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?

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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.

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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.�

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

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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.

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Thanks for your time Kenneth!

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