In the Makhachkala “Etazhi” shopping center on the MMA fighter escalator Sharabutdin Magomedov made a remark to a young man who was kissing a girl. At the end of the escalator, the young people began to sort things out, and the future victim punched Magomedov in the face. The fight was interrupted by the security guards of the shopping center, the participants decided to continue on the street, where Magomedov predictably knocked out and severely finished off the opponent. In MMA, the Bullet Balls are 8-0, all wins are by knockout. Now we know how Magomedov fights on the streets. An important clarification before the start of the interview is the rarest case of a fighter answering the phone after such news and telling how it all happened.
“Why this video surfaced today, I have no idea, probably 700 people called me,” Magomedov says.
– Maybe today legal proceedings have started?
No, he’s like a normal guy. You just need to figure out the situation yourself. Makhachkala still has its own unspoken laws, its own morality. In Moscow it is acceptable, in our country it is unacceptable. I couldn’t stay silent, not make a remark.
– Are you saying that in Dagestan in a public place it is indecent to kiss a girl?
– Yes yes. If it was a tourist or a foreigner, one could just ask. And here I meant that he just does not act very correctly, he is wrong. But I couldn’t tell him anything. He didn’t take it that way, apparently. There was also pride. He hit me.
I’m a professional fighter, this was unexpected for me, especially since we were inside the mall. I suggested that he come out and talk, but he hit me.
– Just to clarify: in Moscow, you will not reprimand a Muscovite if he kisses on an escalator in a shopping center?
– Sure. I’ve seen a million such cases. That I will approach everyone. And then, to be honest, I saw this for the first time, I froze for a second, I thought: “Is this really Makhachkala?”
He didn’t recognize you, did he?
– Yes, I made a remark to him, he expressed himself in an unflattering way towards me. I say, “Let’s go outside.” At the mall, I didn’t want to deal with him. The escalator finished, I wanted to go to the lower floor. I saw that he took the distance to hit, I also thought that I would not go in front, so as not to look like a savage. It’s better to explain to someone. He took me immediately hit.
– They can’t find you an opponent in Russia. Surprised to find yourself on the fifth floor of the Etazhi shopping center?
– Yes, I believed until the end that he would recognize me, but he decided to take advantage of the fact that he was simply taller than me. I thought it would hit and the situation would close. But I can also take a hit.
Does he feel like he’s doing something?
Well, he’s my age. Difficult, too, so sporty. I think he did something. It hit me in the jaw.
– Do you regret having finished so hard?
– The last blow is decidedly superfluous. There, the roof has already been blown to me, it’s a pity that it happened. What I hit with my hand – I really don’t regret it. Foot – I’m sorry.
Did you meet after this episode?
Yes, yes, we talked. I told him that the last shot was superfluous, and he said that he got excited, that he started kissing the girl on the escalator, he too had ideas, and he realized of his mistake.
– And when did you see that this video was published?
– Yes, I was just going to training camp. And my friend asked me to buy him glasses for running. I went to “Sportmaster” to buy it from him, and saw this here.
When will you fight next?
– I’m waiting for a bigger contract, who will offer it to me. Both by rating and by name.
Source : MatchTV
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