A great American Derrick Lewis, who spent time in prison and boxed with George Foreman, was tried by three fighters from Russia. Shamil Abdurahimov broke Derrick’s arm and lost by technical knockout. Alexander Volkov skillfully beat Lewis for 14 minutes and on the 15th he missed and was knocked out. Aleksey Oleinik was about to make him surrender, but he couldn’t, he spent his strength and also fell under strong fists. Now with Lewis (37, 26 wins, 9 losses) Sergey Pavlovich (15 wins, 1 loss) will fight July 30, and that’s it, who trains with himthey say that Pavlovich has a very hard blow.
The nuance is that Lewis really knows how to piss off. He said a little vulgar things to Ronda Rousey, knowing that he would fight her future husband Travis Brown. He pretended to spit in Alexey Oleinik’s food. And after the fight with Volkov, he took off his shorts and told the arena packed with T-Mobile that he was very sweaty.
Prior to the fight with Pavlovich, Derrick entertained reporters for five minutes at a press conference, but then was asked what question he found difficult to answer. “People ask me why my nickname is Black Beast. When foreigners ask like that, I automatically think they are racist. Because in Germany and Russia they were already born there with stickers (probably stickers). emblems.- ) of swastikas… Come on… Let’s move on to the next question.
In general, Sergei Pavlovich does not wait for the easiest days.
“You know, if he crossed certain lines somewhere, I don’t want to say anything, but we’d see what would happen,” Pavlovich replies when asked about “spitting in food.”
– Volkov told us about Derrick before the fight that he was “ready to strike even at the weigh-in”. And didn’t lie . Are you ready?
– If it crosses certain limits, it will not rust behind me.
— Derrick Lewis said today that Russians and Germans are racist and born with certain emblems.
– I watched some of his interviews, he’s a bit peculiar. Heavy. Maybe he barely reads books. What he says doesn’t interest me. My task is to come, do my job and leave.
What does he even say about Russia?
It’s one in millions of people. And he’s just a fighter, not a political scientist, nothing like that. His opinion doesn’t matter.
What did Alexander Volkov tell you about Derrick when he found out you were going to fight?
We didn’t talk, we just got ready. Sasha tried to fit his style, so I felt like I was working directly with Derrick.
– Your coach said that Volkov could do the same technical elements as Lewis, although it seems that there are no more different people in appearance than Sasha and Derrick.
– He worked as a second number, retired, could hit hard in singles. Derrick is a very cunning fighter, you have to be on the lookout with him. You can’t relax. I think he even has a bit of deceit, meanness. You will have to fight as if you were going hunting.
– Few people remember it, but you trained with Daniel Cormier about five years ago. Did they take anything from him?
– Everyone has their own style anyway, so there is no recipe. We must develop our strengths, tighten our weaknesses. We fought only with Cormier, Cain Velasquez was not preparing then. We have done a good job. Cormier is a talented fighter: he is good at both striking and wrestling, he struggled to get away from him when he translated. And he was able to translate. And we had practice sessions, like getting into a cage.
Were there any reversals?
– Well, by the way, we were cut directly, but there were no knockdowns. Well cut hard. The whole atmosphere is there. Everyone who trained in that gym trained like that.
Could Khabib tell you? He too was preparing at this time in San Jose.
The guys stood in the corner, suggesting something. And Khabib, and someone from his team.
– Many people think that in Strela, in the Alexander Volkov gymnasium, where you train now, sparring is not so difficult. I heard that is not the case, that they are also cut there. Could you confirm?
– I can. We train the same way at Arrow, very hard. I like this kind of work, when everything is close to the battle.
– In your first fight in the UFC, you started the fight with Alistair Overeem very well, hit several times, but something seemed to break and he already finished you in the first round. What exactly happened?
– Acclimatization – I flew to China in four days. Even in the evening in training before the fight, I felt good. And when I entered the cage… Another body, someone else is right. The hands seem filled with water, as if he had gained 20 kg each. And not only are you not mobile, but I just grabbed him out of the cage and I understand there’s no strength.
– Now all is fine ?
– Yes. Arrived early. When he arrived, he weighed 117.8 kg. In the corner there will be the director of our gym, Andrey Klopnev, and there was supposed to be another coach, Artem, but he didn’t get a visa.
Source : MatchTV
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