A few years ago, Club Clement, located in Alicante, was a cradle of great talent. Without going any further, Ilya Topuria trained as a fighter among their ranks. However, many jewelry items have been manufactured within the gym, which have come in handy. … About to explode. One of them is Miguel Navarro, known in mixed martial arts (MMA). like “manguelo” Who will return to the cage on December 6 for his third professional fight at WAR 8. He will do so in Madrid, against the Belgian Anthony Lambrechts, a competitor who, according to the Spaniard’s analysis, focuses on takedowns. This style fits perfectly with his judo and wrestling based style.
The starting point is clear. “It’s going to be a bit like when I fought last year in Madrid, as an amateur, in Caja Mágica. The guy I fought was practically going to beat me in the first 10 seconds of the fight. So it seems like if things go the way I think he’s going to go, the same story is going to repeat itself. He’s going to knock me down, he’s going to hit the wall.” I’ll send him flying into the air and hopefully it’ll be over quickly.“, he reflects when comparing their styles. The fact is that statistics accompany Clement’s club statistics, since in only two fights as a professional, he has accumulated just over four minutes in the cage. His opponent lasted 53 seconds in the fifth war and 3:15 in the sixth edition.
Navarro doesn’t need to raise his voice or exaggerate to express confidence. Her natural accent is really strong. The image he presents, calm, direct, unadorned, matches what he says and how he moves. When he says, “We hope the matter will end quickly,” he does not say that out of arrogance, but rather out of certainty that his style and reading of the competitor is in his favor. There is no doubt that he is one of the greatest talents on the scene today. And it’s not just the fans who know this, as Mangelo himself admitted that finding a competitor is an odyssey.
“The truth is that it was difficult for me to find a competitor. Above all, because the time trial had already begun. When the last fight happens three weeks before the fight, there are practically a lot of people who don’t want to fight with three weeks’ notice“, he explains. “On top of that, you’ve watched my videos, you see he’s a tough opponent and they don’t want to take the fight with three weeks’ notice. “I completely understand that,” he adds. His toughness as an opponent and short notice period led to him being rejected by “more than 50 fighters from Europe”.
Miguel Navarro is particularly aware of the importance of mental strength in this sport. He talks about the cage naturally, without glorifying it, but also without belittling it. His way of dealing with fights suggests that for him pressure does not disappear: it is managed. When he says that “the important thing is to be prepared for everything,” he defines his method as well as his mentality. Train hard, embrace the uncertainty of fighting and come out determined to impose your style. So the challenge facing us on December 6 is more than just a fight. It is an opportunity to confirm sensations, to reaffirm its progress and, above all, to prove that its development continues in an upward line.
WAR 8 could be the ideal scenario that will be definitively cemented as one of the promises to make the leap onto the Spanish scene. For this to be the case, his next step would be Anthony Lambrechts, with whom he had already envisioned his fate. “The guy will come in and knock me down, and I’ll end up knocking him down, and I think no matter how violent or submissive he finds me, he’s not going to make it through the first round,” he says.