So, I think one of his biggest advantages is his experience. He knows how to take the fight where he wants. He likes to [control] the pace of the fight. Sometimes he likes to slow it a little bit and he makes the guys get a little bit slower. And then he wants to make it a little bit faster so he [forces] the guy to have a lot of mistakes in the fight. His experience [will] bring me the most dangerous thing in him. Of course he's a powerful guy, very big guy with a lot of strength and power. But I think his experience with a lot of main events, with a lot of five-round fights, former title challenger and all this stuff, I think this is his biggest advantage against me.
I believe the Cannonier I fight on Saturday is not the same one that finished Anderson Silva in the first round in 2019, or even the one that fought Adesanya for the title. I saw Cannonier slowing down toward the end of his controversial fourth-round TKO loss against Nassourdine Imavov this past June. I think the holes in Cannonier's strategy will give me opportunities to exploit in the fight.
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