Sports director of the “Our Business” league, Armen Ghulyan, in a conversation with , called Shamilya Musaeva favorite in a potential fight against UFC champion Belal Muhammad.
Musaev, a 30-year-old undefeated MMA fighter, won the PFL Welterweight Grand Prix with a $1 million prize. In the final of the tournament in Riyadh, Musaev defeated another Russian fighter, Magomed Umalatov. In 19 professional fights, Musaev suffered no defeats, ending one fight in a draw.
— If now Shamil Musaev fought with UFC champion Belal Muhammad, who would you bet on?
– Exactly like Shamil Musaev. In stand-up, there is no doubt: he will be better. And from the fight with Murad Ramazanov I can conclude that Belal will not offer him anything in the fight either. I even suspect Belal Muhammad worked with Murad on Khabib’s team, they fought, and I doubt he overpowered Murad. But Ramazanov did not leave anyone a chance under his weight and crushed everyone himself. Ramazanov is a very high level wrestler, and at the Russian Championship he beat Shamil Musaev: he “dragged” him and Ali Abdulkhalikov into wrestling. But we see how Shamil changed before their PFL match, he started throwing and passing. His discipline has therefore improved and his current version will be difficult to stop.
— Four Russian fighters won the PFL Grand Prix on Friday and received $1 million each. Would you advise any of them to go to the UFC?
— I think the UFC will just look at it point by point. If they see a fighter who has a unique style, is talkative and can sell tickets, they will sign him. And if any of these aspects are lacking, on the contrary, they will try not to create hegemony among athletes in the post-Soviet space, because their fights can be difficult to sell in the United States, “said Gulyan on .
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