Fabricio Andrade says he will dictate the pace against Enkh-Orgil Baatarkhuu: “Making him fight my fight”

Fabricio Andrade (L) and Enkh-Orgil Baatarkhuu (R) | Photo credit: ONE Championship
Fabricio Andrade (left) and Enkh-Orgil Baatarkhuu (right) [Images courtesy: ONE Championship]

Reigning ONE bantamweight MMA world champion Fabricio Andrade of Brazil has no plans of letting challenger Enkh-Orgil Baatarkhuu dictate their upcoming showdown.

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‘Wonder Boy’ puts his 26 pounds of gold on the line in the finale of ONE Fight Night 38 on Prime Video this Friday, Dec. 5, inside Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.

The 28-year-old Tiger Muay Thai and Evolve MMA representative is well aware of Baatarkhuu’s physically imposing style.

The Tormentor’ uses his raw power to initiate wrestling exchanges. Once on the ground, he mercilessly suffocates opponents with punishing top pressure before finishing them off with his wide array of submissions.

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But Andrade doesn’t see himself falling in the same trap. As far as the Brazilian knockout merchant is concerned, it will be the Mongolian who’s going to play right into his game.

The 145-pound MMA kingpin said in his pre-event interview with ONE Championship:

“So my whole training camp was to defend what he does while making him fight my fight. But it wasn’t too much change. We just did a little bit more specific work to focus on his style.”
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Watch Andrade defend his title at ONE Fight Night 38, streaming live in U.S. primetime on Prime Video for North American viewers.

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Fabricio Andrade ready to silence doubters who question his grappling

For Fabricio Andrade, there's no better opponent to prove he is a complete martial artist than Enkh-Orgil Baatarkhuu.

The Brazilian is itching to show that he's not just a one-dimensional striker.

'Wonder Boy' said in a South China Morning Post interview:

“I think at this point a lot of people still question my grappling, you know. So they are like, maybe if he fights a wrestler he will be able to take me down. So I think with this fight I can answer a lot of questions about my grappling, you know.”

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Edited by Aziel Karthak
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