About two hours before Nate Diaz and Tony Ferguson entered the octagon in the main event of UFC 279, Denis Tyulyulin entered the same octagon in the same arena. The fighter came out on the Military Clan’s philosophical track “Only men in business” and won by second-round technical knockout against Jamie Picket.
Six months ago, Tyulyulin went to the United States to work and train and ended up in the UFC, agreeing to replace Aliaskhab Khizriev. Tyulyulin lost that fight, but he gained a foothold in the strongest league in the world, with a stat of 9 wins, 6 losses. Now Tyulyulin has 10 wins.
“It seemed to me that it would be easier for you to win now, because the excitement of the opening was already gone, but the hunger and desire remained.
“The hunger remains. When it ends, people constantly lose, in difficult situations they do not overcome themselves. But the excitement is still there, it’s in vain you think.
– Cycle Thoughts: “What if I lose a second time and I’m considered a loser”?
– Yes of course. These thoughts must be fought.
– When your opponent was named this time, you also hadn’t heard of him before?
– Yes of course. But let’s be honest, who knows more than ten people in each weight? Even you reporter are unlikely to name the top 10 or top 15 in every weight. Come in [в соцсети], they already write: “What kind of noname is this?!” But noname only in the sense that not all the public know him. In addition, I was simply offered to come as a replacement, I accepted. Then I’ve already watched his fights: he punches, tries to fight, he has some kind of BJJ belt there, but it’s not scary. After the Dagestanis, it’s not scary.
“And how do you find his fights?” By subscribing to Fight Pass?
– All fighters have a free subscription, but I don’t. The guys just sent me links with his fights, I watched the last 4-5 fights. Apparently, he’s so unstable: he gets high, then he trains.
Did you get what you expected from him in combat?
– Less than expected. He was scared, I could feel it. It was clear he was quitting the fight. In general, I prepared for him to move a lot. But in general, it was clear that he could trade.
I expected that I would urge him, he would want to fight, to go to the exchange. But it turned out that he moved more, and after the fight he got a little wet. Then there was a “pechenyuga”, and he usually grimaced. Apparently he fell ill.
– “Pechenyuga” – liver?
Yes, I gave it to him. I don’t know if it was visible in the show or not.
– Between the first and second round, you were advised to stop his movements to the right of you with a rear leg kick, and what else was purely tactical setups?
– The left side on the jump – we were preparing it, through the hull. Backfist, but there was no practical situation for him. It has been noted that he takes the clinch, but does not work on it. Just take and hide.
– You have several bruises and bruises on your face. Were any of the blows that struck them painful?
– Not. But first, my style is as I usually go forward. Second, he doesn’t hit hard. Aliashub hit multiple times harder, and this guy is light-handed.
He started well, but then he hit me on the head with his hand, it seemed to be strong, but I realized that this blow was not very strong.
– You were deducted one point for hitting the groin twice in two rounds.
– Honestly, in the first case, he touched the elastic (lower abdomen, waistband area of the shorts. – “”), and it seemed to me that he got there. But I don’t want to say anything – suddenly there was a real blow in the groin. As for the second blow, I have no doubt that I hit him in the thigh. He hit with his knee and I hit him below the knee on impact. Arrived under the buttock, there remained a kilometer before touching the groin.
– You achieved “Sean Strickland’s Sparring Partner” status on YouTube after going to the US and starting to prepare in the Xtreme Couture gym. Who fought with you this time?
– Prepared at home, in Moscow. Arslan Eslemesov, Roman Gnezdilov, Zhenya Tabarovsky helped …
– Did you have to work somewhere during this training?
– No, but there was no special preparation – three weeks in total.
– It’s easy to calculate that you won around $20,000 for this fight. How important is this amount to you (the standard contract for a UFC fighter is 10,000 for an exit and the same for a win. Since Tyulyulin lost the first fight, the amounts have not increased. – Game TV)?
