Thales Leites blames his weight for his loss

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Thales Leites blames his weight for his loss Tuesday 31st of August 2010 03:51 PM

By Guilherme Cruz

Photo Josh Hedges

Fighting for War on the Minland’s title, event that happened on August 14 in California, Thales Leites ended up beat by the American Matt Horwich, submitted on the fourth round with a rear naked choke. Back to Brazil, Thales talked to TATAME and revealed that the blame should be put on him, who had trouble to make weight.

“There was a professionalism problem on the time of losing weight. I had to lose more than 26 pounds one week before the event, so I left it for the last minute. I relaxed on that matter. We’re professionals. On this level, any detail makes a hell of a difference”, tells Thales, who started well, but got tired during the fight. “I didn’t cadence the fight, I wanted to get it over with and end up frustrated. The guy did his job, was patience and waited the right moment, but I was exhausted. If it was a three rounds fight, I’d win by points, but I’d knew it’d be five rounds”, regrets.

Besides the tiredness, the black-belt criticizes his development on the ground. “I lost many positions. If you’re a Jiu-Jitsu fighter and get the mount on the back, or the guy get off there after being submitter or IF the round finishes, and that was not what happened at all. I lost the mount, the back, arm-triangle choke, which is my position”, reminds the athlete. “I saw my mistakes over and over again, I talked to André (Pederneiras), and the thing is I have to be more professional. Unfortunately, I had to make this mistake to realize it, but now I’m doing it right again”, promises.

With three fights and two wins on 2010, Thales hopes to close the year with one more triumph. “There’s nothing set, but I want to fight again. Let’s see how things go, maybe it’s on MFC… I’m waiting”, tells, taking his time off to rest a bit before getting back for the hard trainings in Rio de Janeiro. “Next week I’ll be back on the trainings. I want to fight one more time this year”, concluded, on a chat with TATAME.

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