With eight straight victories in the last 11 months, Ronnys Torres keeps showing an excellent job in MMA, and will have the biggest chance of his career in 2009. The Nova União athlete has, now, to prepare himself to his debut at UFC, entering in the category dominated by BJ Penn. In an interview to TATAME, Ronnys spoke about the emotion in making his international debut at the biggest MMA event, analyzed the category in UFC and the dream to get a change for the Ultimate belt.

How do you feel signing with UFC?

I am very happy, still don’t believe that I’ve signed with the UFC… When I go to bed I keep imaging getting to the octagon, and I already chose the gospel music in English to play… I won’t go there and put gospel music in Portuguese, the guys won’t understand anything (laughs).

Are you already studying English?

I am trying, I will have to study. I saw how much this is important to the athlete, I went with Marlon to Japan now and I saw how it is important to speak English. I have to study and I think that it will help me very much to close fight. There is Dedé (André Pederneiras) helping me a lot, but I have to learn to develop with the guys there. 

Which is the expectation for you in UFC?

The expectations are the best. My time has come, the moment of change my life and of my family, I will count very much with the power of all the team here. I always dreamed in fight outside the country, I never used to imagine to get where I am now. I am living the happiest moment of my career, I did not expect to sign with UFC. I came to fight Jiu-Jitsu, I only entered in MMA because I was getting without money and, today, I am the happiest guy in the world for signing with the best event of the world. I received messages of people that did not know me, telling that were my fans, and now it is the opportunity of my life. If I already used to train strongly, now it is to train the double, the triple… I am with good mind, it’s my moment, and I trust very much in my God. He gave me this opportunity and I’ll do my best.

For whom do you think that have to pass to get a chance against BJ Penn?

To be in the UFC already shows that everybody is tough. It is step by step that I will arrive to the top, I only ask that God illuminates me, that everything goes right. Everybody is hard and won’t have easy jobs, and I will try to conquer my space. It is a ladder that I will go up until arrive, if God wants, in the belt, that is my dream.

Who would you like to face in this category?

Fight with BJ is something everybody wants and it is one more dream… I already realized many of them and to sign with is more than a dream. The will of fight against BJ by the belt is my biggest dream, get there and do my best, but always with humbleness, step by step.