Russian MMA fighter Oleg Tactarov in an interview with , he appreciated the victory Alexandra Volkova against Tai Tuivasa at UFC 293 in Sydney.
On Sunday evening Moscow time, in the co-main event of UFC 293, Russian Volkov defeated Australian Tuivasa in the second round with a technique called “Ezekiel Choke”. With this rare move, another Russian, Alexey Oleinik, won twice in the UFC. Previously, Oleg Taktarov called Volkov one of the most promising Russian fighters and repeatedly advised him to prepare for fights in the United States.
— Were you surprised that Volkov won on the field with such a rare move?
“Volkov only needed a few months in the United States to become much more confident in wrestling. Because he will never be a worse drummer than him, he has had that since childhood. But tightening the fight to have more self-confidence, to know that you will not be transferred, that nothing will be done to you, it is always possible. Look how much fun he’s having now, I’m watching the fight right in front of you… so he let it twirl… like my cat playing with a mouse.
There was such a story – we trained together in the same gym in Los Angeles. And I showed how to make a guillotine. People started repeating, asking for nuances. And suddenly I looked and saw that Misha Zayats was showing Alexander another version of the guillotine. And since then we started a joke about combat sambo wrestlers and real sambo wrestlers: we said that in sambo they do not do strangulation, but combat sambo wrestlers, in principle, do not nothing of the struggle. There are probably exceptions, but in general, several sambo schools in the country knew how to wrestle, and Bryansk, where Misha is from, was not among them. And I just teased him about it while I was training with them. We joked and corresponded. But the thing is, now Sasha tried to give Tuivasa a guillotine with his left hand, but he couldn’t because he never understood. And then Tuivasa got tired, imagine how it feels to break free from Volkov. And Alexandre decided to try this technique. In addition, Volkov’s legs are wide, it is difficult to turn him over, Tuivasa wasted his strength and Volkov took the step, ”Taktarov told .
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For Volkov, the victory over Tuivasa was the first victory by choke or submission in the UFC (in total, Volkov has only forced four opponents to submit in 47 professional fights). At the moment, the 34-year-old Russian is on a three-game winning streak.
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