Francisco Trinaldo Nearly Cancelled His UFC Fight Night 137 Fight Due to Broken Tooth

Francisco Trinaldo spoke with MMAjunkie following his win over Evan Dunham at UFC Fight Night 137.

On nearly cancelling due to a broken tooth: “I spent a week with tooth pain. I trained, I couldn’t sleep. I disappeared from the gym. Four times, at night, I called my manager asking to cancel the fight.”

On his next fight: “Now I want to beat Kevin Lee. He beat me here in Brazil, trashtalked my country and my fans. Now I want to beat him in his country.”

On his loss to Lee at UFC Fight Night 106: “I lost focus. I lost focus, I though the fight was won, he threw a kick, it landed – and when it lands, the fight is over. Like you just saw, a knee landed and it was over. No one is unbeatable.”

On calling Lee out: “That’s why I’m asking you to help. I don’t like swearing. I will never call the guy’s mom names. But I want to fight him. I want to do a great fight with him. For the UFC, it will be good, a great fight. I want to brawl with him. I want to hit him a lot, and I want to submit him.”