“The fight started very difficult, including for Magomed” – coach Ankalaev about the fight with Walker

UFC fighter trainer Magomed Ankalaeva Sukhrab Magomedov told that the Russian’s fight against Brazilian Johnny Walker at UFC Fight Night 234 started off very difficult for both opponents.

Ankalaev knocked out Walker in the second round. The Russian fighter occupies third place in the UFC light heavyweight division rankings. Last October, Ankalaev met Walker at UFC 294, but the fight was declared a draw due to an illegal strike by the Russian in the first round.

— The most obvious question: how do you rate the fight between Magomed Ankalaev and Johnny Walker?

“It seems to me that the fight started very difficult, including for Magomed. But in the second round, as usual, he pulled himself together and did his job very well. This happens to him. Excitement.

— What was difficult about Walker’s job and what worried you most? Low blows? Back punches? Kicks to the head?

— The low blows didn’t bother me, because Maga and I practiced defense against them. Rather, it was Johnny’s unconventionality that was unsettling. How he threw punches from different angles. And he could hit hard, not knock out, but shock.

— Magomed ended up hitting with a right hand from mid-range in the clinch. Was this a work in progress?

— We worked on changing stance in combat. So that he changes it after a few hits. And so he can hit with his back hand on his hand, but they did it a little differently. I thought he would deliver such a blow at a longer distance, but it happened like that,” Magomedov told .

Ankalaev has 19 wins, losses and draws in mixed martial arts. Walker had 21 victories and suffered eight defeats.

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