Russian MMA fighter Rasul Mirzaev ironically answered a journalist’s question on the advice of his opponent’s seconds Oumara Magomedova during the battle.
At the “Our Cause” tournament in Sochi, 38-year-old Mirzaev fought against aspiring MMA fighter Umar Magomedov. Despite the first-round knockdown, Mirzaev managed to turn the tide of the fight and end the fight in his favor with a technical knockout in the second round. The second and coach of Mirzaev’s opponent was the famous coach Gor Azizyan.
— In the first round, there seems to have been a knockdown, you missed a shot, why did this happen?
“I haven’t been picked up yet.” You could say it was a mini reversal. I saw that I was flying, I mispositioned my legs and I took off.
— So your head isn’t foggy?
– No, on the contrary, I got high, I got excited. I have the same trick.
— He hit you with low blows quite suddenly. His coach Gor Azizyan shouted at one point that your leg has turned black, you can continue hitting low kicks. Do you feel it now or not?
“He hits well, but I don’t see anything. I’ve had worse low blows in my career. It’s just that Gore, apparently, needs to buy glasses to see everything better, ”the correspondent reports, reporting Mirzaev’s words.
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