Rob Emereson (7-6) is set to face Manny "The Anvil" Gamburyan next week at UFC 87: Seek and Destroy had a few thoughts on his upcoming fight with Gamburyan. Emerson is coming off of a win at UFC 81 over Keita Nakamura by split decision and 5 straight wins. He had this to say in an interview with UFC.com
“Prior the (TUF 5) show, we did go against each other in the tryouts and he couldn’t take me down,” Emerson said. “I think that got to him. “I think he knows that I’m a bad matchup for him style-wise. He’s a little ball of muscle. He overpowers a lot of guys with his strength, but he’s going to have a tough time doing that with me. I have a good takedown defense and he won’t be able to just shoot in. I’m looking to throw hands and fight an offensive fight the whole time.”“Manny’s style is not that exciting,” Emerson continued. “He likes to lay and pray, sit heavy in the guard and grind out a three-round decision. I’m going to bang him from the feet and look for elbows and big shots. We are going to see what type of chin Manny has. I don’t think he’ll be able to handle my power come August 9th. I don’t think this fight is going to go three rounds.”
This fight should prove to be interesting as both should be familiar with each others skills since they were on The Ultimate Fighter 5 together and know each others styles. Both fighters have improved leaps and bounds since then Manny with Karo and Rob who is now training with BJ Penn. We will let you know of any new verbal jabs Manny might deliver back.
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