“I like the style when working in the stand-up more,” the Russian said in an interview with the channel “Ushataika”. “Khabib, in principle, the fight was not boring, there were a lot of kills, but I like the work in the rack more. For the viewer it is more interesting, I think so. So, when I watched Khabib’s fights, I realized that this is his style, he works like this, he beats everyone, and he doesn’t need to change anything. But I wouldn’t want to fight like him”
“You can’t say that about Islam. Islam can fight in the stand-up, and he can fight well in the wrestling. Islam knocked out Volkanovski, and you could see that it was a prepared punch, because he started throwing it a little bit earlier, and they were yelling at him from the corner, ‘Islam, early!’ He threw a couple more low kicks, and then he hit him in the head. It’s a good set-up that worked, and it shows the level of fighter.”
As a reminder, Vadim Nemkov, who vacated the Bellator bantamweight championship belt, will make his heavyweight debut on February 24 at the PFL and Bellator co-main event in Riyadh, and his opponent will be former PFL champion Bruno Cappelozza.