Pedro Marinho will take on Nicholas Meregali on May 18, in a Who’s Number One (WNO) gi match.
It’s a 15-minute submission-only bout… And Marinho is looking forward to it!
He spoke about it with the Grappling Insider:
I want to be the best in the world, and the only way to be the best is to beat these guys.
Meregali is here, you beat him, things get even better for you.
Reflecting on his last match with Giancarlo Bodoni, he emphasized the importance of both athletes “going for it”:
Sometimes I feel like I’m winning the match, and people expect that I’m winning, do crazy things to try and get the submission, and the other guy is doing nothing.
I’m not talking nothing, but a good example is my last fight against Bodoni. He didn’t expose himself, even when he knew he was behind.
And this, I feel, needs to change a little.I know Meregali is coming to get me, to submit me, and I’m coming for the same thing.
Marinho has a lot of respect for Meregali, but he’s still going for the submission:
I think he’s complete. There’s not that much things that I say: “Ah this hole here, this hole there.”
But I understand that nobody is unbeatable. He has lost in the past… He’s been submitted before.
I feel like once I get where I want to be, I can get the job done.
And I know where I want to be.
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