Endurance will be the main factor in the confrontation between the Russian lightweights Ali Bagova And Dauda Shaykhaeva says ASA Vice President Ruslan Khamzaev.
The ACA Lightweight Grand Prix semi-final between Bagov and Shaikhaev will headline the ACA 177 tournament, which will be held on Friday in Sirius (Sochi). In early June, it became known that Shaikhaev would replace the injured Brazilian Hardeson Batista in the semifinals of the ASA Grand Prix. Bagov has 33 wins and 11 losses. Shaikhaev is on a nine-fight winning streak: the fighter has 17 wins and four losses. The rivals already met in March 2023, then Shaikhaev won by split decision.
— In the first fight, Shaikhaev won by split decision. But Daoud was then a dark horse and a big underdog to both the larger number of MMA fans and bookmakers, as well as Ali. Personally, I always considered him an underrated fighter. Unfortunately, Daud, as in fact the first Ali Bagov himself, are fighters who do not speak. If Bagov, at least, finally spoke, then Daud has everything ahead in this regard, and it is precisely for this reason that he is barely noticeable today. After Bagov, he beat Mukhamed Kokov, and he is a very difficult fighter, thus confirming his great class and his very immodest appetites. It is easy to assume that this time Ali will approach this issue more than seriously, there will be no more understatement. A very tough confrontation is expected. Ali has good wrestling, great grappling and has improved his striking significantly. Daud has great wrestling, a hard punch and he has improved in wrestling. Whoever has enough kerosene will win. Endurance, it seems to me, will be the main criterion. In this case, it must be remembered that Daoud took the fight at short notice. This is not the best position in his case. The fight, as we know, is a 5-round fight,” Khamzaev told .
The main card of the ASA 177 tournament will be broadcast live by , the broadcast begins on June 28 at 9:00 p.m. Moscow time. The entire tournament will be broadcast on the Match! Fighter,” begins at 3:20 p.m. Moscow time.
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