{"id":267663,"date":"2018-01-10T14:02:38","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T22:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=267663"},"modified":"2018-01-10T14:02:38","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T22:02:38","slug":"edson-barboza-admits-falling-game-khabib-nurmagomedov-ufc-219","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/edson-barboza\/edson-barboza-admits-falling-game-khabib-nurmagomedov-ufc-219\/","title":{"rendered":"Edson Barboza Admits to Falling into the Game of Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 219"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At UFC 219, Edson Barboza had his impressive three-fight win streak stopped on the wrong end of a dominating performance by Khabib Nurmagomedov. It was Barboza&#8217;s biggest fight of his life and he came up short. Even though it was admittedly one of the most painful losses in his career, Barboza is ready to get back in the cage as soon as possible. Replaying the fight in his latest interview, he candidly reveals he played into Nurmagoemdov&#8217;s game and some of his tactics caught him off guard.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201dI really didn\u2019t expect that to happen, man. I was very upset the week after the fight because I was well prepared, had a wonderful camp. It was a tough loss, no doubt about it.\u00a0It was pretty much how we imagined it. I knew he wouldn\u2019t take me down in the middle of the Octagon. I knew that his only chance to take me down was close to the fence, so I obviously worked that a lot, but he was able to impose his game, and I couldn\u2019t get out of there. That was the problem. I fell in his game, I spent 15 minutes doing his game.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You want more? I already posted like four of those. I mean, there are a lot of them &#x1f622; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qnuOrt4Xmd\">pic.twitter.com\/qnuOrt4Xmd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 esther lin (@allelbows) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/allelbows\/status\/947550047176073218?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 31, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Honestly, I didn\u2019t expect [Nurmagomedov ro rush forward]. He walked backwards in all of his previous fights before he went for takedowns. I was prepared for it, but I thought he would do what he always did, to avoid the striking. It surprised me that he moved forward.\u00a0I was aware of what was happening the entire time, and I believed it until the end. Things were going wrong but I kept thinking, \u2018Brother, if he gives me a chance I\u2019ll finish the fight.\u2019 I remember everything that happened that night.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2018\/1\/10\/16875000\/edson-barboza-reacts-painful-loss-khabib-nurmagomedov-wants-quick-return-against-top-10-ufc\">Edson Barboza speaking to MMA Fighting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Even Edson Barboza can respect his opponent&#8217;s strategy.\u00a0 When you&#8217;re fighting one of the most dangerous strikers in the division, you can&#8217;t give him space. Khabib Nurmagomedov rushed Barboza and, even if he couldn&#8217;t get the initial takedown, he&#8217;d force him up against the cage in order to secure it. While he didn&#8217;t come out on top at UFC 219, it&#8217;s clear Edson Barboza wants to bounce back quick and there is no shortage of exciting opponents he could jump into a fight with.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article first appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\">BJPenn.com<\/a> on 1\/10\/2018.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At UFC 219, Edson Barboza had his impressive three-fight win streak stopped on the wrong end of a dominating performance by Khabib Nurmagomedov. It was Barboza&#8217;s biggest fight of his life and he came up short. 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