Russian Victoria Dudakova, in a conversation with , explained the reasons for her first defeat in the UFC.
Dudakova, 25, has been competing in the UFC since 2023 and at the August 3 tournament in Abu Dhabi, she suffered the first defeat of her professional career after eight consecutive victories. The girl lost to 32-year-old American Sam Hughes by split decision.
“I was not so offended by the defeat itself as by the failure of the fight in principle.” How much work was done that ultimately did not bear fruit. I am comforted by the fact that, on the one hand, it will remain for the future, and on the other hand, perhaps without this work I would not have been able to survive to the end. And I was just tired after two minutes. But it’s a pity that you can prepare, prepare, prepare, but in the end, one moment, and you have nothing left.
– Let’s be honest, did you get sick before the fight?
– I don’t want to talk about it. Everything I say now will sound like an excuse, and I don’t want to make excuses for anyone. This is my life, why should I make excuses for my life? The only conclusion is that you can’t be 100% sure that, for example, everything you invest in yourself will be 100% returned to you. It’s like in business.
– So don’t make excuses, tell those who support you.
“I’ll say I was tired after two minutes and that’s it.” And when they write to me, “don’t worry, you’ll draw conclusions.” And here are the conclusions, I’m just offended that you can’t show what you’re capable of.
– And because of what?
– Well, there were different circumstances. Actually, I thank God that in principle I remained alive. Because the doctors were in shock…
– Which?
— Dubai.
— So you went to doctors in Dubai?
— I ended up in the hospital. I won’t say the rest.
– The day before the fight? A week before the fight?
“In 10 days,” Dudakova told .
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