The third number in the UFC heavy division rankings is Russian Sergei Pavlovich during the media day, he spoke about his relationship with his compatriot Alexander Volkov and the possibility of his refusal to fight.
Volkov and Pavlovich, competing in the UFC’s heavyweight division, will face off in the evening’s co-main event at the UFC tournament in Saudi Arabia on June 22. Volkov is on a three-fight winning streak after losing to Tom Aspinall in 2022, and Pavlovich also lost to Aspinall in his last fight, snapping his six-fight winning streak by knockout.
“Last week, all I did was describe the type of relationship I have. » We are good comrades, we help each other as a team. But I won’t say that we are friends. We had a conversation that we wouldn’t want to release before the title. For his part, his team signed a contract for the fight. This changes everything. We had some good fights in Team Arrow and that was it. I have already forgotten the defeat. All I have before my eyes is the next fight on Saturday. I’m ready for the three rounds of chopping, hustling and everything else in our sport. And then we’ll see.
— What if Volkov’s team hadn’t signed the contract?
– We have such a thing that if you speak about something, you are responsible for it. The deal is more valuable than money. When you know you had an agreement and you find out they agreed, then you will not give in.
— Does the fact that Volkov also receives instructions in Russian change anything in the battle?
– We have preparation for this. Do you remember that at school, so that the teacher wouldn’t understand, they said the words backwards? We are currently studying this.
– If you win on Saturday, are you interested in a rematch with Tom Aspinall?
“I’m interested in him anyway.”
— Yesterday, during open training, you hit a jumping knee and a high kick. Can we see this in combat?
– Yes, you know how it goes, you watch enough films, then you make them. Yesterday I also watched “The Matrix” and decided to try it out in an open training session.
— The champion at your weight, Jon Jones, has only fought one fight in four years. Tom Aspinall holds the interim championship belt. Who do you personally consider to be the best heavyweight in the world?
— I draw logical conclusions: the UFC is the best league in the world. Jon Jones has a belt respectively…
— Have you ever tested yourself on a machine that measures impact force?
“I didn’t have a good relationship with them.” “I bypass them,” reports the correspondent, according to Pavlovich’s words.
The UFC tournament in Riyadh will take place on June 22. Thematic TV channel “Match!” Fighter” will broadcast the fights from 19:00 Moscow time, broadcasting on the federal channel “” will begin at 22:00. The broadcast will also be available on the sites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
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