AMC Fight Nights Championship Contender Adam Bogatyrev in an interview with , he spoke about the difficulties a UFC fighter can face Sergei Pavlovich in preparation for a fight with Alexander Volkov.
Previously, Bogatyrev, Volkov and Pavlovich were training partners and carried out joint training in Moscow. Currently, Russians Volkov and Pavlovich are in the top 10 of the UFC heavyweight division rankings and are scheduled to fight at a tournament in Saudi Arabia on June 22.
— Sergei Pavlovich, judging by his social networks, trained almost all the time in Moscow. At the same time, the fighters themselves say that it is difficult to find sparring partners. An obvious question: is it even possible to find a person over two meters tall in Moscow today who is capable of fighting?
– It’s not even about Moscow – I basically have no idea with whom to prepare Alexander Volkov. I already said in an interview that there are three people like Alexander in the world: Stefan Struve, Volkov himself and kickboxer Sammy Schilt. I don’t know anyone else who could be like Volkov. Regarding the question, I know who Sergei worked with, but I think this work should have been somewhat different. My personal opinion. It seems that Andrei Avdeev helped him, he competes in boxing and kudo, a good striker, but he is more or less 190 cm tall and a few other strong guys. In general, it is difficult to find someone like Sasha in Moscow. I was also invited to the camp for this fight, but I was not in Moscow and was recovering from an injury after my last performance.
– You talk about Volkov’s height (201 cm), as if this is some kind of unattainable figure, while you are 198 cm tall, Grigory Ponomarev – 198, Alikhan Vakhaev – 195 cm.
But are these 3 to 5 cm critical with such dimensions?
— It seems to me that Alexander Volkov is not 2.01 tall. In my opinion, it’s bigger. Once we took a photo with him and there was a difference – at least 7-8 centimeters. It’s hard to believe there’s only 3-4cm between us. And this difference is all the more visible as Alexander has very long arms and legs. That is, his anthropometry is special,” Bogatyrev told .
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