Aslanbek Badaev, vice-president of the ASA league, said Vagab Vagabov was not enough for the ideal light heavyweight Grand Prix line-up.
– We would be completely satisfied with this Grand Prix if Vagab Vagabov fought there. Unfortunately, health issues prevented it from happening. Shoulder problems, surgery. Then that would be the perfect alignment. So that’s good too. Faridun Odilov and Misha Mokhnatkin. The guys are known in the CIS. They have their fans. A whole country supports Faridun. They go crazy for him and constantly go to his fights. Muslim Magomedov is the favorite as defending champion. He’ll be the favorite in any fight, but the guys have a good chance of showing up, making big money and winning two belts – the Grand Prix champion and the ACA champion,” said Badaev at MMA.Metaratings.ru.
The first light heavyweight Grand Prix semi-finalist was Brazilian Leonardo Silva, who beat Murat Gugov. Muslim Magomedov and Grigor Matevosyan, Mikhail Mokhnatkin and Oleg Olenichev, as well as Faridun Odilov and Elkhan Musaev will meet in other quarter-finals.
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