Mixed Martial Arts Veteran Oleg Taktarov in a chat with , he explained why he didn’t apply Jeff Monson side kicks, and also criticized Monson’s staged fight in 2016 with Ivan Shtyrkov .
On the night of August 19, Taktarov fought MMA fighter Monson under boxing rules and ended the fight in a draw. On May 7, 2016, Monson lost to Shtyrkov via first-round submission in a mixed martial arts bout.
“I thought I was a lot stronger in boxing. The legs are soft, I feel like I won’t have time to bounce back from the good one. I didn’t want to invest in a hit. I heard that one of his eyes couldn’t see and I tried not to hit either right or left as I’m a grown boy but I understand he has a family I was told that one of his his eyes don’t see, to fight him in MMA i need to figure out which particular eye he has is not in order.
What did they say to Monson after the fight?
– I told him he was cool, that he had character. He said: “My wrestling is better than yours, but in Russia you haven’t really fought anyone yet.” There was a Shtyrkov there. But Jeff had an injured shoulder, he was asked not to hit him there. But he [Штырков] and he struck him on the side where his eye does not see, and the painful done on that hand. Not human. That’s not how people do it. They warned that they had brought an unprepared person,” Taktarov told .
Earlier, Monson himself also voiced the version that his fight with Shtyrkov was meant to be indicative.
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