Russian Mixed Martial Artist (MMA) Vitaly Slipenko in a conversation with , he spoke highly of the skills of his future opponent Murada Abdulaeva but drew attention to the preponderance at the weigh-in.
The welterweight bout between Slipenko and Abdulaev will headline the ACA 145 tournament, which will be held Friday in St. Petersburg and will be broadcast live on . Former ASA champion Abdulaev has 20 wins and six losses, Slipenko has 14 wins and four losses. On the eve of the fight, Abdulaev showed a serious advantage, which amounted to more than two kilograms. But the fight will always take place.
– Abdulaev as a rival interests me stylistically. He’s a cool drummer, I’m interested in fighting with such people and testing myself in such confrontations. Besides, he was league champion, and I have title ambitions, I want to take the ACA belt. And the sooner I move on to fights with such opponents, the sooner it will happen. So he immediately agreed to fight Murad.
He’s used to 5 round fights, this is my first fight in that format, but the welterweight division just needs some fresh blood, and I want to show that generational change. And besides, experience is not everything. For some reason, that very experience didn’t help Abdulaev not fail the weigh-in, so why should he help him in the cage on September 23? Slipenko told .
Source : MatchTV
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