While Xiang was doing his best to learn BJJ under Conan Silvia, Ronaldo Sousa was also training intensely at Team Nogueira in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Nogueira Gym is the gym opened by the "Big and Small Minotaur Brothers" in Brazil, and there are 16 training venues so far. The training gym in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's second largest city, is the largest and has the most complete facilities.

In order to ensure the quality of Ronaldo Sosa's preparation, "Big Minotaur" Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira personally led the team and formulated a detailed preparation plan for Ronaldo Sosa, and also invited "Spider" Anderson Silva, who had no match schedule at UFC 234, to assist.

For nearly a month, Nogueira, Anderson and Ronaldo Sousa watched the video of Xiang Hero's fight every day, analyzing every punch, every leg, every movement, and even a very subtle move.

And today, they are watching the match between Xiang Ying and Weidmann, which they have watched no less than five times, but every time they watch them, they will gain something.

The fifteen-minute game was repeated on the screen, replayed in slow motion, and watched for more than 30 minutes during the pause before it ended.

Nogueira closed the laptop in front of her with a solemn expression and asked, "How is it?" This Chinese fighter is really difficult to deal with, right? ”

Anderson was still relaxed, he said with a smile: "The advantages and disadvantages are very distinct, he is really in good physical condition, he has great strength, and his attack power is very strong, but because of this, his flexibility and flexibility, as well as his reaction speed, are correspondingly poor." If I deal with him in my heyday, I still have no problem. ”

Ronaldo Sousa rolled his eyes when he heard this, and said, "Isn't this nonsense? If I had been in my heyday, I wouldn't have been afraid of this kid, but now I'm thirty-eight. ”

Nogueira nodded, but his expression was not relaxed, he looked at Ronaldo Sousa and said: "The only way you can win is to drag him to the ground, you have no chance of winning on the feet, when you fight him, all your striking attacks have to be for him to fall." ”

Ronaldo Souza frowned when he heard this, his striking skills have always been his weakness, although he has improved a lot, but in the face of a pure striking guy like Xiang Ying, it is still not enough. Add in the problem of height and reach, indeed, as Nogueira said, there is no chance of winning at all.

"But it's not easy to knock him down, and it's not a small risk. You see he was completely suppressed by Weidman in the first round, but Weidmann had the advantage and there was no way to take him, and Weidmann also tried a few submissions but none of them worked. ”

"If you look at Xiang Yingying's match with Luke Lockhold, Luke Lockhold is also a Jiu-Jitsu master, but his many takedowns were disintegrated by Xiang Ying. Don't forget, Xiang Yingying is Romero's teammate. Anderson said.

Nogueira nodded, suddenly laughed, and said, "I think the top team must be the same as we are now, they are having a headache with takedown prevention and anti-submission things, and we are also having a headache about how to take our opponent down. Ha ha! ”

Ronaldo Sousa also laughed when he heard this, and the atmosphere was much more relaxed.

Seeing this, Nogueira said: "I have carefully analyzed the hero's striking skills, his punches, elbows and legs are very good, especially his leg sweep, the lethality is very terrifying, Luke Lockhold was swept by him with a turn, and he cracked three ribs, and he was discharged from the hospital not long ago." ”

At this point, Nogueira looked at Ronaldo Sousa, who was focused, before continuing: "But I found a problem, every time he punches and kicks, the intention is very obvious, but his style of play is too aggressive, and with Bernson, Weidman and Lockhold, they have not completely given up on standing, and they are still trying to fight with Xiang Ying."

"It's because of that that they lost the game. Xiang Hero not only has excellent standing skills, but also has a very perverted ability to resist hits, and as a result, everyone has also seen that no one can play the full number of rounds, and they all tear up the defense with Xiang Hero's strong attack. ”

"So, I think with your reflexes and movements, you should be able to make a good evasion, as long as you don't want to fight him, it's hard for him to kill you effectively. As long as you take the opportunity to drag him into a ground fight, his biggest advantage is gone. ”

"You're saying, let me give up striking completely." Ronaldo Souza said with a frown.

"It's not about giving up completely, it's that your striking attack has to be for him when he falls, you know? The next step is to focus on this point and conduct targeted training. Nogueira accentuated, reiterating his tactical intentions.

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While Xiang Yingying and Ronaldo Sousa were actively preparing for the fight, the news media and veteran commentators and experts were not idle, and after ending the month-long title battle between Mike Bispin and Robert Vitekel, they focused on the battle for the right to challenge for the title, and they were clearly divided into two factions, cheering on the fighters they supported on the Internet and in the newspapers.

The argument is on the ground and on the feet, with the media in South America, and much of the media in the United States and Europe, on Ronaldo Sousa's side, believing that once a hero is dragged to the ground by Ronaldo Sosa, he will definitely lose.

The Asian media and some European media believe that Xiang Hero will not let Ronaldo fall easily, and will not give this opportunity. Xiang Hero will finish beating the Brazilian "crocodile" on the standing.

At this time, the Chinese media focused on the "Hero Ring" jointly organized by the Hero Battalion and Yulin Group.

Although Xiang Yingying did not return to China, this "Hero Fight" was still supported by the strong financial resources of Yulin Group and the joint efforts of the heroes led by Tang Mu and Qu Zimo.

Eighty athletes in five classes competed fiercely for the five belts.

As of today, the competition has come to an end. Three days later, the final Super Four will be contested, with a total of 15 fights to be played in one night to determine the fate of the five belts, and Penguin Sports will be the only online media that will broadcast live on the web.