Although
Jose Shorty Torres is just 3-0, the
Twenty-four year old believes he has what it takes to compete in the UFC. The Titan FC Flyweight Champion also went
8-0 as an amateur (3 Subs, 1 TKO) and has been training with UFC fighters:
Brandon Moreno, Tim Elliot and former UFC
Bantamweight Champ, TJ Dillashaw. Perhaps it was Jose’s work with Dillashaw
that has him feeling ready for UFC talent. Shorty
helped Dillashaw prepare for his December 30th fight with John
Lineker at UFC 207 by mimicking Lineker’s
movement during Sparing sessions.
More surprising is Torres’ belief that his
January 21st opponent, Pedro Nobre pulled out of their December bout
due to weight cutting issues and not a torn ACL as reported.
18-2 Pedro
Nobre claimed he tore his ACL, forcing him to pull out of his original fight
with Torres, just weeks before the bout. Nobre later claimed the tear was a
small tear and he would be available for a January fight. On Pure Evil MMA podcast, Torres told host
Evil Eddie he believed it was a weight cutting issue, “He has weight cutting
problems, he cuts a lot of weight, he does it in a very bad way.” He elaborated
on the subject to Frank Trigg on Toe to
Toe, “It was a lose lose to him in a sense, he doesn’t make weight and he
shows up, he fights for no belt. If he beats me there’s no belt. If he doesn’t
make weight now I’m getting Twenty percent of his commissions.” The fight is
back on with Shorty’s Title on the
line at Titan FC 43, in Coral Gables,
FLA. January 21, 2017.
Torres
won the Interim FW Title in August with a Second Round (3:52) KO/TKO of Abdiel
Velazquez at Titan FC 40. Chicago’s
Torres at 3-0 now has a single win by each: KO/TKO, Submission and Decision.
After Tim Elliot won The Ultimate Fighter
Season 24, he vacated his Titan FC Flyweight
Title, promoting Torres’ Title from interim to world. Jose made his Pro debut last
March at Titan FC 37 (3/4/16),
submitting Travis Taylor in the First Round (2:09) and in April he won a
Unanimous Decision over Reynaldo Walter Duarte at Titan FC 38.
At 5’5”
Pedro The Rock Nobre will enjoy a one
inch height advantage over opponent, Shorty
Torres Saturday night. Nobre has stopped fourteen of his eighteen wins early
(10 KO/TKO, 4 Subs). He bounced back from his UD loss to former FW Champ, Tim
Elliot in March with a Split Decision win over Sid Bice at Titan FC 38 (4/30/16). This is Thirty year old Nobre’s fifth
consecutive fight with the promotion.
Titan FC 43 airs live on UFC
FightPass 1/21/17 at 7:00 PM ET
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