russian fighter Shamil Zavurov who has been training for a long time with Khabib Nurmagomedov and Islam Makhachev in an interview with , he shared his expectations from the Makhachev title fight against Oliveira.
UFC named Makhachev a belt fight with the Brazilian Charles Oliveira on October 22 in Abu Dhabi.
– I think it will not be difficult for Islam to take this belt. I fought him a lot, I know his fight. He grows so much with every fight, in the fight. I don’t think Oliveira will be able to get him into a choke or other technique, like he does the others. And if he can’t, then he won’t finish it in a standing position. On the contrary, I think Islam itself can finish him off in the fight.
– And how is the struggle of Islam different from the struggle of Khabib?
– You know, they actually fight differently: Khabib has such a fight – he rushes, crushes. Islam closes more space, as if sticking, a slimy struggle. Khabib’s fight – he attacks all the time, changes his position. Islam, where he took it, he can end there. When I fight Islam, I get the most receptions. He often comes to receptions and does them more often than Khabib,” Zavurov said.
The fight will determine the UFC lightweight champion (up to 70.3kg), after Charles Oliveira resigned as champion, having failed to reach the lightweight limit ahead of the fight with Justin Gaethje.
Full interview with Shamil Zavurov:
Source : MatchTV
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