MMA Fighting<\/a> this week, he was ultimately persuaded.<\/p>\n\u201cI didn\u2019t see any incentive in taking the fight because it was coming from a middleweight,\u201d Jimi Manuwa said. \u201cI wanted a good name, so I wasn\u2019t really interested in fighting, but then the UFC persuaded me to take the fight. I had a little think about it, and Thiago Santos is a good fighter, so I accepted the fight.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSometimes you want to step up and \u2026 not do favors, but you\u2019ve gotta tell me incentives to take the fight,\u201d Manuwa continued. \u201cThey explained to me, I had a talk with my coaches and my team and we accepted the fight.<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone else didn\u2019t make sense… Everyone that was worth fighting already was matched up. It was very hard in the light heavyweight division because people were fighting or injured or unranked.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe UFC knows they have to put a good event, a good opponent for me when I\u2019m fighting because they know I\u2019ll always put on a good show, I always come for the knockout. We\u2019re going to put on a great main event for Sao Paulo. I look forward to coming there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Who do you think will win when Thiago Santos and Jimi Manuwa meet in the UFC Sao Paulo main event?<\/p>\n
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