UFC 322<\/a> \u2013 which goes down Saturday at Madison Square Garden in New York. Ahead of the bout, a lot of people have wondered how Morales would fare with Brady’s jiu-jitsu, and those same questions were brought to him at Wednesday’s UFC 322 media day, questions which Morales brushed away.<\/p>\nAdvertisement<\/p>\n
“Sean Brady, everyone looks at him from outside the cage and everyone is making him out to be a super grappler and having this superpower with his jiu-jitsu, but I see him equally to everyone else,” Morales said in Spanish. “I don’t care what he does, I know that I have done a good job with my team, and all I have to do is show what I’ve learned, and that’s it.”<\/p>\n
Ahead of UFC 322, Morales did cross-training at Atos Jiu Jitsu HQ in California with many high-level grapplers. Morales claims he held his own training with world champions and feels more than ready to deal with whatever Brady sends his way.<\/p>\n
“I prepare in all areas very well, it doesn’t matter if it’s jiu-jitsu, wrestling or whatever,” Morales said. “I try to always prepare myself well. Like you said, I went to ATOS and I did well. The level at ATOS is insane. Everyone there is very good. I also train at Entram, which is a very strong jiu-jitsu gym. People on the outside don’t see that so they think I’m not training, but I train almost every day. Entram itself focuses on Jiu-jitsu. I just haven’t had the need to implement it, but if I do in this fight, I will use it.”<\/p>\n
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Morales also brought back things to MMA. After all, his last fight was against Gilbert Burns, a high-level grappler and jiu-jitsu world champion, who he finished in the first round.<\/p>\n
“You guys saw the fight between Sean Brady and Gilbert Burns,” Morales said. “He couldn’t finish him, and I was able to quickly escape out of his control. I think they have the same level of strength, but Sean Brady is just younger and a bit quicker. All I can say is that I’m going to use my tools, and if it’s jiu-jitsu, I will do it.”<\/p>\n
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