AMC Fight Nights Champion Grigory Ponomarev praised the UFC fighter’s assist Alexandra Volkova during joint training.
Ponomarev and Volkov trained at Strela Gym in Moscow in the summer of 2022 as Ponomarev prepared for a rematch with Yusup Shuaev. Previously, Ponomarev took part in several training camps with Fedor Emelianenko’s team in Stary Oskol.
– You are currently preparing in Moscow, in the hall of Alexander Volkov, with his coaches. Did you have training sessions with Volkov himself?
– I had such a day – a stress test: I came, I thought: “Now I’ll suck the first two rounds with Sasha, then I’ll get up with someone smaller. ” And me Taras [Кияшко] said, “Let’s go first, second, fourth and fifth with Sasha.” And it’s good sparring that came out. It’s difficult to work with him. At first it looked like I had a head where his leg just begins. Hit me in the head with a low blow. After a week, I got used to her growth.
– He does not hide that he gives advice to young fighters?
“He’s just a human soul, he helped a lot. It even happened that I had eyeliner for a fight, and he got sick. And still, he came into the room and worked as a second, stood in my corner, prompted me between rounds,” Ponomarev told .
In the next few days, the 27-year-old heavyweight will start training for the ASA Grand Prix quarter-finals with Volkov’s trainer Taras Kiyashko. Ponomarev’s opponent will be Mukhumat Vakhaev.
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