By Guilherme Cruz

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Edson Barboza Junior did the best fight of UFC Rio, on August of 2011, as he defeated Ross Pearson, and returns to the cage at UFC 142, again on the Wonderful City, next Saturday (14), with the goal of overcoming the English Terry Etim.

The Brazilian athlete guarantees to be on his best shape ever to remain undefeated in MMA. “The trainings were perfect for this fight”, he says.

Terry Etim told TATAME he believes on his ground game to overcome Edson, but Barboza, a blue belt at Jiu-Jitsu with Pablo Popovitch, Roberto Cyborg and Vagner Rocha as his training partners, warns it won’t be that easy to do.

"I’m glad because each day that goes by I can see how I’ve evolved, my training partners are getting better and better and that builds up my confidence. People who don’t believe it that much can get surprised”, guarantees, keeping his hopes high. “My goal is to be a UFC champion”.