Mandel Nallo has lastly punched his ticket to the UFC, and a long-time teammate of his is worked up to see the previous Bellator MMA veteran lastly capable of ply his commerce underneath these shiny octagon lights. ‘Rat Rubbish’ secured a TKO win over Samuel Silva within the opening spherical of his Dana White’s Contender Collection contest on September 2nd, which secured him a contract with the Final Combating Championship.
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Now that Mandel Nallo is lastly within the UFC, a Tristar compatriot of his needs to see Nallo make his fundamental stage UFC debut on the exact same card he himself will subsequent be competing on. That fighter in query is Aiemann Zahabi, who will tackle Marlon ‘Chito’ Vera in a conflict of ranked bantamweight contenders that transpires on October 18th at UFC Vancouver.
Zahabi appeared on MMA Canada to the touch on a number of subjects, and when articulating his need to see fellow Canadian combatant Nallo featured on that looming UFC Vancouver card, Zahabi stated,
“Man, I’d adore it, and we had been speaking about all of it summer time, you already know. Win this struggle on Contender Collection, possibly they’ll put you in [UFC] Vancouver. So it was already at the back of our minds, and he’s going to be prepared for it. He even requested for [UFC] Paris.”
Mandel Nallo has mastered many parts of preventing and simply needs alternatives, per Zahabi
As he stored expounding upon his ideas relating to Nallo coming into the UFC panorama now, Zahabi continued,
“Like he [Mandel Nallo] needs them to know that he’s a completed product and we haven’t been mucking round. You realize, he’s 36, however we’re good. We’re; you already know, folks make enjoyable of my age. I’m going to be 38 in November, man. You realize, it’s loopy. However I don’t really feel like I look outdated. I don’t really feel like I struggle outdated.”
“I really feel like I’m staying with the instances. I really feel like I’m nonetheless forward of the younger bucks. Mandel is identical in that sense. I don’t really feel like he’s his age. He’s actually mastered numerous the weather of preventing. It could be good to see him get like a very good identify or simply be on the cardboard. Like we simply need alternatives, you already know? We simply want the alternatives to point out you guys how good we’re.”
