Belarusian fighter Vladislav Kovalev, nicknamed “Belaz”, said that he will definitely get the right to participate in the UFC.
Friday in Nizhny Novgorod, Kovalev beat the Russian by unanimous decision Valeria Myasnikova in the main fight of the Ural FC 9 tournament, the fight took place according to the rules of MMA only in a standing position.
Kovalev’s MMA statistics are five wins and two losses. Myasnikov has 16 wins with three losses and two draws.
-Who is the best pugilist currently? But I will not call myself that, I will not exalt myself, I will simply accept noisy fights. I actually thought I was going to knock out my opponent. When we went into battle, my whole team said, “If you hit him, you’ll knock him out.” » I got there, he was shaking a lot. But during the fight there were orders not to finish, but to be careful not to repeat old mistakes. I was facing an experienced and good opponent, and I am very happy with this victory. This comes from the realm of fantasy: a master of sport in freestyle wrestling beat a master of sport in boxing. It’s very nice. Now straight ahead, and I will name the next name… This is (Mukhamed) Kalmykov. Anywhere, whenever it suits you. I’m ready. I have 2-3 fights left in Russia, and then I want to go to the UFC. I am not deviating from this objective. I’m going to knock down and fight in the UFC. Let everyone laugh, but that’s my goal. Let them say that I will not succeed, but I will succeed, ”reports the correspondent of , reporting Kovalev’s words.
Initially, a rematch between Kovalev and the Russian was scheduled to take place on November 22. Vyacheslav Vasilyevsky but the latter was injured. Their first fight took place in March, when Vasilevsky’s hand was raised, but Belaz later appealed and the fight was declared a no contest.
— This sporting confrontation must take place. I’m thinking about the end of next year, if I don’t go to the UFC sooner. And I plan to go there. At the same time, a rematch with Vasilevsky interests me,” Kovalev added.
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