him it was both 1-1 or he wanted a end on the judges’ scorecards. And Mariscal stated he was in search of that end.
“I wasn’t making an attempt to carry him or stall. I got here in to combat. I wished to attempt to get a end any how. Floor and pound. Any manner. I saved it enjoyable, I saved it lively, and I did it from each place.”
Mariscal had two large moments within the third spherical: an early blitz the place he landed a heavy mixture on Charriere in opposition to the cage after which with 40 seconds left, he received on high of Charriere and landed floor and pound. After a back-and-forth 4 minutes within the remaining body, Marsical feels these final 40 or so seconds earned him the victory.
“I keep in mind being in that one bizarre place within the single leg. Holding that place. Me making an attempt to attend for him to advance, me making an attempt to go for a submission so I may transfer or do one thing. I used to be like, ‘OK, am I going to attend on him, or am I going to go?’ After they informed me ‘one minute left,’ man that gave me gasoline. I heard my associate. That gave me gasoline and I used to be like, ‘Let’s go.’ I simply drove him to his again. My coach is large on deciding on high, letting them scramble a little bit after which settle. That’s what I did. Then I simply began including my punches to indicate the judges I’m on the bottom, doing floor and pound. I’m not simply holding. I’m displaying that I’m being lively. I felt like that received me the win.”
Mariscal stated he confirmed extra effort than his foe in each spherical.
“I gave all the pieces. I threw all the pieces. That’s the factor. I used to be displaying the judges, ‘Hey, I’m right here to combat. This man, he may attempt to counter combat this complete goddamn combat. I’m going to indicate you that I’m combating.’”
Mariscal stated Charriere is a good counterfighter, so he wished to make him lively and break him with strain.
“I used to be taking part in it like a dance flooring. I used to be simply making an attempt to maintain it at middle, hold him on the cage, hold him within the centerzone, center, all the pieces. I simply tried to make it an actual combat the place the judges would see that, ‘This man truly clearly put extra effort into the putting and made it an MMA combat.’”
Mariscal stated he’s not large on calling out individuals after fights, however expressed he wish to get two of his defeats again in some unspecified time in the future.
Bryce Mitchell, at the moment ranked at No. 10 within the featherweight division, beat Marsical by way of unanimous choice at V3 Fights 60 in June 2017.
“I do wish to run that again,” Mariscal stated. “It might be cool to fill my storyline and my profession. All of the stuff I needed to undergo. My journey to get into the UFC, he was a part of that. It might be cool to run that again.”
He stated it might even be “superb” to rematch Joanderson Brito.
“The one who knocked me out within the LFA principal occasion [in 2019],” Mariscal stated. “He kicked me within the crotch. He received some fortunate pictures in after which he received that fortunate overhand. I really feel like I’m a unique model now, so I wish to combat him. Whoever.”
Mariscal stated he didn’t choose and select Charriere, or Trevor Peek or Jack Jenkins, who he additionally has UFC wins over.
“I used to be prepared on the hotline. They had been all quick discover, and I used to be like, ‘Let’s simply go.’”
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