Antonio Rogerio Nogueira

Pride Fighting Championships: Still 28? Antonio Rogerio Nogueira: Yes.

Pride:	What's your weight for the fight?
Nogueira:	93kg.
Pride:	Last time, you fought Nakamura in BUSHIDO 4, right?
Nogueira:	Yes.
Pride:	How has your training been since? Did you take a vacation or keep training?
Nogueira:	I kept training on standup and ground.
Pride:	Obviously, your jiu-jitsu is your strength. Did you put more time in standup?
Nogueira:	Yeah, I worked on standup more.
Pride:	You spent a lot of time last year getting your brother ready for Fedor, right?
Nogueira:	Yes, now I'm training for myself.
Pride:	Do you want to be in the Middleweight Grand Prix?
Nogueira:	Yeah.
Pride:	How's your brother doing now?
Nogueira:	Yeah, okay. He's helping me prepare.
Pride:	What do you think about Overeem? A lot of people think this could be a great fight.
Nogueira:	He's a good striker. I think he's improving on the ground.
Pride:	He won the European Abu Dhabi qualifying tournament by submissions. He won all 4 fights with guillotine chokes. Do you want to take the fight to the ground, stay standing or it doesn't matter?
Nogueira:	Whatever happens. I want to fight standing, too.
Pride:	Have you been working on your boxing as much as Rodrigo?
Nogueira:	Yes.
Pride:	Did you go with him to Cuba to train in boxing with him?
Nogueira:	I never went but a boxing coach from Cuba came to work with me.
Pride:	You are undefeated in PRIDE at 5-0. What do you feel is your strongest point as a fighter and where do you feel you have to get better?
Nogueira:	Submissions and boxing are my best. I need to work on my muay thai and my wrestling. I train muay thai everyday, though.
Pride:	Since you are undefeated, where would you rank Alistair Overeem in terms of people you've already fought? One of the toughest?
Nogueira:	He's a very good fighter.
Pride:	He said that he has a lot of respect for you but he's going to knock you out in the first 6 minutes. What do you think about that?
Nogueira:	He said that? Good for him! (laughing) He's very confident.
Pride:	What's your reaction to that?
Nogueira:	I'm excited.
Pride:	You should have your corner let you know when 6 minutes have passed and then you can tell Alistair, "6 minutes!"
Nogueira:	Can I stop the fight then? (laughing)
Pride:	No, he was just joking. It was just a joke. He's very respectful.
Nogueira:	Yeah, he's a good fighter.
Pride:	You feel good? No injuries?
Nogueira:	Yeah, I feel really good.
Pride:	You had surgery last year, right?
Nogueira:	On my elbow but it's fine now.
Pride:	By the way, we know that you and your brother switched places during the opening ceremony on New Year's Eve.
Nogueira:	(laughing) Everybody knows now.
Pride:	You can fool the fans but you can't fool the promoter.