By Guilherme Cruz

Photo Bellator

Douglas Lima put on a hell of a show on the semifinals of the welterweight GP of Bellator, which happened last weekend, knocking out Chris Lozano with a punch on the chin. “I liked our game plan coming into this fight, it worked like we planned”, tells the fighter to TATAME, glad about his first KO in Bellator.

“I’ve imagined it all: knockout or submission. I really wanted to finish it and not let it go to the judges’ score card. I trained a lot and I knew I could do. I’m glad to get a KO done like this”, celebrates the athlete, who’s hoping for a battle against Ben Saunders, his opponent on the Grand Prix final.

“I know Ben is a tough athlete. He’s slim and know how to use his knees on the clinch and also has a guard that is hard to break into, but nothing to be afraid of”, analyzes Douglas, who saw Ben defeat Luis Sapo on the other semifinals, via submission. And he knows what he’ll do to get this title: everything.

“Not only striking, but also the ground game. We’ve prepared ourselves to anything, I’m pretty confident to fight him standing up or on the ground. Nowadays we gotta be ready for everything. I really want to do a good fight”, shoot, confident. “Jucão (Roan Carneiro) and my training partners are studying his game. I’ll be a lot prepared. I’ll bring this GP title home for sure”.