Russian blogger and pop-MMA fighter Artem Tarasov talked about what, in his opinion, became the highlight of the fight for the Lightweight Fighting Championship (UFC) champion’s belt between Russian Islam Makhachev and Australian Alexander. Volkanovsky. Tarasov believes Islam won largely because he managed to give his opponent a fight in the third round and kept him under control for a long time.
“Makhachev has shown that he can fight standing up with fighters like Volkanovsky. Islam fell from the knee and hand many times. Obviously they work. While Alex was working with raids, Makhachev parted very well sideways. It was a very cool fight.
Not enough struggles from Mahachev? Not a little, but as Volkanovski allows. This is a very cool, intelligent fighter – he thinks well, breathes well, and you can not surprise him with simple transitions. When Islam brought him down, he stood up very nicely. He went behind Mahachev only one lap, and I think that was the decisive moment in the victory of Islam. The fight was very close, very interesting, in the same breath – it feels like a minute, not 25 minutes, ”Tarasov told socialbites.ca.
Makhachev defended the UFC lightweight title with a unanimous win. The score of the jury grades is 48:47, 48:47, 49:46.
formerly Tarasov ConfessedThat he feared an unjust judgment against Makhachev.