American UFC contender Robbie Lawler in an interview with , he told the details of the victorious battle against Russian Adlan Amagov in the Strikeforce tournament in 2012.
At the time of the Lawler fight, Amagov, 25, was representing Team K-Dojo and training with Khabib Nurmagomedov at Murat Keshtov Gym in New Jersey. The fighters fought at the Strikeforce tournament in Las Vegas. Lawler won by TKO in the first round, inflicting the Russian’s second career loss.
– There was an episode in this fight where Adlan hit you with an illegal knee, and you took a break for about two minutes, and then you almost immediately won by knockout. Did Adlan hit you hard?
– No, actually he didn’t hit me hard with his knee, and I just took my time, played the game, tried to make sure that everything was fine for me and that I could fully return to the fight .
– You hit with a knee when jumping – was it invented before the fight, at the time of a stoppage, or just happened on the machine?
– I just went for a high kick, and I happened to hit him with a knee to the head, and managed to knock him out, but he’s a very tough opponent. I had the perfect shot that allowed me to face a very, very serious opponent that few people knew so easily at the time.
– Did you hear that Adlan hit Jon Jones with a liver shot during practice? Jones himself spoke about this when he came to Russia.
– Yes, I knew very well that he is a very tough fighter, and what he did after our fight is incredibly impressive (Amagov won four fights, including a fight in the UFC. – ). I know he still struggled for a while and then decided for no reason to end his career, Lawler told .
Live broadcasts of the Mixed Martial Arts tournaments can be seen on and Match! Fighter”, as well as on the sites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source : MatchTV
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