Uruguayan Gastón Reyno is one of the stars of the ESPN KnockOut program.
Michael Morales, the Ecuadorian welterweight who will debut on January 22 in the Ultimate Fighting Championship company cage at the UFC 270 event, “has a very good fight,” but “he has things to improve,” said the Uruguayan commentator of the Program ESPN KnockOut, Gastón Reyno.
In an interview with EL UNIVERSO in New York, the Tonga Reyno appreciated the personality, calm and concentration that Morales showed after his fight against Kazakh Nikolay Veretennikov on the Dana White’s Contender Series program in Las Vegas (Nevada), on September 21.
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“I leave everything. It looked spectacular. He has a great coach like Raúl Arvizu, who knows when to challenge them. He took it very well, he has a very good fight; obviously he has things to improve, ”observed Reyno, who is also a mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter.
Morales, 22, will debut his contract with the UFC when he faces American Trevin Giles on the UFC 270 undercard to be held on January 22 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.
The show’s main duel will be between Francis Ngannou and Ciryl Gane in the heavyweight division and the co-star between Brandon Moreno and Deiveson Figueiredo in the featherweight division. Belts will be unified in both lawsuits.
For Reyno, who last Saturday commented from Madison Square Garden on Marlon’s knockout victory Chito Vera on Frankie Edgar, Morales represents the new generation of Latin American fighters who come to the UFC not only because of their grit, heart and sacrifice, but because of their technique that they have refined at Entram Gym in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.
“I talked about it a lot with Brandon (Moreno, UFC featherweight champion). Before it was said that Latino fighters had a hue … now those hue … and that heart, that claw and that sacrifice, add the technique. Then they become much more dangerous, especially the Entram Gym, which in my opinion, in all of Latin America, is the best gym, the best team, “said the Uruguayan.
In Entram the tricolor César Abad, Aarón Cañarte, the brothers Andrés and Adrián Luna Martinetti, Cristhian Rivas and Javier Basurto are also preparing. Meanwhile, at the Bonebreakers academy, in Mexico City, the champion of the Budo Sento Championship, Emiliano Linares, and Christian Alquinga are training, who are currently in Guayaquil looking to close new agreements with sponsors.
Reyno prefers not to say the name of a potential Ecuadorian candidate who can sign for the UFC in 2022, however, he encouraged MMA fans in Ecuador to support amateur athletes and the “small events” that are organized in cities and neighborhoods.
“It is difficult to know (who will be the third Ecuadorian to sign a contract with the UFC). What I’m telling you is support the amateurs, the small events. Many say that you have to support the Ecuadorian MMA, but do not think about Chito (Vera), don’t think about Michael (Hurtado), go and buy a ticket to an event in your city, in your neighborhood. That is the way they really support the MMA of their country and that they have more stars, and that later they are not only Chito and Michael, that it is not a fight of an Ecuadorian every two or three months, but that it is much more assiduous to see a compatriot of yours (in the UFC). Support small events “, highlighted the commentator of the chain ESPN. (D)
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