Russian UFC fighter Damir Ismagulov in an interview with he told how the second fight could go Arman Tsarukyan And Islam Makhachev .
Ismagulov and Tsarukyan fought at UFC Fight Night 216 in December 2022. Armand won via unanimous decision, handing the opponent the first UFC loss. Tsarukyan himself lost to Makhachev in his first fight of 2019 and later said more than once that he wanted a rematch with the reigning lightweight champion.
– After the fight with you and the Brazilian Joaquim Silva, Arman Tsarukyan often says that he can also beat Islam Makhachev. And what do you think?
– He could give a very good fight to Islam, but the question is whether he will win it or not. My opinion is no. Islam is too good. Whether punching or wrestling. But their fight would be interesting, even if I’m not sure Armand can win.
What can you highlight from him?
“I expected him to be physically stronger. But they prepared very skillfully, imposed their own. But that doesn’t mean there was a special shock or some kind of struggle. A bit of everything, but the battle plan was correct.
– You said that all your opponents received branded chocolates from Kazakhstan. Did you give this to Arman Tsarukyan, on the condition that after the fight you took the defeat hard and could not shake his hand?
– We haven’t seen it yet, but we called each other, we talked normally, we understood that it was just a sport. If the fans can argue, then we spoke quite normally with him. I’ll give him chocolate. Ismagulov told .
Tsarukyan’s loss was the second in his career for the 32-year-old lightweight, before that the last time the fighter lost in the M-1 tournament in 2015 to Ramazan Esenbaev.
Ismagulov’s next fight will be against American Grant Dawson. The fight in the lightweight category will take place on the night of July 2 in Moscow as part of UFC Vegas 76 in Las Vegas (USA).
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Source : MatchTV
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