“In a three-round fight, Ismailov has quite high chances,” Gadzhiev said in another installment on his Youtube channel. “It seems to me that in three rounds Magomed is the favorite, and in a five-round fight already Tokov, understanding that Magomed has always had problems with functionality, and with the plan for the fight, to be honest”
“And the fight is cool, we will be waiting for it. A very expected rematch, and I think the ACA league will offer a lot of interesting things for all of us MMA fans at the anniversary tournament in early March. After all, it’s the organization’s tenth anniversary”
“Will it affect the fight with Mineyev? If Magomed gets knocked out by Anatoly Tokov and has to recover for six months, then yes – he and Volodya are unlikely to fight. If Maga wins, it will add interest to the fight with Mineyev. If Maga loses to Tokov, I will ask Magomed to make sure that the audience will not lose interest in his fight with Mineyev in boxing. Maga knows how to do it”
Last Sunday, the ACA league officially announced that the long-awaited rematch between Magomed Ismailov and Anatoly Tokov will be part of the organization’s anniversary tournament scheduled for this March.
The first fight between the Russian middleweights took place almost eleven years ago under the M-1 Global banner and ended with Tokov winning by kimura in the first round.