The Russian UFC fighter opened up about his squad composition at training camp in Kislovodsk ahead of performing at the February 25 Las Vegas tournament.
Krylov leads a formation under coaches Valery Andreev and Artem Chernov for a duel with ryan spann medium-heavyweight (up to 93 kg).
– We have a very good team in training camp now, this is maybe my biggest training camp ever in Kislovodsk. Now there is a huge choice of people to hang out with, and the preparation takes place in the usual way: for two days we do three workouts, then one day – two workouts. Then recovery. Bath, or thermal and rest day.
As for sparring partners: my Rat team did a great job. At the beginning of the month, Alan Makitov and Ahmad Hasanov arrived. One fights in heavyweight, the other in light heavyweight. Both are taller than me. Alan is a basic boxer, with a good fight. In my opinion, he is even a relative of Albert Tumenov, they constantly train together. And Ahmad Hasanov will fight for the belt in the next fight. A very capable young man, he can fight very well in a Ryan Spann style.
In addition, Kirill Kornilov joined us, who is also not inferior to Spann in anthropometry, but in percussion technique, I think, he is even classier. It is very interesting and difficult to work with him. Very sensitive for heavy weights. And my permanent training partner Sergei Bilostenny has arrived. Also, Evgeny Erokhin and Zhenya Kotov, a 19-year-old student of my coach from Tver, are with us. Won the Russian Cup in the MMA Union. Ruslan Shidakov, an international sports master in MMA, also trains with us. In general, we have about ten top athletes and it’s not easy to work with all of them,” Krylov told .
At the moment, Nikita Krylov (29-9) is ranked seventh in the UFC light heavyweight rankings and will face Spann (21-7), who sits in 10th place.
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