Jafel Filho pleased to make his return: “I was happy to be put on the London card”



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Jafel Filho pleased to make his return: “I was happy to be put on the London card”
Jafel Filho pleased to make his return: “I was happy to be put on the London card”

The flyweight fighter Jafel Filho will be fighting against Daniel Barez today; Filho had an unfortunate beginning for his first UFC match as he lost against Mohammed Mokaev, and the bitter taste of defeat still bothers him, but he is now focused on the new opportunity presented to him by UFC and seems to be grateful to fight in London.

Filho is still upset about his submission loss against Mokaev because he thought it was wrong of the judges to stop the match – he thought of appealing against it, but then he let it slide.

Jafel Filho on his next fight

In a recent episode of the MMA Fighting podcast Trocação Franca, the flyweight contender Jafel Filho shared his thoughts on getting an opportunity to fight again and spoke about his gutting loss against Mohammed Mokaev.

“I won a lot with that fight and the way it went,” Filho said, as quoted by mmafighting.com.“[To fight again] in England of all places, and those fans. I get messages from them all the time. I was happy to be put on the London card again for that reason”.

“It could have happened in Brazil, where I’ve won several fights, or it could have happened in Las Vegas too, I don’t have doubts about the commission or anything. Filho further said: I’m happy to be back to England, happy to be fighting there again”.

“[My performance against Mokaev] is a weight I’m carrying, but I usually take that away because a fight is a fight, regardless being the best fighter or the worst fighter, a fight is always fifty-fifty. I’ve worked hard so that is my day. I worked hard so his hand doesn’t land, I’m not submitted, and I finish him”.