Sabastian Fapšo in action. PHOTO: RFA
When this Tank gets going, it mows down everything in its path without mercy. Spectators in Trnava can see for themselves today. Slovakian tough guy Sebastian Fapšo takes on Greek Malkhaz Merebashvili there on the RFA Ring Tour and takes nothing but victory. After all, he already indicated what it will look like during the weighing.
Those few seconds were worth a thousand words. When Fapšo approached his opponent for a staredown, he immediately offered his hand, but the home hitter did not accept it. Although he was smiling, he made it clear with a clear gesture that they would only be friends after the fight. Not here, not now.
“My tactic is war. Merebashvili is a brawler like me and it will certainly be an attractive match. I am ready for all ways of fighting. The important thing is that I will be the winner,” said the puncher Fapšo in a video on RFA’s Instagram account, who is bursting with self-confidence before the battle.
“Before every match, I think that I am in the best shape of my life. I just believe in it. I will try to bring what I always do. Aggressiveness, desire for a knockout. In short, I want to win,” added the Slovak killer, who in the main duel attitude tournament will be the clear favorite.
“My opponent is taller than me and loves shootouts, which of course suits me. But I haven’t studied him more. I’ve seen two or three rounds of a match and I know what he’s good at, what to watch out for and what should be the opposite of him function. That’s all I need to know,” he smiled in the interview.
Of course, the talk also came about Fapš’s last fight, which he definitely did not succeed as expected. He lost to Brazil’s Joilton Lutterbach at RFA 4 in a fight to the death.
“I was set up well before the fight, but I set up badly in the fight itself. You have an idea of how it’s going to go and you don’t allow anything else, which is a big mistake. Just like I went in there to hurt him, to cripple him. Instead of going there to win… In short, I acted without thinking, I lost to myself,” admitted the young tough guy.
But it wouldn’t be him if he wasn’t already talking out loud about revenge. “He has no reason to fight me now, but I really want that match. I want to prove that I can fight him much better. And that the only one who can beat me is myself,” emphasized Fapšo, who will start in a month in Yekaterinburg in RCC at the Fair Fight Extrem event. There he will compete with Saigit Alibekov.
And then? If not Lutterbach, how about a rematch with Matěj Kozubovský, whom he already defeated in Oktagon Underground?
“Don’t worry, I don’t care. First of all, he has to win the chance. Although he claimed that he wasn’t a supporter of revenge, I don’t think he wanted it with me at first. He knew very well that my style just didn’t suit him. I don’t know what happened now , but if he wins it, then why not. Mainly with humility, no bullshit,” remarked Fapšo.
