The head of the league “Our Business” Armen Ghulyan assessed in an interview with “” the likelihood that the Olympic champion in freestyle wrestling will switch to mixed martial arts. Zaurbek Sidakova .
Freestyle wrestler Sidakov, 28, became the Olympic champion at the Tokyo 2020 Games in the under 74 kg category. After Russian wrestlers were unable to perform at the Paris Olympia, Sidakov announced a possible transition to MMA.
— You were asked about a possible Zaurbek Sidakov fight in MMA. And according to your information, is this already a resolved issue?
— We did not have direct communication, we communicated through the manager Imam, representing the Dark Horse team. As far as I understand, Zaurbek will now compete in MMA, but is waiting for a special fight, an invitation, for example, directly to the UFC. And his entourage recommends him to enter slowly, to look for the opportunity to hold fights, including in Russia. For our part, we are ready to provide him with a platform and fight for him. But here is an important point, we do not make fights so that someone can go out, show themselves and record a victory in Sherdog (MMA statistical resource – ). We hold interesting competitive battles to maintain the level of our competitions high.
— But as a promoter, have you concluded for yourself that Zaurbek Sidakov is ready to fight in MMA, is talking about this not just to attract attention?
– Yes. Now I have such information. Through the Imam, we are talking about it.
— What will be the most difficult thing for Sidakov? Are you getting used to the fact that they can break your face, that during a fight they can put your arm in a painful hold?
“The most difficult thing for him will be to find a normal team that will not recycle him and turn him into a boxer or try to teach him how to move in the shuttle.” There must be people who will teach you how to use his benefits. And who can psychologically lead him to perform in battles. I believe that it is not necessary to look for easy solutions, but at the same time, at an early stage, the athlete must register correctly. Our basic boxer Khaibula Musalov made his debut in the league, and for his first MMA fight we gave him a hand-to-hand fighter, a basic Thai boxer who did not have any super-skills in wrestling. For Khaibula Musalov’s entry into MMA, it was a good fight and a fight on equal opportunities. And if Zaurbek decided to play with us, we would choose an interesting story for him in which he could reveal himself, “Gulyan told .
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