LAS VEGAS – Joanderson Brito enters UFC on ESPN 65 with a sour taste in his mouth.
Saturday, he’ll compete for the first time since a controversial split decision loss to William Gomis in September. Brito (17-4-1 MMA, 5-2 UFC) thought some home cooking influenced the judges in Paris to side with a French fighter. He isn’t willing to let that happen again vs. Pat Sabatini (18-5 MMA, 6-2 UFC) at the UFC Apex.
“Everybody knows I’m not very used to it,” Brito told MMA Junkie and other reporters through an interpreter at a pre-fight news conference Wednesday. “My fights don’t usually go to the third round. I know I won. You know I won. Everybody knows I won. William Gomis knows I won, as well. That’s it. Going back to the drawing board and working at it because I don’t want to leave anything to the judges. But you all know I won that fight.”
