Russian fighter Ivan Shtyrkov after beating Khadis Ibragimov, he named the timing of a possible fight with AMC Fight Nights league champion Vladimir Mineev and noted that he was still ready to fight with him.
At the RCC tournament in Yekaterinburg, 36-year-old Shtyrkov defeated Khadis Ibragimov by technical knockout in the third round. Previously, Shtyrkov and his representatives said that the light heavyweight should fight Mineev under MMA rules after a kickboxing fight that took place in November 2023 and ended with Mineev’s victory.
—When would you be ready to fight with Vladimir Mineev?
“I am always fully prepared.” I go through crazy preparation every time. It turned out that I had been preparing for this fight for almost half a year, I thought I would fight in August, but I didn’t get to fight in August. I don’t know when Vova will be ready. Maybe in December it would be possible. I needed a long fight like this, I wanted to catch my breath. I now understand that everything is fine overall, but now I will see how the bruises disappear. It seems like I’m ready for December, but it might not be worth it. We always have big tournaments in March, it’s a great option, there’s no rush now. I fought three fights a year, an excellent rate for a 36-year-old man.
—How do you like Hadith in this battle?
– I’m having trouble accelerating in the first round, I need to miss a little to get into gear, and when I miss a few splashes, I’m already starting to see the fight. And my main fear was Hadith’s punches, which seemed to hit, but apparently not in this fight.
— Did you realize after the second round that he was tired?
– And I was in his place. That’s why I tightened the fight, I wanted to see what was going to happen to him, and I was right, from the second round I saw what was happening to him. And I realized that that was all, ”the correspondent reports, reporting Shtyrkov’s words.
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