AMC Fight Nights Champion Dmitry Bikrev in a conversation with , he proposed creating a heavyweight Grand Prix in the UFC with the participation of Alexander Volkov, Sergei Pavlovich, Cyril Gun and Tom Aspinall after Stipe Miocic And John Jones ends his career.
On Sunday night in the co-main event of UFC 293, Russian Volkov defeated Australian Tai Tuivasa in the second round with a move called the Ezekiel Choke. With this rare move, another Russian, Alexey Oleinik, won twice in the UFC. The current UFC heavyweight champion is Jones, 36, who will face Miocic, 41, on November 11.
“Like I said, Tuivasa will run into Sasha’s long arms and won’t be able to do anything.” He honestly survived the first round, and Tuivasa was just lucky he didn’t get knocked out. Tuivasa had some sort of plan: kick the leg and land somewhere. But Sasha has extensive experience in Kyokushin karate… Yes, these blows from Tuivasa were unpleasant, but tolerable. And so… Sanya is beautiful! Surprised by Ezekiel. Although it would be a sin not to do it with your hands.
It is now interesting to look to the future. Let’s leave the fight between Miocic and Jones aside, because they will fight and ride into the sunset. It will be a good fight to retire with honors. And we will be left with four heavyweights – Pavlovich, Volkov, Gan and Aspinall. I would do a four-way tournament and identify the champion. It would be a cool story in the form of a Grand Prix,” Bikrev told .
Volkov, 34, has 37 victories in MMA with ten defeats. The Russian heavyweight is now on a three-fight winning streak in the UFC. Tuivasa, 30, suffered his third straight loss in the UFC.
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