Eric Albarracin is currently working with a number of top fighters
at Arizona-based MMA camp Fight Ready, and he expects that the team
will only continue to get better.
Currently, Albarracin has coached the likes of Weili
Zhang, Deiveson
Figueiredo, Patricky
Freire and Paulo Costa
at the gym, which is located in Scottsdale, Ariz.
“The structure here is amazing and we are mixing the best from all
over the world — China, Brazil, USA. Fight Ready is still crawling
now, but soon we will be flying,” Albarracin said.
According to Albarracin, Zhang, the former UFC straweight champion,
will impress the world with the new skills she has gained. Zhang is
slated to face Rose
Namajunas in a rematch at UFC 268 after relinquishing the strap
to Namajunas in a shocking KO loss this past April.
“Zhang is a completely different fighter and you will see that in
Nov. 6. Our muay Thai, boxing and wrestling coaches have done an
incredible job,” Albarracin said. “I truly believe she will
knock Namajunas out with a wrestling slam just like Jessica
[Andrade] did.”
Albarracin also expressed optimism regarding Figueiredo´s trilogy
fight against Brandon
Moreno at UFC 270.
“He is feeling at home here. We have the whole team of
professionals working for him, from nutritionist to wrestling to
muay Thai, and he is really focused,” Albarracin said. “You will
see a ‘God of War’ 2.0. I truly believe he will break Moreno
between the third and fourth round.”
Unlike Zhang and Figueiredo, Paulo Costa
decided to hold his camp in Brazil for his bout against Marvin
Vettori at UFC Fight Night 196 on Saturday in Las Vegas.
“I’m sending a wrestler to Las Vegas that is exactly Vettori´s size
to help ‘Borrachinha’ out the week of the fight,” revealed the man
known as “Captain America.”
Freire also decided to hold his camp for the Bellator lightweight
title bout against Peter
Queally, in Natal, Brazil, but Albarracin guaranteed that he
has participated in Pitbull’s” camp with plenty of online
support.
“It´s going to be a war in Ireland: Pitbull brothers against SBG,”
Albarracin said. “On Nov. 5, I’ll be in Ireland with Patricio
and Patricky, who will knock out Peter
Queally in front of Conor
McGregor. That Friday, Patricky will knock out Conor ́s best
friend and get the Bellator lightweight belt in front of Conor.
“On the following day, it will be the time for Zhang to recover her
belt against Namajunas. Take note. It will be a historical night.
We are going to recover two belts in the same weekend.”