PFL middleweight Sadibou Sy has been out of action for just under a year, but he’s back and at 185 pounds taking on Dalton Rosta in the first round of the PFL World Tournament this Friday night.
“I’ve missed it. The long layoff wasn’t my choice, but actually it panned out being great. I got the opportunity for the first time in a long time to actually add new things to my game,” Sy told Cageside Press and other reporters on Wednesday.
“Just focus on stuff that I haven’t been able to focus on when fighting, in the season format, where it’s fight to fight to fight. So it’s been good, but I’m happy that we’re back in fight week.”
Sy (17-8-2) has been one of the busier fighters on the roster taking up to 4 bouts per year. The layoff provided time for improvements for the man who bounces between 185 and 205.
“We were able to just shift the focus a little bit. When I didn’t have an opponent in front of me we had an opportunity to actually work on stuff and add stuff and tamper a little bit with things we wanted to add,” he said.
In Orlando he gets Rosta who comes in off a win over Norbert Novenyi last June. Rosta is 9 years younger than Sy.
“He’s strong, athletic guy, wrestling-based. I don’t think there’s anything that I haven’t seen before,” said Sy.
“With that being said I believe we’ll have a great game plan for him. Stylistically I match up very well against him, and if I do what I’m supposed to do and what I’m capable of doing, I will make it look pretty seamless.”
Watch the entire media day scrum with Sadibou Sy above.
