Russian MMA fighter Magomed Ismailov, who won the REN TV Fight Club tournament. Super Series” on the night of Saturday, February 26, over the Nigerian Olanrewaju Durodolu, spoke about the warnings before the fight.
According to him, the main danger that he was told about was the strongest blow from the African boxer, and it was from him that he repelled. The Russian stressed that the warnings were the key to success.
Bald Predator shared that in the first round his hands started to hurt from the blows and he decided to hit a little lighter in order to save strength for the rest of the rounds.
“I couldn’t leave my hands in the first round. I understood that I had to work all four, I tuned in for four rounds. My hands hurt when I hit him thoroughly in the first round, ”said the athlete.
The fighter chose the tactic of inflicting a series of strong blows, then taking small breaks and repeating the series again.
Ismailov admitted that he was worried during the fight and even after the fight he was in a state of shock, still not believing in his victory.
“Everyone said that they would kill me. Like, where is he going? Durodola is a giant… pumped up all over, puffed up… I understood that I needed to start the fight and I would understand what was happening, what my chances were and what I had to do, ”summed up the Bald Predator.
On February 24, the Russian announced that he plans to stick to the “street fighter” style in the upcoming fight. Durodola said that Ismailov was not fast enough for a boxer.
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.
The duel between Ismailov and Durodola became the main event of the tournament on February 25 and was held in the format of “four rounds of three minutes”. The athletes were wearing 10-ounce gloves. In addition to them, the audience saw the fight between the 2021 world boxing champion (amateurs) Mark Petrovsky and the Kenyan Collins Oyal, as well as the fights between Maxim Topor Shcherbakov and Albert Karmazyan (bare fists).
Source: IZ
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