Magomed Ismailov had an amazing 2022. If 2021 ended for him with a heavy defeat of Vladimir Mineev, the next 365 days went very well. In February – a victory in a boxing fight against Olanrevaju Durodola. In October – a boxing fight with Ilic with a fee of 30 million rubles (it is believed that in fact the athletes received less). December 3 – victory in a five-round fight against Alexander Shlemenko and a $300,000 fee.
Ismailov starts 2023 as one of Russia’s most wanted fighters, however, in June Magomed will turn 37.
– And what motivates you if you have won so well in the last six months?
— There are unfinished goals in my head. Sometimes you set goals that you haven’t achieved and they hold back, although you can move in other directions. They are [направления] it seems so, i have branched out except for the MMA tracks, but there is an understatement that i want to end.
– Do you still want to fight with Vladimir Mineev?
– That’s one of the goals. I would like to fight Vladimir Mineev, given that in our last fight I fell asleep. I wanted to sleep. Not because of Mineev, because of himself. Although agree – and because of Mineev too. He was well prepared, he won. And you have to go back. The first fight – I think I won it, but only the second fight I lost counts. There is interest, I think we will make money too, but we would come to put an end to it.
– And in a cage or in the ring?
Where he wants. Since I lost, I let him choose. Wherever he wants, I’ll be ready to work things out with him.
– And in principle at 84 kg? It seems that you both weigh around 95 kg, does it make sense that everyone drives weight?
– If he wants 84 kg, we will do 84. If he wants 90 kg, I will go with him up to 90.
At this time, UFC fighter Movsar Evloev, who is next to Ismailov, says training with his brother Magomed Ramazan Ismailov takes five hours.
The only thing is that I don’t want Vladimir Mineev to have to think that now he will have to endure not two rounds, but more, because suddenly these thoughts will push him away from our confrontation.
I am ready to take on challenges. Whatever you move in, you develop certain patterns, plans in your head. And I am those plans.
– What is in the near future?
– They proposed a certain confrontation for March 7, they just didn’t settle some nuances, we will settle it and it will be possible to announce it. Most likely, RCC, but who – we will already look at it.
– Does the surname of the opponent begin with “sh” (previously, the fight between Ismailov and Shtyrkov was repeatedly discussed according to the rules of boxing. – Approx. “”)?
— (laughing). I won’t tell you anything more. But you said yourself that there are many options.
– Boxing, Cam or MMA?
— I love MMA, boxing and wrestling. Quite a bit.
– ACA said they could sign Yoel Romero to the league (a UFC title contender – approx.) How interested are you in that?
– There was a time – I wanted to fight. And now I think it would be possible to fight. But if I press him now, they’ll definitely say Romero is old. 100% so it will be, in my case it always is. But I filled up a gas cylinder, said that I would have a power reserve for Shlemenko, and for Vladimir Mineev I would add it on purpose.
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