Emmanuel Sanchez Is Looking For a Title Fight If He Beats Sam Sicilia at Bellator 198

Emmanuel Sanchez spoke with MMAjunkie ahead of his fight with Sam Sicilia at Bellator 198. You can see excerpts from the interview below:

On turning things around with his last two wins: “It was very good. Those were tough ones, always thinking, ‘What’s the deal with these close fights?’ or ‘What am I doing wrong?’ So looking back at all my film and seeing how I performed and what I did in preparation, mentally too, I knew I had to change things up. This year marks 10 years since my first fight, and it’s taken a long time to grow and learn….It’s been hard because I’ve been facing guys with twice as much experience as I have and have been at the top for a while now. It took a while, but now it’s for sure a confidence that I know my capabilities, my true potential, and I can’t wait to show it again Saturday night.”

On wanting to face the winner of Daniel Weichel vs. Patricio Freire: “When you look at the whole picture of the featherweight division, for me, it doesn’t matter (what other people think). I know the kind of hot streak I’m on. It doesn’t matter what (Sicilia) did previously, or what he thinks he’s going to do Saturday night. Same for me. But when I look at everything else, obviously I want the winner of ‘Pitbull’ vs. Weichel. There’s only one guy I haven’t faced, and that’s ‘Pitbull.’ Of course I want the winner of that, but eventually I want to fight all these guys. I want to be that guy who knows I’ve got you right underneath my belt.”