Kenneth Omeruo Post Fight Interview

Editorial by Mark O'Sullivan

 What an amazing comeback! Some might say that could be the Comeback of the Year. You showed some that you have a massive heart in that fight Kenneth Omeruo, what's your thoughts on the fight?

It wasn't my best performance so I'm not too pleased but it's a win and that's the most important thing. Marshall is a great wrestler. I wanted to keep the fight standing and utilise my kicks but he didn't let me and he went for a takedown very early each round so it made it tough for me.

Marshall's ground and pound is some of the nastiest we've seen on The Island, what did you do in preparation for this fight?

Me and my team we're preparing for this fight by doing a lot of ground work. We knew he had lost by submission once before and so we worked on my ground game and my submissions. I was waiting for the right moment to lock in a submission during that fight and it finally happened in round 4. Some might say that I was lucky but I had a plan for what I was going to do if I couldn't keep it standing and that plan worked.

That submission was probably the best submission I've seen all year and I wouldn't be surprised if that was the winner of Submission of the Year. It's also the first submission of your MMA career. Talk us through it.

Well Marshall wanted to stand up so he could land more punches and then I saw him diving towards me trying a superman punch, I managed to dodge out of the way of the punch and it left a massive opening for me to secure a submission, so I went for a triangle choke. I thought I had the submission secured like the way Tyson Thor did to him but he popped his head out, though I still had control of his arm and so switch it to an armbar and forced him to tap out. 

I think everyone wants to know the answer to this question, who will you be fighting next?

I don't know. I'm sure the guys from Chaos will be in contact with me in the next couple of days about my night fight. For now, I just want to relax. I'm going to take a couple of days off to rest up and then it'll be back to the gym again. Maybe it'll be a rematch with Tyson Thor, I heard he's coming off a win but I wouldn't be surprised if there's plans in place to have a 3rd fight between Thor and Marshall.

Thanks for your time Kenneth!

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