Topic #1. The One Minute Rule
What purpose: After the fight between Grigory Ponomarev and Yusup Shuaev at the Fight Nights 110 tournament on March 25 in Astrakhan, the AMC Fight Nights league decided to change the rules of the fights. Now fighters couldn’t stay in the stalls for more than a minute from the moment of transfer. The rule lasted four months and four tournaments, after which Kamil announced the cancellation. Someone (Kamil called this person “nit”) wrote a complaint to leading MMA stats resource Sherdog and Sherdog stopped entering fights under such rules in official stats.
Kamil: You see, they brought it, they brought it, and then someone decided to pay attention to it. Although I think it’s unfair, because there are a lot of tournaments from different countries, in which there are usually no rules: three rounds of three minutes and five rounds of two. But we can’t argue with them for a reason – they’re not in Russia to come to their office and start arguing. They just write “no”. Well, no and no, what can you do. And neither can an athlete be deprived of the opportunity to see his name on Sherdog in professional fights.
It seems to me that this slander was written by someone who is a fan of Zuluzinho (a 180 kilo Brazilian fighter lost by knockout to Petr Romankevich after the fighters were lifted from the stalls after 60 seconds – “”) . And an Azerbaijani fan of Nariman Abbasov has already written to me about what happened. He asked what happened to Nariman’s victory over Marif Pirayev. And then I realized something was wrong.
It seems that no one is forcing us to hold by certain rules, we do what we want, but we have to adapt to the global paradigm of MMA, and that is that there is Sherdog. In addition, Tapology is normal (another statistical resource. – “”), and Sherdog stood up in a pose.
Topic number 2. The fight of Islam Makhachev
What purpose: On October 22, at a tournament in Abu Dhabi, Islam Makhachev can become the fourth UFC champion of Russia. You just need to beat Charles Oliveira. Makhachev and Kamil are Laks (the people of Dagestan).
Kamil: Islam’s main opportunity, which it should take advantage of, is its domination on the ground. He is a very strong fighter. Khabib has talked about it, and when Khabib praises someone as a wrestler, it means a lot, because he himself has solid ground. Also, imagine how many years Khabib has worked with Islam down there, I think he will simply “tie up” Oliveira.
– Don’t you think Khabib and Petr Yan had more of a kind of street mentality, and that gave them better resilience and a better attitude to fight?
Islam is more relaxed. Of course, he fought like all boys in Dagestan, but as if he were not on the streets, even in Dagestan and on all the streets. And Khabib, or Jan, they are, so to speak, clear to all the boys on the street. Therefore, millions are behind them, and hundreds of thousands are behind them, like Islam.
We have no family ties, I know his fellow citizens, he comes from a very interesting village, from an authentic village, it’s a high mountain place, with an interesting brutal nature. In fact, we all think of ourselves as one nation, but there is always a kind of internal joke, as if the Laks support Islam with redoubled energy. But it’s not.
Topic #3. Champions who speak Russian
What purpose: Among the Russian-speaking champions (former and potential), Khabib Nurmagomedov stood out from the rest in that he managed to become a world superstar. It looks like Khamzat Chimaev can pull it off, but Makhachev or Magomed Ankalaev won’t pull it off if they win the titles.
Kamil: Something is missing, yes. I don’t even know how to say it, but something is missing. Here, Yan is closer to Khabib and Chimaev. Some of them seem to have a different energy, closer to the viewer. Although Islam seems to play better football than Khabib.
In principle, no one will ever be like Khabib, because, firstly, it was a discovery, and secondly, he is undefeated. Islam has it. Khabib had Conor and you won’t find such brilliant opponents either.
Who will fight Islam if they win the title?
– In general, it seems to me that it could be a Pole, Matteusz Gamroth, because these people are already fighting for the second or third round and seem to have become uninteresting, and Gamrot and Islam are new names.
Topic number 4. Emelianenko vs. Datsik
What purpose: They started fighting in the summer of 2010 and will fight at the end of 2022 under boxing rules.
Kamil: I think Datsik will win. Sanya seemed to miss a month and a half to two months of preparation.
– And because Alexander misses and Datsik hits well?
– Well yes.
Subject No. 5. Vladimir Mineev
What purpose: Vladimir Mineev, Fight Nights middleweight champion and one of the brightest fighters in the league, is scheduled to fight Shara Bullet in March.
Kamil: Shara has signed a contract with us for three fights, but has not yet signed a contract for a fight with Mineev. Now, let’s settle the details. In general, we anticipate this fight for March 15th.
– Now there is at least one approved fight that you yourself would like not to miss live?
– In addition to Makhachev and Oliveira … I would watch the fight between Shlemenko and Ismailov, if I believed in him.
– Are you going to fly to Abu Dhabi?
– Probably not. Right now I’m expecting a restock in the family, so I probably won’t. And so on October 14 you have to be in Sochi, so I wouldn’t fly anywhere else.
Source : MatchTV
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