Trainer Hasanali Hasanaliev works with UFC fighter Victoria Dudakova explained why the Russian couldn’t make the flyweight limit ahead of the UFC 294 tournament in Abu Dhabi.
During the weigh-in, Dudakova showed an excess of 220 grams in the 52.2 kg category (with a tolerance of 1 pound) and was fined 20% of the amount of the fee. The fight against Jin Yu Frey was not canceled. For Dudakova, this fight will be the second in the UFC after signing a contract in August 2022. The athlete switched from swimming to MMA and began training under Hasanaliev in Volgograd.
– Can you tell me why you can’t gain weight?
— There is a wound, I don’t want to talk about it yet, 99% of athletes in this state would have recovered a long time ago, but Vika is a fighter. We have arrived, you could say.
— Victoria said: “If I win, I will tell you the whole truth about training in Thailand. ” Do you have something to say ?
“I think she’ll actually say it herself.” I can say we literally ran away from there. It’s very difficult, you sweat so much that you can’t shave normally with a blade.
—At what point did you realize you had to stop?
— We ran at the start, everything was fine. She ran for 45 minutes, then lay down on towels. But then she lost consciousness in the elevator, she was even asked to turn off the camera, your colleagues were filming there. Then we did three saunas of 25 minutes each. I see the sweat just isn’t coming out. Meaning? She was in no condition to finish him off. There is half a pound left, 150 grams (230 – rating). Well, let them take 20% of the fee, we’re not in it for the money, but for the story.
— Is it useless at such a moment to say that 200 grams costs 4 thousand dollars because of a fine?
– You are not correct. That comes from the exit fee, and we have $12,000 for the exit. It turns out that there are about 2.5 thousand of them. She wanted to continue driving, but I stopped her. She’s a fighter, she fought with a broken jaw, a torn cross and a meniscus injury. There is no one behind us, we ourselves came here from Volgograd.
—How much does Victoria get back for the battle?
— In battle she will weigh 57.5 kg, now she already weighs 56.5 kg.
— Six hours ago she was very exhausted at the weigh-in, what state is she in now?
– GOOD. The ears just disappeared. And there was such congestion as on an airplane. It was a difficult race, we will wake up tomorrow and see the situation,” Gasanaliev told .
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