Fighter Gadzhi “Avtomat” Navruzov can play in the media football league

Former footballer and now bare-knuckle fighter Gadzhi Navruzov said in an interview with that he intends to resume his football career.

34-year-old Navruzov trained in the Dynamo and SKA systems, but ended his football career in 2013. Later, the athlete began to perform in hand-to-hand fights and organize matches boxing. A year ago, Navruzov seriously injured his hand in a fight with Fernando Rodriguez.

“Now everything is fine, my hand is recovering, I haven’t hit it for 11 months, while rehabilitation is underway, I think in two or three months it will be possible to hit.” My tendons were stitched in several places, my nerves were sewn together and there was also a bone broken into six pieces. These fragments take a long time to heal. But it’s all good, it’s such a test that I’m glad it happened to me. I just took advantage of it.

“I was told you didn’t eat for a hundred hours as part of the recovery procedures?

— Not a hundred, but 99 hours. This is my fifth hunger strike. I started practicing such hunger strikes, I added more fasts without water, without food. Interesting, I like it. Before that, I barely observed the fast. After the hunger strike, I lost up to 101 kg, I didn’t even weigh that little in the hospital, although everyone wrote that Gadzhi had lost weight. Even though my blood wasn’t flowing there and my whole hand was very dry. And with these hunger strikes, I am covered in muscles, covered in veins. I advise people: study it, practice it, it is very good for improving immunity, for protecting against diseases.

— How does a person feel at the 99th hour without food?

— When you start eating, it is important not to eat carbs right away. Only fats, proteins and fiber. And you need to stay carb-free for a few days. Salads and fish. The first time you eat, you immediately want to eat again. But on the second and third days, I don’t feel like eating at all. The central nervous system becomes very focused, you are serene, calm, there is no breakdown. It’s hard for me to explain this in words. I would recommend this to people.

— You played football seriously. While your arm is recovering, have you thought about getting back into this sport?

– As you knew. I have already started football training and I don’t want to say yet which media team I can join, I have a serious offer, I am waiting and I hope we will sign a contract in the near future, it There is a very strong team there. From Monday I want to start training hard with my father. So I train 2-3 times a day, but it’s hard to constantly load my arm, so because of that I switched to my legs. If you wait a little, you will see how I will fly to the Media League,” Navruzov told .

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