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Gustavo Sousa speaks to us moments after becoming the new Cage Warriors Middleweight World Champion at CW 210 in Dublin. In one of the biggest moments of the night, Sousa submitted defending champion Paddy McCorry with a D'Arce choke just 1:02 into the opening round at the…

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Combat Confidential speaks with Gustavo Sousa immediately after CW 210 in a post-fight interview framed by the title as his Cage Warriors championship win. The host opens with congratulations; Gustavo says he prefers fighting in hostile territory and feels better away from home, and that he enjoys crowd noise and boos directed at him. He plans to celebrate tonight and call his daughter first, describing her as his daily motivation to keep fighting. He notes a long trip back to Brazil still ahead. On preparation, he credits repetitive training and urges staying calm and listening to training partners and coaches because they see the fight from outside. The clip is short and ends mid-thought; no opponent, method, gym, or bout details appear in the spoken text.

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Gustavo, hey,  congratulations. Thank you.  I like fighting in enemy territory. I  feel good. I feel better than at home.  I won't lie. I like this noise, these  shouts against me, I like feeling this  vibe and we are here to stop any enemy  that appears in front of me.  Tonight I'm going to celebrate first,  I'll call my daughter because she is my  daily strength to keep fighting every  day. Thank God and let's see what we'll  do now, right? We still have to travel  to Brazil, a long way home ahead, and  mainly eat what we’re going to do.  The training works. Training, repeating , repeating many times works. And you  have to be calmer, you have to listen  to your training partners and coaches  because they are there on the outside  and sometimes they understand more than  you. Let's ah.