UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev in an interview with , he spoke about the attitude of those close to him during his performances in mixed martial arts.
The 32-year-old fighter has been competing in mixed martial arts since 2010. Previously, the athlete trained in wushu sanda and combat sambo. In 2023, Makhachev fought two fights against Alex Volkanovski and defended the lightweight championship belt twice. In the last match, Volkanovski was forced to make an emergency substitution a few days before the tournament. The original opponent was Charles Oliveira, but he was injured in training. Makhachev finished the fight with Volkanovski by knockout in the first round.
— In the Caucasus, women are not involved in men’s professional affairs. But, for example, do your mother and your wife know the names of your rivals?
– Very weak. Mom, I think, does not know the last name, does not remember it. And my wife, when Volkanovski was assigned to me, called me and said, “Are you going to fight that bald guy again?” She only knows it from the outside, and perhaps she has seen fragments of it. But in general, the fairer sex in my home is poorly supervised. “My dad knows the whole list,” said.
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