Mixed style fighter, six-time world champion in combat sambo Vyacheslav Vasilevsky on the air of “” said that a possible fight of a Russian Islam Makhachev With Leon Edwards is risky for the British.
Earlier, it was reported that UFC lightweight champion Makhachev announced his intention to fight promotional welterweight champion Edwards. Makhachev wrote on Twitter: “Abu Dhabi, October 21. Makhachev versus Edwards. What do you think?”
– In principle, probably, the fight with Islam is a risk for Edwards, because if he loses to the lightweight champion, it will not be a very good blow for his reputation. Now, if Islam loses, in principle, there will be nothing so terrible, because he killed everyone in the lightweight division, moved to welterweight, but there, let’s say, lost to the champion. Arrived!
I don’t think this fight is any kind of challenge for Makhachev. He has always competed in the 74 kg category in the same combat sambo. I think he does a lot of fights with welterweight, middleweight and light heavyweight. Therefore, it will come as no surprise that Edwards is a bit bigger than the opponents he has faced at lightweight,” Vasilevsky said on .
In October last year, Makhachev defeated Brazilian Charles Oliveira by knockout for the vacant UFC lightweight belt. He held a defense of the belt – in February of this year in Australia, Islam beat Australian featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski by unanimous decision. Edwards beat Kamaru Usman in March.
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Source : MatchTV
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