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“The words don’t offend me,” Pichel said. “I like that energy, and once I convince this kid, he’ll be on my side.”
Pichel has been waiting a long time to crack Bonfim, for six months to be precise, since it was in November last year that the two men were supposed to meet in Sao Paulo. But Bonfim weighed 159.5 pounds, three and a half pounds over the allotted limit, and the fight was abandoned. This was not the ideal result for Pichel, but he considered it necessary.
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“I’m not trying to give him more advantage than he already has in his backyard,” he said. “It’s downright disrespectful to not gain weight, especially by this amount. He did it on purpose.
On Friday, both fighters moved up to 156 pounds, making Saturday’s fight official, which is a good thing for everyone involved.
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