Russian MMA fighter Magomed Magomedkerimov told in an interview with how he trained in the same freestyle wrestling gym with the former UFC champion. Khabib Nurmagomedov .
Magomedkerimov has won two PFL Grand Prix titles after starting his career in 2008. The Russian fighter’s stats are 34 wins, 6 losses. Magomedkerimov has been performing in the United States since 2018.
— You said you started with Khabib in the freestyle wrestling section. Have you seen Khabib in wrestling tights? I haven’t seen a single photo.
“We trained together in Makhachkala, in Ali Aliyev’s school and lived next door, 500 meters from each other. I don’t remember him in tights, they were expensive at that time, and we didn’t have money, we mostly trained in shorts.
— What is your best result in freestyle wrestling?
— In Dagestan, I was not even in the top three, but already in the 10th-11th grade I was training in MMA at the same time. If you want to perform well in wrestling, you have to give it 100%, and I was half there, half wrestling.
— Have you played a lot of hand-to-hand combat, combat sambo, have you crossed paths with any of the famous athletes now?
— Yes, a lot of people were performing there. We fought with Tokov, with Koreshkov, with Ustarmagomed Gadzhidaudov as amateurs.
— How did the fight with Koreshkov go?
— I went to the tournament in Omsk in 2010. The first round lasted five minutes, we fought, I seemed to win, but they gave me extra time and gave him the victory,” said Magomedkerimov on .
This coming weekend, will broadcast the next UFC tournament, in the main fight of which Armenian Arman Tsarukyan and American Beniel Dariush will meet. The broadcast begins on Sunday evening at 03:00 (Moscow time).
Source : MatchTV
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