Russian MMA fighter Magomed Ismailov said on February 23 that in the upcoming fight with Nigerian Olanrewaju Durodola he will stick to the style of “street fighter”.
“On the 25th I will fight like Muhammad Ali or Mike Tyson. There will be just a little bit of everything and plus a little bit of a street brawler, a street brawler. Somewhere Mohammed Ali, somewhere Mike Tyson, somewhere a little Roy Jones, but mostly a street grunt, ”Sport-Express quotes him.
Earlier, on February 20, mixed style fighter Mikhail Zayats doubted the victory of the Russian athlete in the duel against the Nigerian. In his opinion, it will be difficult for Ismailov to win, since Durodola has many years of experience in boxing, unlike the Russian.
Prior to that, on February 18, Ismailov and Durodola met face to face for the first time at a press conference at the Izvestia Information Center. After the athletes exchanged a few phrases, including jokes, a smile appeared on Durodola’s face. On the same day, a fighter from Nigeria spoke about his mood for the upcoming fight. He noted that he was in a great mood and felt good.
On February 16, boxer Kostya Tszyu supported Ismailov before the fight with the Nigerian. He came to training to Ismailov and gave him instructions. The athlete, in turn, noted that it was a great honor for him to train under the guidance of Tszyu.
REN TV Fight Club will be held on February 25. Olanrevaju Durodola’s fight with Magomed Ismailov will be the main fight of the evening. For the Russian, this will be the first fight according to the rules of boxing. On account of the 41-year-old Durodola in boxing, 36 wins and nine losses, the 35-year-old Ismailov in MMA has 17 wins, three losses and one draw.
Russian Mark Petrovsky and African fighter Collins Oyal will fight in the co-main battle of this evening. Another hot confrontation of the evening of fights on REN TV is Rashid Kodzoev against Lenar Perez.
REN TV will also show the fight between pop-MMA fighter Max “Ax” Shcherbakov and coach Albert Karmazyan, with whom he had a fight in January. It is assumed that this duel will be the final point in their conflict.
The sale of tickets for the tournament has already started, they are available at the Kassir.ru box office and online.
Source: IZ
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