Russian heavyweight Sergei Pavlovich spoke about the progress of negotiations with his compatriot’s camp Alexandra Volkova regarding the fight during the tournament in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia).
The heavyweight bout took place on June 23 and ended with Volkov, 35, winning by unanimous decision. For Pavlovich, 32, the loss was the third of his career with 18 wins.
“In the evening, the manager called me about this fight. I say: “We will wait until morning.” In the morning I wake up and see the passes of Volkov’s team. We call each other. Dialogue about how we talked before that this fight is not interesting. We trained and helped each other. It would be nice to meet for the belt. In addition, they were preparing for the battle of Almeida. Accordingly, I am not interested in this fight either. And we did not agree that this fight was not necessary. I immediately said: “If you agree, of course, I will agree.” There will be no such thing that one side will agree and the other will not. The conversation ended there.
A few days later, my conversation appears on social networks under my name. I don’t know how these miracles happen. We never managed to find out where the leak came from. It was an ugly act. I don’t know from which side. It seems to me that you shouldn’t strain your head too much. When you personally talk to a person on the phone and after a while this conversation appears on a social network under your name… It seems to me that these things are a little fake.
Time passes, I call the manager. He says that Ali (Abdelaziz) met Volkov at UFC Performance. He (Volkov) says: “I will fight.” A conversation that took place informally. They called me and told me, I said: “There are no questions,” Pavlovich said on the air of “Match! Fighter”.
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