ASA League champion Albert Tumenov, in a conversation with , underestimated the technique of the new UFC champion Belal Mohammed .
Albert Tumenov, 32, holds the ACA welterweight title belt after leaving the UFC promotion to join the Russian league. One of Tumenov’s former rivals, Leon Edwards, lost the belt to challenger Belal Muhammad in the main event of UFC 304 in Manchester.
– How would you fight such a Belal Muhammad?
— Belal walked very openly, calmly, without any feints, without any head movements, was not afraid of blows and simply translated. He could not have approached me like that without standing guard. I think I would have grabbed him calmly. To transfer me, he would have to be within translation distance. And I held him on the spot and calmly shot him. His punching technique is not much better than that of Ben Askren (former Bellator league champion, who lost in the UFC by KO – approx. “”). He does not know how to box. He advances, openly… I would just keep the center, try to shoot him and catch him with one blow if the opportunity presents itself.
– Which of your sparring partners could offer you the same level of combat that Belal offered to Edwards?
— Last year I worked with wrestlers from the national team of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic. World-class wrestlers, Russian champions, European medalists. I fought with them. Of course, it is difficult with them, they are of a higher level. But in general, let’s take my last eight fights. No one there could translate for me, and that already says something. I spent the last camp at home, but otherwise I worked in the American Top Team and specifically in terms of wrestling, I think I have improved a lot,” Tumenov told .
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