Vitor Petrino wasn’t plagued by Anton Turkalj’s trash talk prior to UFC Fight Evening 221 salvage

LAS VEGAS – Vitor Petrino brushed off Anton Turkalj’s antics leading as much as UFC Fight Evening 221.

Turkalj (8-2 MMA, 0-2 UFC) called Petrino easy money and faked him out of their weigh-ins faceoff. Nonetheless, Turkalj wasn’t in a location to lend a hand up his actions, shedding a Fight of the Evening fight to Petrino (8-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) this past Saturday at The Theater at Virgin Accommodations in Las Vegas.

However the undefeated Brazilian finisher, whose main goal is to position on a indicate, says he was once unaffected by the fabricate-up at some level of the fight.

“Focus on is low-value,” Petrino mentioned via an interpreter at the put up-fight news conference. “Even a parrot can talk, so in spite of he says outdoor the cage, the moment the door closes, he’s going to admire to lend a hand every thing, and I’m snug with how it went. He did what he had to fabricate. It didn’t truly salvage a distinction.”

He persisted, “It was once appropriate a truly childish sport, nonetheless once the door closes, there’s no formulation around it. He’s going to admire to lend a hand in spite of he’s striking outdoor. He’s going to admire to lend a hand it in the cage, and we saw how that went.”

Ogle the paunchy put up-fight interview with Petrino above.

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