Russian fighter Edouard Vartanian told about the preparations for the fight with Alexander Grozin, which will take place on August 23 in Chelyabinsk.
Vartanyan, 33, became the winner of the ASA League Grand Prix by defeating Kazakhstan’s representative Artem Reznikov on June 16 last year. Vartanyan’s next fight will take place on June 23 in the “Our Business” league against Grozin in the weight category up to 77 kg.
“This fight was announced five weeks before the date. How were you in shape?
— I fought in May. Then there was a break, and last week there were tough fights. I realized that I was in very good shape. And I’m glad that I didn’t have to lose weight. After the fight with Artem Reznikov, I didn’t come to the gym at all for three months. But no, I’m lying. A week later he came, and Armen and I [Гуляном] fought. But I didn’t spare myself for about three months.
—Does your fighting form decline significantly over such a period of time?
— I eliminate sparring, but there is no active sporting activity. Let’s say that in June I walked 25 kilometers in the mountains with a difference in altitude of one thousand five hundred meters in 4 hours 40 minutes.
— Khabib Nurmagomedov quote: “For a fighter, training is just sparring and fighting. Everything else is about fitness.”
— In the training process, yes. But if you have an offseason after the fight, then I don’t agree with that.
— Do you feel a strong setback when you get up for the first sparring after three months?
– If I didn’t do anything, then yes. You get tired quickly. You quickly develop acidosis, oxidation of muscle fibers.
— Do you have any simulator tests that show you are in good physical condition?
– Certainly. It is a chest lift. And a track test at a certain speed and with a mask that makes breathing difficult. In the chest press, I have to take 30% of my maximum lift and do more than 70 repetitions. My maximum for once is 125 kilograms, you can calculate more.
— Who are you training Alexander Grozin with?
“I’m very lucky; I have a lot of left-handers.” Anatoly Boyko, Lom-Ali Nalgiev, Arthur Kspoyan. Lom-Ali Nalgiev fakes his spin in a very cool way when he hits it like that,” Vartanyan told .
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