Kavanagh leans toward Van at UFC 336 and offers to be the backup
Lone’er Kavanagh gives Joshua Van the edge over Manel Kape for the flyweight belt booked for January 30 at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena, and has offered to serve as the standby option for the UFC 336 main event.
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Lone’er Kavanagh aponta Joshua Van como favorito sobre Manel Kape na disputa pelo cinturão dos moscas marcada para o UFC 336, e se ofereceu para ser a opção reserva dessa luta principal.
O cinturão dos moscas estará em jogo em Toronto, no Scotiabank Arena, em 30 de janeiro, quando Van enfrenta Kape. Kavanagh disse que espera um confronto entre dois strikers de alto nível, mas acha difícil não ficar ao lado do campeão em vigor.
Kavanagh disse que Van não pode mais ser descartado depois do que fez contra Alexandre Pantoja, a quem já venceu duas vezes.
“Como fã, vai ser uma luta empolgante de assistir. Os dois são strikers de alto nível… Ele tinha resposta para tudo que o Pantoja jogava nele… Eu diria que a divisão dos moscas é a mais empolgante que existe hoje”, disse Kavanagh a Ariel Helwani.
Kavanagh pediu o vencedor de Van contra Kape depois de parar Ramazonbek Temirov no primeiro round, em Abu Dhabi, no UFC 333, no sábado. Ele também disse a Helwani que estaria disposto a atuar como opção reserva daquela luta principal do UFC 336.
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