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Michelle Nicolini Talks Latest Sub At ONE, Must Fight Again Very Soon

Michelle Nicolini Talks Latest Sub At ONE, Must Fight Again Very Soon

 

 

Michelle Nicolini has an impressive bjj resume but her MMA career is still in the build up phase. Recently she expertly stopped Irena Mazepa with an incredibly brutal armbar over at ONE: Kings Of Destiny.

 

Nicolini spoke to tatame about what comes next:

I must fight again in two months or so, and then I believe I can get the chance to fight for the belt. That’s all I want.

On her spectacular sub making it to most MMA sites around the globe:

I think Jiu-Jitsu people always want to see the successful Jiu-Jitsu players in MMA. I was very happy already with the many messages that I received and this “viral” video of the armlock reverberated.That surprised me, but I was very happy. This support that people give me is very motivational, I get inspired, I work out happy every day. I always hope to return the expectations of good fights, with adrenaline and a lot of claws!

 

On improving boxing and muay thai

The training here is great. I no longer have the fear of changing feet, that fear of taking punches in the face … We have been training every day since I moved here, there’s no way I can not evolve. The boys from Muay Thai and Boxing here are very professional, guys who were competing until a year ago, so they have a lot of things, details to add, there are the big guys and some smaller guys, so it’s really good for me. Taking down one of them is an arduous task because they dominate the clinch very well. I am learning and evolving every day.

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