Russian fighter Denis Tyouline In a conversation with , he assessed his fight against Cédric Dumas at the UFC Abu Dhabi tournament, in which he lost by unanimous decision after three rounds.
Middleweights Tyululin and Dumas met on August 3. The Russian fighter failed to break a three-fight losing streak and is currently awaiting a decision from the UFC on a contract extension. After the fight with Dumas, Tyululin’s MMA stats were 10 wins and 10 losses, the Russian lost for the first time in the UFC by decision.
— It was necessary to show a less dramatic fight, and not to try to fall or crush and to show aggression, rage and pressure. I felt that I was stronger than him. You had to fight him yourself, hold him and break him. I think I was more technical and stronger in all aspects: striking and wrestling.
When he tried to translate, he had to stand up and not throw punches. I thought that the activity and the number of strikes were on my side and that I was winning the fight. In a few episodes, he simply held me back, staying behind me, and did not hit me at all. There was nothing but holding. In the third round, he grabbed me with his knee when I was already openly going head-on, pressing him to run around the octagon, trying to hide me. Basically, the whole fight was pressure from me, except for the moments of waiting from him. There were a lot of beautiful technical actions from me: “reverse”, “pike” and “hip”. So I think that in all aspects I was stronger, but the judges see it this way, there are no questions, only for myself. This means that you have to be even stronger, even better, etc. We will strive to achieve this.
“I have nothing to reproach anyone except myself; in any case, it is an experience, so I do not regret anything. So, this is how it should be,” Tyululin told .
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