A 30-year-old fighter from Dagestan Sharabutdin Magomedova There are many reasons to be popular, but none of them are artificially created. He has a brilliant fighting style: pirouettes, pressures, exchanges. He has a loose red hairdo, which he often accessorizes with bandanas. Shara has a special care after several eyeball surgeries. He remembers the names of journalists, drives a Lamborghini, and posts videos on social media of himself sharpening his elbows on a grindstone in his native Gunib.
On August 3, Bullet fans will have every reason to fear for him. Shara had virtually no preparation after the June 22 fight, he changed time zones twice, and his opponent Michal Olekseichuk knows how to hit and has already proven it to two of Magomedov’s compatriots. We’ll talk about it. And we’ll also talk about:
“His fists have my elbows on them.”
— The news of your fight appeared two weeks before the tournament. How did you manage to prepare?
– Basically, it’s my job, I have to be ready at all times. A fighter’s job is 24/7. Even when we sleep, it’s our job. Because sleep is recovery between workouts, and recovery is one of the important parts of preparation. And the main job is to go out and fight. And we have to be ready to do that at all times.
– From 1 to 10, rate the preparation you have managed to achieve so far.
– I think I’m in good shape. Maybe even better than the last fight. Because in the last fight there were moments that kind of ruined my endurance. Firstly, acclimatization – because we arrived late. Secondly, before this fight I got sick with Covid. It’s amazing that during the whole period of coronavirus I never got sick with it, and now I got sick recently. Now I’m already healthy, I got away from all this. And I flew to Dubai ahead of time, my training took place here. I’ve been here for almost three weeks now and I feel great.
— Who could you train with in Dubai?
— There were good guys there. Ali Aliev, drummer of One FC. I also worked with a guy named Sultan, champion of Asia and Kazakhstan in boxing. When the fight was announced, my team arrived, we had already started to prepare well with the coaches. There were coaches Abdumalik and Hussein who helped me very well. I think I breathe well, even better than in the last fight. All I have to do is prepare for the tournament, gain weight, and I don’t weigh much. In two training sessions, I think I can lose weight.
— Before the fight with Bruna Silova, you said that it would be a revenge for the good Russian men (Bruno Silva beat Alexander Shlemenko and Artem Frolov in Russia). Do you think that the fight with Olekseychuk will be a revenge for the merry men of Dagestan, because the Pole beat Gadzhimurad Antigulov and Shamil Gamzatov?
– Yes, it is most likely so. This opponent defeated two of our guys, the Russians and the Dagestanis. And it is very unpleasant that he won against them. I know these guys personally. I want to rehabilitate myself for them. And I also want to win early, of course. Because he also won early.
-Are you worried about his boxing? Because in the last fights, he could very well commit suicide in his hands.
– Yes, he has good boxing, he sets a good pace. In principle, I am also the one who sets the pace. Let’s see who will ask whom now. I have something to offer him in the fight, because we are not going out for a boxing match. So my elbows can react very hard to his fists.
— What do you associate Poland with if you do not take your current opponent?
– Poland? I don’t know anyone from there. I know the fighter Mamed Khalidov, who fights for Poland. And that’s it, it’s not associated with anything else.
“The director said I could make a good actor”
— How was your stay in America? You played in films…
— The day after the fight in Saudi Arabia, I already flew to America. This is also work, it didn’t give me any emotions or anything like that. I signed a contract that had to be fulfilled. Initially, there was an agreement for 3-4 days of shooting, but it lasted more than a week. It was an interesting shoot; I didn’t even have to get used to the role, because the director told me to be myself. That’s why they called me, I fit this role exactly as I am. True, the role of a not very good person was a killer.
– They told you to be yourself and stay a killer?
– Yes, yes, exactly. The director said that I could become a good actor capable of competing for serious roles in the future.
— It is unlikely that your English is pure. Or was the character chosen in such a way that you would be laconic in this film?
– Yes, I was a man of few words. For example, there was a call, they simply told me the name of the person who had to be killed, I answered “ok” and there you go, I went to kill. My character was a bit fantastical. I was an iguana man.
– No spoilers, but how many people did you kill during those days of filming?
– Two.
— You have different scarves on your head. We can see that some of them match the color of the clothes. Where do you buy them?
— Where such an opportunity presents itself, I buy there. And so, I bought scarves a long time ago, I just take them with me and try to use them somewhere.
— But these are not branded scarves like Gucci or made from expensive fabric? Can you just buy them in a souvenir shop?
– Yes, they are simple scarves. Just normal fabric, no special markings.
— From your interviews and communications with you, it seems that for you even the belt does not seem to be the main goal. It is as if you are simply interested and having fun watching how everything will evolve in the UFC, it is like a kind of adventure. Is it really?
– Actually, it is. At first I told everyone that I am the people’s champion and I am ready to show fights and arrange fights for the sake of the audience, for the sake of the fans. And only the Almighty knows what will happen there. If the opportunity presents itself to fight for the belt, I will take it, of course. And so, I strive to hold loud battles, I want to go down in history. In general, this UFC atmosphere attracts me very much. I always want to be here, so I wanted to go out again in a short time. In order not to get bored without fighting, find something to do and perform as quickly as possible.
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I am Ashley Ortiz and I am a professional journalist working for Athletistic. My specialty is in sports journalism, particularly boxing. I have written articles for some of the most renowned publications on the subject, and my work has been featured across both print and digital media platforms.
