AWAD (24-13 MMA, 12-10 Bellator) ended a series of losing 5 matches in a row with the victory TKO in the first half against Nate Andrews over the weekend. This first battle was able to help him continue playing in the US
But Awad is not touched just because it is experiencing a difficult period of career. His emotion was also because of violence in his homeland, where thousands of Palestinian lives were robbed in the conflict between Israel and Palestine.
“It is obvious that I am in a bad position in my career,” Awad said at a press conference after Bellator 259.
“In the days before the war, I could not even focus on the preparation process. What are you going on in Palestine? It's hard to believe in my eyes. It's all I have thought of. My family, I have a family in Gaza, and this is a difficulty.”
The 37 -year -old boxer continued, “I can't stop thinking about my people. If they can survive all, this guy will defeat me …
“I will fight until I can't breathe. He will have to strangle me and I know he is very dangerous with that strangling, so I tried to take Takdown.
I felt he was trying to take my neck, and I left it. The plan to play is his wrestling down, but I thought 'you know, if I lose the battle, I will get out of the ring on the stretcher. I think I have just fought a lot of emotions. It was not my best match, but I won. “