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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
"For this fight I had the ideal time, I think that my camp couldn't be better. I'm more focused, I had more time to be ready. I've changed some details in my preparation but my goal will be the same, to go forward. I'll look for the finish as I always do... I think that the fight would be completely different, I started to fight in the auto pilot mode after that blow. I surely was out of it. Between rounds I was asking who was winning, I couldn't follow the commands of my coach, Dede Pederneiras... I'm facing this bout like any other of my career, with a lot of will to win. I'm going forward to bring the fight to him and get back what is mine, the belt and the champion spot. I have work to do in this division, I'm not thinking about going anywhere."
Penick's Analysis: There's certainly a possibility that Barao took Dillashaw lightly into the first fight, and once he got hurt badly in the first round he was mentally out of things the rest of the way. Can Dillashaw pull off a repeat performance? Quite possibly. Can Barao hurt the Champ first and get back on top? Also very possible. It's not a rematch that needed to be seen right away, but there's a slight amount of intrigue as far as whether Barao can do anything different this time, and whether or not Dillashaw can pull off another win with Barao taking him seriously.
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Jamie Penick, editor-in-chief
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