Russian UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev on the air of the show “Tous pour le Match!” on he explained how he would evaluate his shots in a duel with the Australian Alexander Volkanovski coach Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov.
On October 21, at UFC 294 in Abu Dhabi, Makhachev knocked out Volkanovski in the first round and defended the lightweight championship belt. Makhachev has long trained with Abdulmanap, the father of former UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. Coach Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov died on July 3, 2020 in Moscow from complications caused by the coronavirus.
— How would Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, of blessed memory, evaluate your moves?
“I’m still thinking about how coach would evaluate what he would say.” Once I tried to hit the legs, but I didn’t make him fall the first time, because in the first minutes it’s a little difficult to make him fall. I think we would start analyzing this fight from now on… It didn’t matter how the fight went, first the criticism, then the praise, but that was rarely the case.
-Who kicks you the most now? Javier Méndez, Magomed Bagandov, Seifulla Magomedov?
— Honestly, the three coaches you named. All three are hitting specialists. They were very happy when the fight ended like this. In general, kicks with a low opponent are often practiced, it is very practical. That was the plan. Do not immediately hit the head, but the body. Having missed such shots, he already lowers his hand. He didn’t put his hand down, but there was still space where he could punch,” Makhachev said on .
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