TOP-TIER DAGESTANI HEAVYWEIGHT JOINS THE UFC! / THE TRUTH about doping, Malykhin's cardio, Ankala...
UFC newcomer Rizvan Kuniev - a long interview: the whole truth about the doping scandal, a conversation with Dana White, Magomed Ankalaev, Tom Aspinall, Anatoly Malykhin, Renan Ferreira, and much more.
00:00 - What is this video about?
01:46 - Could make his UFC debut in Abu Dhabi
02:47 - How he reacted to not signing with the UFC three years ago
04:14 - Passed three drug tests before DWCS
05:14 - THE WHOLE TRUTH about the doping scandal. The doctor is to blame
09:57 - "Many can beat Ngannou. But they're fired up and give up early."
10:42 - Trained with Renan Ferreira at ATT. Believes Ferreira will defeat Ngannou
12:26 - Social media hacked the day before the Ferreira fight. I was nervous, I couldn't sleep, I had no energy.
2:07 PM - "Very fast hands and feet, but no wrestling at all." About Robelis Despain (works with him at ATT)
3:26 PM - An underrated heavyweight who defeated Minakov
4:26 PM - "In hand-to-hand combat, a UFC champion can lose to an average fighter." About Popov and Murzakanov
7:10 PM - "Malykhin is very strong. I watched him and was motivated."
10:00 PM - Has been training with Ankalaev for a long time ("He used to be right-handed, but now he's become more of a southpaw")
25:15 - Does Ankalaev choke and use submissions? We've never seen that from him in fights.
27:35 - Early in his career, he fought in Voronezh, Ukraine. He joined Gorets back in 2011.
30:06 - Knocked out Grigory Ponomarev in the final of the 2018 Russian Championship.
30:34 - "Ankalaev was underweight for a long time, weighing 89-90 kilograms."
31:40 - How Rizvan qualified for Gorets. Sparring sessions took place on the day of Alexander Emelianenko's master class!
37:20 - "I gained strength in freestyle wrestling with Ali Isaev."
38:38 - Arrived at ATT on June 1st. Weighed 145 kilograms!
41:00 - King Mo (Muhammael Lawal) - Rizvan Kuniyev's coach
42:57 - Why Wushu Sanda is a great foundation for MMA
44:53 - He'll fight in the UFC to the very same track "Because I'm a Highlander"
46:06 - "To be honest, Tom Aspinall is number one. Look what he did to Sergei Pavlovich"
48:05 - "I don't understand Volkov's moments at all..."
49:40 - I'd try to work with Aspinall on the offensive side, I'd try to outsmart him
51:00 - "In heavyweights, you need to focus on cardio..."
52:23 - "Malykhin is functionally good, no matter what"
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