Manager of the AMC Fight Nights League Kamil Gadjiev in an interview with , he said that Russian fighter Sergei Pavlovich will have to convincingly defeat his opponents again after his defeat at the UFC 295 tournament in New York.
In a fight against Briton Tom Aspinall, Pavlovich could have won the interim UFC heavyweight champion belt, but losing by knockout in the first round, the Russian’s streak of six early victories was interrupted. Pavlovich was previously the Fight Nights heavyweight champion.
“Aren’t you afraid that Pavlovich’s aura will collapse now?”
– That Pavlovich can still hit and hits, yes. But now everyone is starting to remember his defeat against Overeem (in 2018; the first defeat of his career – note from ). People say: “But Pavlovich is an ordinary person, he can lose.” He must win convincingly again. And then the aura will return. But now it won’t be easy, because Aspinall didn’t even get him to the ground. He went out and did everything equally. Morally outdated.
— During the referee’s briefing in the octagon, Aspinall put his hand on Pavlovich. Didn’t it seem to you that he had crushed him a little psychologically with this gesture?
“No, but I was surprised from the start by Aspinall’s confidence.” I watched this fight and thought Aspinall was bad and Seryoga was good. That’s all. But good people don’t become champions. He came out and, like a predator, attacked. I won’t pretend I knew everything in advance, I said before the fight the chances were 50/50. And Tom started fighting with so much confidence. The main thing is that he does not set a bad example for everyone – how to fight Pavlovich. I mean, don’t be shy, go ahead and fight. To do this, of course, you must have arguments at hand. But I see that some people go out and just crack down. They are afraid that Pavlovich will hit them. And then he came out insolently, just fought, and that’s it, ”Gadzhiev told .
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