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Buchecha Guarantees: MMA debut in 2017!

Jun 15, 2016Articles

Buchecha Guarantees: MMA debut in 2017!

Marcus Buchecha Almeida is determined to make his MMA debut soon.

The four time Absolute Winner at Mundials said that while there’s no time for his MMA debut in the 2nd half of 2016, he’s determined to make it happen in 2017. Buchecha said:

“I’m not on the fence, but I haven’t really had any fantastic proposals yet, nothing has really attracted me that much. I’ve been training wrestling and it’s sharp, you can see how many guys I’ve taken down in the Mundial. I will get back to training boxing, too. It’s a sport that involves too much rotation and I avoided it because of my knee. I’ll begin again, wait for a good proposal and see what happens next. There was too much speculation and nothing solid. I need to be 100%. MMA has a lot of impact. I’ll be kicked in the knee, so next year sounds more real. It won’t be after 2017.”

The 26 year old beast grappler has said he will train at the American Kickboxing Academy, home of many current UFC competitors. Daniel Cormier, Luke Rockhold, Cain Velasquez and Khabib Nurgomedov are just some of the talents that have gone through the American Kickboxing Academy before achieving prestigious status at the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

 

“The first photo is from when I left the gymnasium of the 2015´s World Cup with a knee injury (3 ruptured ligaments) and a lot of pain. Despite the physical pain I had to deal with my emotional pain. The noise of people applauding and celebrating my lost, in the worst moment of my career, it left me with a broken heart to compete ever again. However, the anger of those noises of happiness that I felt at the moment of my accident was gone. All that feeling turned into a motivation and a promise to myself. I promised myself that I would return and this time I would not leave it in the same conditions as last year, inside an ambulance. I remember very well the trip from the Pyramid (gymnasium) to the hospital and everything that was passing thought my mind. After my surgery I thought that it was all over, I would never be the same ¨Buchecha¨ as I was before my injury, but thanks God I chose the right people to stay next to me during my recovery. They made me believe that I could return and even stronger that ever. I never thought that I could agree with it but today I am indeed convinced. This injury made me grow as athlete and as human being. During these 10 months of recovery, I dedicated 100% of myself to my rehabilitation and my come back to the BJJ scene. I remember people saying that after 3 months of hard training it would impossible for me to return and compete in the world championship and that I was out of shape. But despite all the comments I was determined and I had an objective in my life – This time is not professional, now is personal. I just wanted to return to that competition (a year after my injury) and prove that I could make it. So I putted my master plan in practise. My BJJ game started to flow, my mind was focused and my faith has always been there. Day by day I was feeling better and my self-steam was growing again. I remember the day I registered my name to attend the 2016´s World championship and everything that I have been through during these 10 months. The second photo is the scream that was stuck in my throat. The scream of victory, the scream of my return, the scream of shutting all the doubts”. ??@marcusbuchecha

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