12th ranked UFC lightweight Damir Ismagulov in an interview with , he revealed the details of his recovery from an infection.
Ismagulov participates in the UFC and is in the ranking of the top 15 lightweights of the organization, where next to him are Russians Islam Makhachev and Arman Tsarukyan. In early 2023, Ismagulov announced his retirement from the sport due to health issues, but changed his mind. On Saturday, he will face American Grant Dawson at the UFC Las Vegas tournament.
– On January 1, after the fight with Arman Tsarukyan, you wrote on social networks that you were ending your career. On January 28, in the same place, you published a post that you would fight again. What happened these days?
– There were health issues that were preventing me from performing, and I realized that I needed to take a break from competing. There was an infection, a poisoning, and I felt very bad. Very! And a lot of injuries. But then everything started to improve, I realized that I could still try to fight. I decided that I had to come back, I haven’t said everything in this sport yet.
– Quite rarely, due to infection and poisoning, end a career?
– If you want to hear it as a doctor, let’s go. I could eat any meal and immediately had bloating and a very strong taste of bile in my mouth. You seem to be eating very little and your stomach is swelling. And it’s very hard for you. It was not a classic poisoning, when 1-2 days and you are healthy. I drank a course of antibiotics, it didn’t help, I drank another one, and everything is the same. It’s not poisoning when you’ve slept, eaten soup and are up.
– Artem Reznikov gave an interview after your fight with Arman Tsarukyan, where he said he would be happy to help you fight. Why didn’t you train with him?
– Artem and I communicate very well. And yes, indeed, we had an agreement that we would train together. But since I was undergoing treatment in Moscow, I needed to be there and tried to spend the whole training camp in Moscow. During the offseason, I will go to help Artyom, because I think it will be a huge plus for me and for him,” Ismagulov told .
During the 10 years of his professional career, Ismagulov won 24 wins and suffered 2 losses.
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