LIVE! Bellator 252 Virtual Media Day, Streaming Updates

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Fighters are scheduled to start chatting today at 1:30 p.m. ET from inside Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.

Bellator 252: “Pitbull vs. Carvalho” takes place later this week (Thurs., Nov. 12, 2020) at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. The long-awaited Featherweight title fight between Patricio Freire (30-4) and Pedro Carvalho (11-3) is finally on the brink of taking place.

The fighters are scheduled to participate in what the promotion is calling a “Virtual Media Day” this afternoon (Tues., Nov. 10, 2020), starting at 1:30 p.m. ET. Expected participants include:

Daniel Weichel (1:30 p.m.) – Bellator Featherweight
Khonry Gracie (1:45 p.m.) – Bellator Welterweight
Yaroslav Amosov (2:00 p.m.) – Bellator Welterweight
Patricio Freire (2:15 p.m.) – Bellator Featherweight/Lightweight
Pedro Carvalho (2:30 p.m.) – Bellator Featherweight
Emmanuel Sanchez (2:45 p.m.) – Bellator Featherweight
Logan Storley (3:00 p.m.) – Bellator Welterweight
Aaron Pico (3:15 p.m.) – Bellator Featherweight
Lucas Brennan (3:30 p.m.) – Bellator Featherweight
Keri Taylor Melendez (3:45 p.m.) – Bellator Strawweight

Selected quotes from the participants on the call will be available below.

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Daniel Weichel: “First of all it was very strange to fly back (in March) without fighting, but it is what it is. It was also a very strange situation coming home. From then on I had to adapt to a completely different situation. The gym was closed. Life around us changed a lot. It was closed for two months so training was a lot different. I definitely kept the focus for this fight. I kept my mind straight, my diet straight, and even without the gym I prepared to stay in shape to be ready any time to fight.”

Weichel: “To be honest I’m really not thinking too much about (Sanchez). That’s in the past. What I focus on most of the time is myself and to get myself 100% on to perform the way I want to perform.”

Weichel: “It is definitely a different thing, a five round fight compared to a three round fight. There’s a lot that I’m going through for these five rounds to get the mindset for five rounds. The goal is, what I’m focusing on is, I want to go these five rounds and leave it all out there. I don’t want to be out there in round five and say ‘I could have gone a sixth round.’ I will leave all my energy out there to beat Emmanuel Sanchez.”

Weichel: “It would be great to have the audience, the atmosphere, all the guys there, but I will definitely put on a show for you (the fans).”

Weichel: “To be honest it was very hard to figure out what was happening and when to fight next and what was the plans (from Bellator). There were challenges to bring fighters to the U.S. from three different countries, so that’s one thing that’s out of my hands, I don’t think about that too much.”

Weichel: “I felt like this was the first time in the last 20 years that I haven’t been on the mats for two months and it felt strange. I enjoyed it. I spent a lot of time outside in nature but it was something that wasn’t there in the last 20 years — it was strange but it was good.”

Weichel: “I always ask Scott Coker bring Bellator to Germany, we’ll put on a great show for the fans and around the world. It would be just great to have Bellator as one of the greatest organizations in Germany and it would be my honor to represent Frankfurt, Germany.”

Weichel: “He (Sanchez) evolved as a fighter, his movement is much the same, but I evolved much more as a fighter and compared to our last fight I’m definitely a completely different fighter. Even since March last year (I’m different). I try to become better every day.”

Khonry Gracie: “I personally like to keep it very traditional. I like to train in the gi, but it depends on the scenario and what you’re training for. The closer we get to the fight I have to start taking the gi off and wearing shorts and t-shirts because it’s more realistic.”

Gracie: “I’ll fight anybody Bellator puts in front of me. After I win this Thursday, we’ll see what the next plan is, where we’re going to go from here.”

Gracie: “In order to successfully practice MMA you need to know some kind of jiu-jitsu. To complete your full circle it has to be one of the martial arts. You don’t have to do it all of the time but you have to learn.”

Gracie: “We’ve been doing one-on-ones, private lessons, private classes because of the pandemic. I can’t go to any gyms currently.”

Gracie: “I don’t feel obligated to fight the Gracie way, I just prefer to use jiu-jitsu over any other martial art.”

Yaroslav Amosov: “My style is MMA style. I think Douglas Lima is striking (style). I think my wrestling is better. Douglas Lima, he is every time ready for his opponent and if he have an opponent in wrestling he train wrestling and good defense. If I have a fight with Douglas Lima (though) I’m ready.”

Amosov: “I train every time like it’s (both) my hobby and my work.”

Amosov: “It doesn’t matter for me (if I’m overlooked). If I’m being overlooked by whoever or my opponents that’s really not my problem. How they feel is not my concern.”

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