“There will be no surprises. He will fight the same as the first time, and if he tries to do something else — the evening will end very badly for him. We all understand this. He did what he had to do to win this belt, and you can’t hate him for that. He did what was necessary. These are the rules of the game, and he followed them.
To say that this is unfair? It is fair. He did what he had to do. This is not how my championship reign would be, or how I would like to fight, but he did just that. My job is to stop him, and that’s exactly what I will do. I will get my belt back by the end of this year. Perhaps I will have two or three fights this year,” the South African said on the Fight Forecast podcast.