"It's good to be back here in another finals. Every fight is different, sometimes a different feeling,"
"Especially already getting the belt, and pass through all the injuries I had in the past, to be here today is a special moment in my career."
"to be honest for me it's kind of the same. I just want to go there, win the fight, and pass to the next. This is more similar to how it used to be in jiu-jitsu, so I'm used to this. Maybe this way is a little better."
"I'd love to not fight Dovlet because he's a great friend. We train a lot together, we're always helping each other. To be honest I'm just thinking my next fight, I'm thinking about Sullivan. What's for the future is for the future. I don't like to stress myself thinking about it."
Antonio Carlos Junior won the 2021 PFL Global light heavyweight title and returns to a PFL World Tournament final against Sullivan Cauley at PFL Hollywood. Carlos Junior describes the moment as special after earning a belt and overcoming prior injuries. The tournament used a win-or-go-home grand prix format rather than point-based advancement, a format Carlos Junior finds familiar from jiu-jitsu. A victory could set up fights with Corey Anderson or Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov, though Carlos Junior prefers to avoid fighting his friend Dovlet. Carlos Junior cites experience and lessons learned from past mistakes as advantages heading into the final.
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