Russian UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev on the air of the show “Tous pour le Match!” on he spoke about the leg injury suffered in a fight with an Australian Alexander Volkanovski .
On October 21, at UFC 294 in Abu Dhabi, Makhachev knocked out Volkanovski in the first round and defended the lightweight championship belt. After the fight, coach Volkanovski suggested that the Russian had broken his leg by hitting his opponent in the head.
— Was it assumed that you had broken your leg?
— I had an injury, I still can’t hit. I can run and walk normally. But one day I went to the gym, ran around, and then hit the punching bag hard. And she got sick of me again. I went to the doctor, he gave me a massage. He said there were no fractures, but a serious bruise,” Makhachev said on .
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