ACA Lightweight Grand Prix winning trainer Edward Vartanyan Armen Ghulyan told how the Russian fighter’s team practiced body shots before the fight with Artem Reznikov .
Vartanyan became the winner of the ACA Lightweight Grand Prix, finishing the fight with Kazakh athlete Reznikov in the third round. For Vartanyan, 32, the victory was the 25th of his professional career.
– Who and when in your team understood that you had to kick Reznikov on the body?
– These are Eduard’s achievements with Thai boxing trainer Magomed Kamilov. Artem shoots the opponent before the pass. And every time he fired, he was hit in the foot. And that stopped him and kept his distance. When Artem tried to come in with punches, Eduard kept his distance.
I’ll share a little exclusive on how Edik cooked the frontkiki in the solar plexus area: after a media weigh-in, he walks up to me and says, “Artyom’s chest hair grows here, separately , in an island (in the solar plexus – “”), that’s where I’m going to hit.” A friend asks: “Is it some kind of mechanic?” I say, “No, it’s a place.” Seems like a fun moment, but Edik used it in a duel to see which area to hit.
– What was most feared in Reznikov’s arsenal?
– Probably, the imposition of a close fight. To be honest, Edik and I talked, we knew Artem was a good fighter, albeit a very good one. Its strong qualities help to pass, to defeat opponents of good level. But at the same time, we understood that only some accident could lead to defeat. Because predictably, we had to fight this fight. We worked out all the variations: up to the fact that Artem first jumps on Edik with blows, or immediately throws himself at his feet. He was ready for it all. And when Edik said at a press conference “I’m going to come out and attack you”, it wasn’t bravado. These people, who are ready to fight, do not need space to realize themselves, they need to be pressured. And Edik did it in full, Gulyan told .
The Grand Prix victory brought Vartanyan $200,000 and the chance to fight for the title with the organization champion Abdulaziz Abdulvakhabov.
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