ASA Heavyweight Champion Evgeny Goncharov in a conversation with , he said that during the fight with Anton Vyazigin he deliberately did not fight.
On Saturday in Moscow, Goncharov defeated Viazigin by unanimous decision and reached the semifinals of the ASA Heavyweight Grand Prix. Thus, Goncharov defended the organization’s heavyweight championship belt. Immediately after the fight, Goncharov held a fight with boxer and pugilist Soslan Asbarov, who is ready to fight according to the rules of MMA.
– Why does the entire fight take place in a standing position?
“I wanted to prove to myself and to the fans that I won’t fight, that I will surpass him, that I will dispatch him. Anton is a strong, healthy guy, but that didn’t bother me. I wanted to win standing up, to eliminate. But things don’t always turn out the way we want them to. The main thing is that we won.
— Doesn’t it seem imprudent not to use one’s main assets? I’m talking about the fight.
– It’s good. I wanted it that way and I won. God bless. I wanted to prove to everyone and to myself that I could win standing up. If we fought again, I wouldn’t change a thing.
— Finally, did you manage to prove it?
– I don’t know. Not everything worked out. Anton is a very clumsy fighter in a standing position, it is difficult to work with him, he has atypical blows. Somehow, that got in the way. But I added and frankly I removed the ending.
— In the fight with Soslan Asbarov, will you also not use wrestling?
– Let’s see. I think the public wants spectacle. They are not interested in watching the fight. And we will give what they want. This fight is real, we are ready, the league is ready. You saw Soslan in the ASA cage. All this for a reason.
— Will your fight take place before or after the Grand Prix Final?
– That’s what the league decides. If they decide to do it before the final, I’m ready, let’s do it,” Goncharov told .
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