MMAFighting<\/a>, \u201cPitbull\u201d said that he\u2019s aware of Pico\u2019s striking abilities, but he also recognizes that his UFC 327 foe has been knocked out in four of his five losses.<\/p>\n\u201cHe has stone hands and glass chin, right?\u201d Pitbull said of Pico, who had 13 of his 18 bouts end by knockout \u2014 nine wins and five losses. \u201cIt\u2019s a very interesting contrast in one fighter. He has the kind of power that can take a giant\u2019s head off, but also the kind of chin that can get him dropped with a slap to the ear, let\u2019s say.\u201d<\/p>\n
Freire is confident in his counter striking abilities, which could prove to be an uphill battle if Pico isn\u2019t on point.<\/p>\n
\u201cDespite being aggressive, and bringing a lot of danger with the pressure he applies, his style actually favors my game,\u201d he continued. \u201cI\u2019m a counter striker, and he comes forward. In boxing, we say he walks into punches, he\u2019s coming in to get hit. He throws with a lot of intent, so he\u2019s also there to be hit. He moves forward a lot, and there\u2019s a delay between his steps. All of that fits into my game plan. On paper, everything is laid out perfectly. We\u2019ve completely broken down how I fight, and I expect to execute my strategy in the fight.\u201d<\/p>\n
Who are you picking in the UFC 327 battle between Patricio \u201cPitbull\u201d Freire and Aaron Pico? Let us know in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Patricio \u201cPitbull\u201d Freire believes that Aaron Pico has one-punch knockout power, but he can easily be sparked out.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":586548,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,82],"class_list":["post-586547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=586547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/586548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=586547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=586547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=586547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}