ASA Grand Prix Finalist Adam Bogatyrev shared his expectations regarding the announced UFC fight with the participation of Russian fighters Alexander Volkov and Sergei Pavlovich.
Earlier, the head of the promotion, Dana White, announced that the number three in the UFC heavyweight rankings, Pavlovich, will meet Volkov (sixth place) at a tournament in Saudi Arabia on June 22. Volkov has three early victories in his last three fights, Pavlovich lost to Tom Aspinall in his last fight and missed the opportunity to become interim UFC champion. From 2019 to 2022, the heavyweights trained together in Moscow and fought with fighter ASA Bogatyrev.
— How do you imagine the preparation and training of each of them, provided that this fight is announced?
– They are both mature fighters. It is unlikely that anyone will invent something new. If I were Alexander Volkov, I would continue to play to my strengths. Remote work and lots of kicking. If I were Seryoga Pavlovich, I would try not to play tag, but to throw strong punches, get into the clinch and move on from there. It seems to me that if this fight takes place, it may be boring and end in a decision victory for one of the fighters. Moreover, the decision goes all over the place. Although on paper he is now more experienced, more mature and more varied in terms of five-round fights, in terms of time spent in the Octagon, Volkov is the one. And even if we talk about hunger (for victories), it is still important that Sanya has not yet fought for the belt. And Seryoga, no matter how it may seem, has missed his chance so far. On the other hand, he must avenge his last defeat. He didn’t show much there, and it feels like a bad day at work for him. So perhaps he wants to show that it was just an accident. And he wants to come back and get revenge quickly.
— I wanted to ask you questions about their struggle. Is there a dead end here in that if Sergei Pavlovich is able to transfer Volkov (to the ground), then in general he will not be able to act on him, choke him or take his hand. And vice versa, Volkov is unlikely to overthrow Pavlovich, but in pure wrestling he is more experienced and has better chances?
“They both fight and defend well on the ground and it is unlikely that one of them will catch the other in a move, but if we take the skill of holding and striking, then Seryoga will have a plus great advantage because of physical strength, because of power. He really has a lot of power. We fought with Sasha and we had a lot of position changes. For example, one is trying to get into the choke and the other tries to prevent the opponent from entering the choke. And it seemed that we were each able to do our own job. I don’t remember strangling Alexander Volkov, “Bogatyrev told .
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