Interviews

Interview with Rafael Dias

Date: 04. 09. 2008


 You are coming from the win over Santino Defranco in IFL, what is your
 experience?
 I felt at home in IFL and Santino is a tough oponent
but I dominated the whole fight.

What is your opinion of Santino as a fighter.
Like I said he`s tough that`s for sure, a good win
on my record.
 
Did you do something special as far as training for this fight because
your opponent was a grappler too?
I just trained with the best guys in the world ,so I
was pretty confident about this fight, I trained every day with JZ, Marcelo Garcia, Parrumpinha, so his grappling skills are not on the same level as those guys.

Who did you train with to prepare?
Like I said JZ, Parrumpa, Garcia, Rafinha, Micah
,Cole,Cris, ETC...

Are you going to continue to fight for IFL or was it only a one time deal?
It was a one fight deal, but now I think there will be more
fights.

What do you think about IFL organization?
It was a great show, I feel honor to be part of that
organizacion.

When is your next fight and who you think you are going to fight?
I don`t know yet, but I will let you guys know soon.

How was your training camp and schedule?
I train every morning in ATT HQ and afternoon and at
night I teach in my school in downtown Fort Lauderdale.

You have been a trainer for BJJ classes in the main ATT academy and now you opened an 
ATT school in Fort Lauderdale how is that going for you.
I train in day time in the main academy
and at night in my own gym.

Do you guys do pro MMA classes or only BJJ in your school?
Everything, bjj and mma

Who you think is the best fighter from ATT?
 Depends ...Brown at 145 , JZ at 155, Pitbull at
170, Jorge  at 185, We have like 5 good guys in each weight division.
 
What are your plans of MMA for the future?
I wanna put my name in one of the best 145 of
world, and the best way to do that is win, ...win,...and win.

If you could fight anybody who would it be?
I fight everyone who I get paied for.

Do you have any sponsors to thank?
I`d like to thank all my students from ATT FTL,
everybody from ATT, OBA OBA restaurant in deer field, Max Muscle, and David from Flash Power
 
Thanks for taking the time to do this interview with us.