Jarod Grant and John Dodson take a look at abilities in a high-stakes flyweight struggle at BKFC KnuckleMania 3 on February seventeenth.
Dodson appeared on Bowks Speaking Bouts to debate the implications of the winner being near cementing themselves as BKFC’s inaugural male 125-pound champ, the machinations of this matchup, and extra. Excerpts from our chat are under.
John Dodson
This struggle presumably being a 125-pound title eliminator and Dodson’s ideas on presumably turning into the inaugural BKFC flyweight champion
“Man, to inform you the reality I consider I’m already the champion at this weight class. For them to provide me a belt, it might solidify it much more. Jarod Grant’s going to be a troublesome opponent. Ultimately for me to showcase the truth that I’m the subsequent champion, I must step over the current champion… The current champion or former interim champion of bantamweight. So, what higher strategy to go forward and showcase my true skill of being a champion towards a former champion?”
Dodson’s ideas on Grant’s stylistic attributes
“The fellows that he’s fought, he actually placed on an excellent showcase towards these; I wouldn’t say lesser fighters, however these guys weren’t as skilled as me. They got here in, tried to flesh out a sport, tried to construct a reputation for this child. Then he ended up preventing Reggie Barnett who’s a really artful veteran in combined martial arts and within the bare-knuckle ring and noticed the distinction. We see the talent ranges between what he has and I’ve. I’m gonna see if I can take a look at out his conventional boxing abilities towards my distinctive, wild, rambunctious, explosion of energy of MMA hanging.”
BKFC KnuckleMania 3
Dodson going extremely intuition in his Rizin debut and being listed at 6’2 on his Rizin NYE graphic
“Completely. After I obtained kicked within the balls, I made certain I went into like end mode. I used to be like alright, it’s both going to be extremely intuition or extremely ego. Both of them simply made certain I laid waste to my opponent. Nothing towards Hideo (Tokoro). He’s a tremendous competitor, he’s a legend of the game. Solely dude to struggle from 125 all the way in which as much as heavyweight. I’ve obtained to provide nothing however respect to him, a legend of the sport.”
“However in saying that, I’m nonetheless essentially the most harmful striker within the flyweight division. Whether or not or not it’s bare-knuckle, MMA, kickboxing, and even boxing. I’m going to point out everyone and present the world that I can proceed to try this. Surpass everyone with my velocity, technicality, and explosivity.”
Rizin
“Bro, they despatched me that. They despatched me our like facet by facet and I used to be like alright cool, no matter. I posted it up and as quickly as I posted it up, I re-read it. As a result of my spouse was like babe, they’re mendacity. I used to be like what do you imply they’re mendacity. So, I checked out it as a result of I believed I tousled this time. As a result of we all know I don’t ever actually test my grammar on numerous posts. There’s gonna be like lacking phrases, issues spelt improper. However she sat there, and it stated you’re 6’2″. I’m an enormous babe. There’s no method in hell that they’re going to take a seat there and ignore the truth that I’m an enormous.”
Dodson continued, “She’s like what do you imply? They robotically assume I’m preventing at flyweight, sure. However I’m American and I’m black, in order that needs to be true (laughs). Of their eyes they’re like he’s a black dude from America, he’s 6’2 (laughs)… Oh no (laughs). It wasn’t deceiving you. They tousled massive time by placing me saying I used to be 6’2. I knew I used to be solely 5’3 however I used to be blessed with the additional top.”
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