– Very significant. It is clear that I am still working, but it is difficult to earn so much money in Russia.
— And how to withdraw them if there are difficulties with SWIFT transfers now?
– You open an account in the USA with a work visa, open a bank card and withdraw money. You’re taking it.
– Is it important for you to fight again as soon as possible?
“I would like to fight this year.
– You said that Lucien Bakos contributed to your signing in the UFC. We know him as a man who brought to Russia the most uncomfortable opponents for Alexander Shlemenko, Alexander Ilic and Bruno Silva…
No, he’s not my manager. Lucien’s brother, Adrian Bacos, helped me. I met them when I was in Berlin on a part-time job, and before that he knew me, because I fought with his fighter from Brazil on M-1 (Jean Petrik. – “”). They usually have very serious guys from Brazil under contract. But my manager is a man from the United States.
– My co-worker says about you, “How did he even get to the UFC with 9-5 stats.” Can you explain to him and everyone else?
– And you only saw me with such statistics? These guys come from all countries. They jump, ready to fight at any moment. If you are in Russia, for example, is it difficult to enter the ASA now? It was the same for me in America. I came out with a week to prepare against a man no one wanted to fight. At the time, I didn’t even think it was real.
“And how did it happen?”
– Yes, literally in three minutes of laughter. We saw that Aliashab had no opponent, no one wanted him. We said we were ready. All. Three minutes.
– Did you watch the main tournament fights Chimaev vs Holland and Diaz vs Ferguson?
Hamzata looked. If Holland thought he [Чимаев] Shake his hand, is he stupid or what?! It’s just “easy money”, Khamzat is a tiger. (Kevin Holland reached out to Chimaev for a salute, but the Russian fighter immediately transferred the opponent. – .)
Did you see the fight before the press conference everyone is talking about?
– Yes, everyone has already written to me about this, but I have not seen it. I was driving weight, before these fights it was usually parallel to me. I saw there was something Holland standing there…Darren Till was big, they were rubbing something there. And that’s all. Why should I go in there? I greet those I know. And that’s all. It’s kind of weird to me what they’re all doing there. There’s a UFC pro camera, and they’re there “fuck u…fak u…”. Say “yes, you’re going to…” or give him a beard. It’s like that now in pop-MMA, nobody is messed up there anymore. It’s still funny what they’re doing now. And, it seems to me, Khamzat came out of it excellent.
– Can you imagine a fighter who can compete with him?
Someone has to be strong. Not [балабол], who himself had the idea that he was a tiger, but a confident guy. This is Gilbert Burns – a strong guy, he gave a good competitive fight. Knowing Khamzat, we can say that this fight allowed him to draw conclusions, made him stronger. I read interviews where they say: “Here Burns showed Chimaev” … That’s all [фигня]. Three rounds gives any fighter more experience than winning in three seconds. Here, Holland Khamzat gave nothing in the experience. He got out and choked.
Usman can compete. Five rounds, a badass that hits and wrestles at the same time.
– You fight with Strickland, which performs in the category up to 84 kg. He seems to be tough.
– Khamzat will “slice” them all. There is now a comfortable category for “scrapers”. Offhand, now there are no longer those who fight at his level in this category. The wrestling that exists there is not at the level of the wrestling that the CIS guys have.
– And Adesanya (UFC champion in the category up to 84 kg. – “”)?
“With Khamzat?” I think Khamzat will finish everything. All the drummers are there – who’s fighting there? Vettori, but his Whittaker hit. It even seems to me that Albert Duraev, even if he got on that explosive… Buckley could have passed Adesanya. I think he will beat him. They just won’t do that kind of fight.
– You were preparing for a fight in Moscow, for a – in Las Vegas. Where are you going to prepare for the third?
– Moscow! It’s better in Moscow, people who have known me for many years help me here. They know me, they are my team, they will support me in any situation. And in terms of level, to be honest, our guys aren’t far behind. In the fight they take me away so that my mother does not cry.
Source : MatchTV
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