Russian Bellator fighter and six-time world combat sambo champion Kirill Sidelnikov, in a conversation with , said he remembers Islam Makhachev in the combat sambo team as a sober and well-behaved athlete. high, and in the upcoming fight with the Brazilian Charles Oliveira, the Russian will get the victory by decision of the judges.
Makhachev (22 wins, 1 loss) and Oliveira (33-8) will headline the Abu Dhabi tournament to determine the UFC lightweight champion. For the 31-year-old Russian, this will be the first attempt to win the title. Oliveira held the belt from May 2021 until May this year.
– For Makhachev, Oliveira is one of the most serious opponents. I remember Makhachev from the combat sambo team, he was always distinguished by restraint and good manners. He is not irascible. Look – even now there is no chatter from him and so on. Makhachev is the good fighter who can steer the fight in the right direction. Let’s encourage our fighter. Makhachev must win. Basically, the fight, I think, will be on the ground. Makhachev will try to translate it. For me, the fight will end with a referee’s decision, and 3-2 Makhachev will win this fight,” Sidelnikov told .
Also in this card, the organization’s former champion and number one bantamweight, Russian Petr Yan, will meet American Sean O’Malley, who is not in the UFC top 10.
– For me, the fight between Jan and O’Malley is interesting. O’Malley is no giveaway. Yes, to us it looks weird and even clownish in a good way. O’Malley has a special anthropometry for this weight – he’s tall with long arms. And for Petr Yan, that can be a problem. Yang moves very well, he has excellent boxing, excellent defense in wrestling. He can go to the stalls himself. But here, Jan’s victory is ironclad. In the first round, he can, as usual, swing, then push-push. I think Ian should eat and break O’Malley in the second or third round, added Sidelnikov.
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Source : MatchTV
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