Brazilian heavyweight Fabio Maldonado, before the fight with team fighter Fedor Kirill Sidelnikov, spoke about his famous blow in the fight with Fedor Emelianenko .
In 2016, Maldonado managed to knock Fedor down in the first round, catching the Russian fighter on the counterattack.
– First of all, I would emphasize patience and concentration. I deliberately left him close to me because I watched a lot of his fights and knew how he fought. I understood that he would think he could quickly end the fight with me.
– In boxing, there are two theories on how to put your fist in a side impact: horizontally or vertically (in slang, such a blow is called a “glass” punch). What do you choose and how exactly did you hit Fedor?
– I also heard that there were two options. When I hit in the fight with Fedor, I hit vertically. So I’m more used to hitting. First I hit straight, then hit sideways, as I showed you (shows a vertical hit. – “”).
In fact, I worked hard to throw shots from positions where the opponent did not expect it. Unprepared moments. It doesn’t always work, but it passed in this fight,” Maldonado told .
The fight between the 42-year-old Brazilian and 33-year-old Sidelnikov will take place in Perm during the URAL FC tournament. The last time Maldonado competed in MMA was in November 2021, losing to Sergey Kharitonov in the first round of a tournament in Dubai.
Source : MatchTV
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