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Mario Bautista had no trouble getting past Vinicius Oliveira. | Getty/UFC
Mario Bautista believes cutting excess weight made Vinicius Oliveira slow in their fight on Saturday.
Bautista took on an up-and-coming Oliveira in the main event at UFC Vegas 113 on Saturday at the Apex in Las Vegas. While some were counting Bautista out, he absolutely walked through Oliveira en route to a second-round submission win.
While it was Oliveira’s first five-rounder, “LokDog” started looking sluggish early in the second round. Bautista revealed that he initially thought that Oliveira was playing possum to try to lure him into a knockout shot. However, Oliveira was just too slow for Bautista, who saw everything coming his way. Bautista believes that Oliveira weighing 165 pounds during fight week and cutting to bantamweight might have had something to do with his lack of speed.
Experience Pays Off
“I wasn’t sure if he was messing around, kind of trying to lure me into these big shots,” Bautista said at the post-fight press conference. “It was kind of what he did. It was easy to see. That whole thing about him being 165 lbs [on fight week].. to me, that means you’re slow. It makes you slow. I could see everything, I had great eyes in there, all the experience I’ve had.”
Bautista (17-3) rebounded from a loss against Umar Nurmagomedov with the win over Oliveira. Bautista was riding an eight-fight winning streak before his loss against Nurmagomedov last October. Meanwhile, Oliveira (23-4) was undefeated in four UFC outings before his loss against Bautista.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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