Gian Villante Plans to Change Things Up Following Fight Night 106 Loss

– Gian Villante spoke with MMAjunkie about his loss to Shogun Rua at UFC Fight Night 106. Some highlights are below:

On the fight: “It was what I expected; I saw what I thought I was going to see. Respect to him for sure. It’s what I expected, but I don’t know. I think I hesitated a little bit too much. I felt good. I felt like I was hurting him when I was throwing with good punches and stuff like that. Then I just kind of let my head get in there and stopped kicking. I didn’t kick. I didn’t wrestle. I just went in there and started slugging like a meathead. It is what it is. It’s tough to deal with right now, but I’ll be back for sure. I know I hit hard. I know I can take a shot.”

On his loss: “Anytime he hurt me, he kept going, but anytime I hurt him, I stopped. That was the difference in the fight.”

On making adjustments to his strategies: “I enjoy the slugfest stuff, and I think I can win most of the time; I just got to get a little bit smarter, be a little bit more aggressive and get that ‘Shogun’ mentality a little bit more and be more aggressive in there, and then I think a lot of these wins will start coming my way. I don’t think I need to wrestle as much. It’s not as fun to me. It’s boring. I want fun fights. I want to hear that crowd, even if they’re telling me to die.”