Ateba Gautier: “Now that I am here, everything is possible”

Medina received a contract after his defeat against Magomed Gadzhiyasulov in the sixth season of the annual talent search series when the Colombian UFC President Dana White impressed with his durability, toughness and overall moxia. Although he ended up on the wrong side of the Scorecards on his first trip to the Octagon, “Chicho” forced his opponent Zachary Reese, beyond the first round in his career, and brought him hard for the first time for 15 minutes.

This durability prompted medina to suggest that it was unable to be eliminated, an idea with which Gautier had problems together before entering the octagon together.

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“To be honest, I don't think someone can be so hard,” he said in relation to Medina's pre -fight treatment. “People are hard, but when they connect at the right moment, in the right place – they are just a person. He always said that nobody can switch it off, but obviously everyone can be switched off.

“Everyone is human, everyone can be switched off from something. You are a person, so be humble. I know I have the strength that I can switch off. I just have to touch you at the right moment, land a good blow.”