At the speaker's microphone, while addressing the public, our compatriot then settled his scores verbally with his opponent of the day.
“This sport is all about respect and I still felt that I was disrespected coming into this fight”commented the one who is nicknamed the “Belgian Bomber”. “It was said that I was a social media guy, it was said that I watched cartoons (Editor's note: reference to Luffy, the straw hat character from the manga One Piece who dreams of becoming the king of pirates and to whom Habirora identifies himself). Flashball in the skull, buddy!”
Patrick Habirora will compete in his third professional fight on May 17 in Rennes during the AEF and has set himself a goal: “5-0 before 2025”
Already beaten in 2022 by another Belgian, Sébastien Di Franco, Catalin Safta had, it is true, diminished the merits of Patrick Habirora, about whom he had declared that he was “overrated”.
“As a man I don’t know him, he’s not my friend, but as a fighter I think he’s overrated”he said before this duel fought at catchweight at 74.8kg. “We will see on Saturday if he is the fighter he thinks he is. As I said before, he is a guy who chooses his opponents, in pros he only took people he chose “We'll see what happens against a real fighter.”
Patrick Habirora already feels ready to take the step towards the PFL: “Without risks, there is no story!”
His answer, Patrick Habirora brought it into the cage during the co-main event of the evening. And in what way!
The “little guy from the 5000”, as Habirora introduces himself, is now expected on February 7 in Metz for the Fast&Furious event. He should face the experienced Joziro Boye (39 years old; 20-8-1). New KO. in sight?
Patrick Habirora, crowned MMA amateur world champion in Albania: “I worked five years like hell to get here”
