Courtesy of Marcelo Alonso and Sherdog:
Sherdog: What do you think about winning by KO in your UFC debut?
Nogueira: It was amazing. Not only did I debut with a knockout, but I won the prize of best knockout of the night against one of the toughest guys in that division. Cane is such a tough guy, but I trained a lot for his game and my boxing was really sharp.
Sherdog: Did you study his game?
Nogueira: I knew he is a great striker, so I trained my boxing a lot. I received a lot of criticism from Internet fans saying that I was just focusing on my boxing. But I knew “Banha” was coming to exchange, so I was ready for that. But I have to tell you I expected that the fight would go through the third round.
