Russian fighter Alexandre Chabli in a chat with , he said he was surprised to have bruises on his face after the victory over Patrick Freire at the Bellator 301 tournament.
The 30-year-old Russian lightweight won by decision and reached the Bellator Grand Prix Final, where he will compete for $1 million. Chablius won by unanimous decision against the Brazilian Freire and won the 24th victory of his career.
— Your fight lasted 25 minutes of pure time. During this time, does anything manage to pass through your head as a fully formed thought?
– No, you mainly focus on the fight. Only Dima Smolyakov (former UFC heavyweight – approx. “”) distracted me from time to time, when he shouted and encouraged me. We agreed with him – I put him in the VIP, but he does not distract me, because I was with him in fights and I know how he screams. In the end, I only heard him. As we understood each other later, it seemed to him that somewhere I was taking a break, slowing down the pace, and having my own battle plan.
“Sometimes fighters lose fights with a cleaner face than you currently have.” Are you surprised to see such damage visually?
“I was actually surprised to have bruises.” He came out after the fight and didn’t even look in the mirror, didn’t talk to people, didn’t give interviews. And then I turned the camera on and looked and I got bruises. An injury: he scratched me with his glove and hit me directly in the eye in the fifth round. I actually missed about five punches throughout the fight, but I didn’t lose a single one.
– Does something hurt?
— My leg hurts, I gave several low blows and I hit my leg. I kept the ice for an hour, we will go for an examination in the morning, we will have time before departure.
—At the same time, your opponent’s face was even more broken, did you pay attention to it?
– I was looking for a place where there are no balls to plant.
— To what extent is it possible to intentionally cut with permitted moves?
– More likely, no, I didn’t feel like I was dealing a very violent blow. I see his hole has opened. One more – one more. And he also defended himself well with his elbows. Apparently he was ready to work in defense,” Shabliy told .
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