Russian UFC fighter Rinat Fakhretdinov in an interview with , he talked about how he reacted to criticism due to the large number of victories achieved thanks to refereeing decisions.
Fakhretdinov, 30, made his UFC debut in June 2022 and has since won four fights and finished one bout in a draw. The fighter won three out of four thanks to the judges’ decisions. An athlete’s contract in the UFC provides for two equal payments, one that the athlete receives for entering the fight, and the second only if he wins. For example, a standard league rookie contract calls for payments of $10,000 per player.
—Are you worried about not finishing the fights sooner than expected? Do you think the UFC expects knockouts and submission victories from you?
“I wanted it too, but in Brazil I almost didn’t want to, and they almost knocked me out.” My job is to go out and win. Earn money for yourself. Last time, because of a draw, I lost the second part of my fee, potentially two or three million. So why? Because someone slaps me one or two more times, should I lose my money? I won? Yes. Did you hit him? Yes. Proved I’m not the only one struggling? What else does he do? In every fight, I send people to the canvas and knock them down. The one on the right flies, people fall.
— How do you rate your boxing? Some say it’s a pure mill.
“This time it wasn’t a windmill: I threw the one on the left, I backed up and I threw the one on the right. There was a clear right, a good one in fact. And what does everyone say “kolkhoze-molhoz”… I don’t say that I am the best technician and so on. I fight as best I can. Anyway, I have 4 wins and 1 draw in the UFC. Vasya Pupkin will tell me that Rinat is a collective farmer. What will this do to me? Go fight technically, at least in your own backyard. Although I have nothing against gardening, I will go to my village in the summer, I will also dig in the garden, there is nothing wrong with that. I won, I’m in the UFC, guys, and even though it’s not the UFC, everyone understands that not everyone should have technical striking techniques. “Everyone has their own,” Fakhretdinov told .
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