Rafael “Feijão” Cavalcante

Rafael “Feijão” Cavalcante just needed three fights do get his main goal: the opportunity to win the EliteXC light-heavyweight belt. Scheduled to be on October 5^th’s edition, the Brazilian fighter still doesn’t know who will he face, but he knows that it’ll be a title bout. In an exclusive interview to TATAME, he spoke about the next fight, his preparation and his great time in the event. Check below the complete interview with the Rafael Feijão.

Do you know who will you face in your next bout?

I don't know yet, but I know it’ll be for the title. I’m back to training with Josuel Distak, Rogério Camões, Rodrigo Nogueira and Anderson Silva… I’m ready.

How do you face this chance to be the first one to have the EliteXC light-heavyweight title?

That’s a goal that I had plan since the beginning of the year with my coaches, and thanks God we made it, and I hope I bring this belt to Brazil. I’m doing my best and I’ll get there in shape.

How many fights do you still have in your contract?

I just made a new three fights contract, so I’ll do this fight and I hope I do more two title defenses…

Is there anyone in your division that you wanna fight?

They can put anyone from my division, I’m ready. I’m well trained, in one of my best moments in career, with a good rhythm and I’m doing everything in the cage that I do on training… Now it’s time to do my game and go for a knockout or a submission, we train to do it.

EliteXC’s president told that you’re the best light-heavyweight in the world… How do you face it?

I don’t care much for this stuff… I do my job, train hard… I like to hear this kind of thing, but I don’t believe I’m the best of the world, not even close. I have the opportunity to train with the two best, Rodrigo Nogueira and Anderson Silva, and I know what they done to get where they are, but slowly I’ll get there…

Who do you consider the best in your division?

I think Liddell is a great fighter, Rogerio (Nogueira) is pretty good too, there’s a lot of tough fighters in this division… Lyoto Machida, Tito Ortiz, Rampage Jackson,a lot of tough fighters. This is the toughest division in MMA nowadays.

And now Anderson starts to fight in light-heavyweight too…

But he’s from middleweight and he likes to fight there. He just asked a Dana White request and it might happen again, Anderson is a tought guy and would fight well even in heavyweight. He’s technical and complete, and a guy like him can do well anywhere.

Do you see your future in EliteXC or do you think about going to other events?

This detail I leave with my managers… I wanna be where people threat me well, and Elite staff do it pretty well, give me opportunity to fight all the time and I think it’s great this way. They asked me to fight twice and now they gave me a chance for the belt, and that’s the way it goes…