UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev On , he told how, in revenge, he injured his opponent’s hand during a sambo fighting tournament.
In 2016, Makhachev, already under contract with the UFC, won the World Combat Sambo Championship in Sofia. The 32-year-old Dagestan native has two gold medals at the Russian championships. In October this year, Makhachev knocked out Australian Alexander Volkanovski in the first round of the UFC 294 tournament in Abu Dhabi and defended the lightweight championship belt.
—When you sit with the boys, what do you talk about?
— We were talking about competitions. How we traveled together in Karelia or elsewhere. We remembered the moments.
— Can you tell us about at least one of these moments?
– We just discussed it. In our sambo combat tournament you might hit yourself with the head. And there was a guy who was hitting everyone with his head. And I was also hit during the battle. And I was very angry. As soon as I put him in a painful position, he didn’t give up, I pulled him sharply and he was seriously injured. In short, we are even. He hit me hard with the head, I injured my hand!
– Who won ?
– I won!
– So it’s not even, so you win?
“You can say that too,” Makhachev told .
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