Jai
Herbert believes his will to win made all the difference at
UFC
Winnipeg. 

Herbert (14-6) took on promising debutant Mandel
Nallo (14-4) in a lightweight clash at Canada Life Center in
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, on Saturday. Nallo hurt Herbert early
on with head kicks, even partially dropping him with a right hand.
However, Herbert survived the onslaught and returned favour by
dropping the Canadian with a right hand. While Nallo managed to
return to his feet, “The Black Country Banger” dropped him again
with a clean combination and rained brutal ground-and-pound to
secure the finish. 

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Herbert admits that his game plan went out of the window in the
wild affair that lasted barely over two minutes. Herbert claims he
had decided to win when he entered the Octagon against Nallo. Even
when Nallo hurt Herbert early, the Englishman knew he would come
from behind and get the win unless he was knocked out cold.

‘I Just Had the Will’

“I have never had a fight like that before, crazy fight,” Herbert
told the UFC. “I got dropped like three times. I got dropped about
three times, come back and got a win… Game plan went out of the
window. What was in my head was, ‘I have come here to get a win.’
So when he was hitting me, I just knew I was gonna go and get a
win. I was waiting for my opportunity, I cracked him and he went. I
still had my wits about me when he was hitting me. But I just had
the will. I made a decision when I got in there, I was gonna win.
So when he hit me and kept on dropping me, he had to put me clean
out, because if he didn’t put me clean out, I was gonna come back
and get a win.”

Herbert is now 2-2 in his last four outings and rebounded from a
split decision loss against Chris
Padilla with the win over Nallo.  

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