Former UFC fighter Alexei Oleynik in a conversation with , he said that Alexander Volkov turned out to be stronger Sergei Pavlovich in mental terms.
On Saturday at the UFC in Saudi Arabia, Volkov defeated Pavlovich in the heavyweight division by unanimous decision. For Volkov, 35, this victory was the 38th of his career with 10 defeats. The 32-year-old Pavlovich’s professional record is 18-2. Previously, Volkov and Pavlovich were training partners.
— I think Sasha Volkov mentally beat Sergei a little. Pavlovich probably thought he needed to be stronger and that’s it. Yesterday I talked to people, they didn’t like Sergei’s body, it seemed like he wasn’t in great shape. The main message is that Sasha won mentally, he did a lot of interesting things, he has an interesting unique mentality, psyche and humor. He shook his opponent a bit, which affected Sergei.
Volkov was in great shape, it was clear he had worked hard over the last few months. But Sasha has this particularity: when he has a good series, he begins to think that he is superior to any opponent. It was a cruel joke on him.
Sergei is a huge young man, still a young man for heavyweight, coming into the juice. Now he needs to pull himself together mentally, reach a new level that will lead him to victories,” Oleynik told .
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