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“I got angry and gave him a knee in the chest.” Fighter from Dagestan – about a fight with an American during sparring
Sharapudin Magomedov / Photo: © AMC FIGHT NIGHTS
Known by the nickname Shara Bullet, MMA fighter Sharabutdin Magomedov recalled how his training sparring with an American ended in a bandage fight.
This incident took place in 2017.
There was history in Thailand. Were sparring in MMA. I came in with 16oz gloves and everyone else in MMA gloves. And there is such work: you change your opponent every minute. I got up with a weight from America. I didn’t know how it works, and one of the blows, remember how I knocked out the Brazilian with the heel, went on him. I carefully threw and hit. He shook his hands, jerked his head and fell on me. And then I also had a fight in China, this is already a control sparring, I have to fly away soon, it was impossible to get injured. As a result, he bykanul, climbed on me. He is heavy, and I was still a welterweight then. I took him into the clinch, I think the main thing is not to miss the legs. And he waves his arms from above, I constantly bow my head, and his blows fly like bombs over Baghdad. I see he’s borscht already. Such blows, if hit, would have knocked me out in kind. I got angry and gave him a knee in the chest. They already separated us, I gasped at him there, like: “Come here.” My friends were also there, the Hiramagomedov brothers, and we were in a mess, in the end we separated. I took off my gloves, shouting: “Come here!” And then everyone stepped back, created a circle. And the coach didn’t mind. I was in bandages, he was wearing gloves, and we were sent to fight. He remained in MMA gloves, but I took mine off, because the conditions were not equal, I have gloves of 16 ounces, and he has for MMA.
We started to fight, and of course I was surprised. Abroad, for this they can be kicked out of the hall, I did not expect that we would be allowed to fight. And I understood that these were the last sparrings before the fight, you need to work carefully, you can’t get injured. I think we need to do it so as not to get injured, and teach him a lesson. He got on me, I moved, moved, and he thought I would cut him down with him, but it was not profitable for me. I began to move in my style, left there, left here, he rushed at me, and I threw a double knee into his head. He crept up a little, he was shaken, at that moment I moved away, and he came to his senses a little. Then he immediately hugged me, saying that everything is fine, he began to remember this heel strike, like: “I got so angry because of this,” Magomedov told Sport24.
Magomedov is 28 years old, a fighter from Dagestan, has 9 victories in MMA and no losses.
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World heavyweight champion (over 90.7 kg), Ukrainian Alexander Usik He will attend the World Sports Summit to be held in Dubai (UAE) between 29-30 December.
According to the organizers, the boxer will act as a speaker and guest on the theme “Warrior-poet: in the mind of Alexander Usik.”
Usik’s speech will be moderated by renowned speaker Nick Santonastasso, who has worked with the Ukrainian on several occasions: “I am grateful for the opportunity. I look forward to the chance to reveal all the treasures of a boxing legend.”
Many important names will attend the summit: football players Rio Ferdinand, Peter Crouch, Ronaldo, Roberto Baggio, Alessandro Del Piero, Andres Iniesta, former world champions Manny Pacquiao (boxing) and Khabib Nurmagomedov (UFC), tennis player Novak Djokovic.
Usik last appeared in the ring in July 2025, when he knocked out British boxer Daniel Dubois in the fifth round. Next year, the Ukrainian representative is expected to meet with former world champion American Deontay Wilder.
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Former world heavyweight champion (over 90.7 kg), American Deontay Wilder (44-4-1, 43 KOs) shared his expectations for the upcoming fight against WBC, WBA and IBF titleholder Oleksandr Usyk (24-0, 15 KOs).
“You know my next opponent. Usyk challenged me to a fight. He said he wanted to meet me in the ring. I accepted the challenge. “I push horses” and “I feel it, I feel it hard.”
What’s my plan? Be smart, be faster, use my agility, be tough, get in the ring and knock him out. I am known for my strength, I need to show it. “I’ve been through a tough journey in my life, but I’m back and ready to beat Usyk,” Wilder said.
The American had 49 fights in the professional ring and won 44 victories (43 of them ahead of schedule). In June, Wilder knocked out his compatriot Tyrell Herndon, ending his two defeats in 2023 and 2024.
Usyk last appeared in the ring in July, when he stopped Briton Daniel Dubois. The Ukrainian became the absolute world champion but lost a title by refusing to defend his WBO belt in October.
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Absolute world champion in the second lightweight category Naoya Inoue After beating David, Picasso commented on his place in the pound-for-pound rankings.
Inoue said, “Yes Usyk came to watch my fight. But I should have done much better in the fight. So I won’t say anything about the P4P rankings, I will do much better next time.”
On Saturday, December 27, a large-scale Ring V boxing night was held at the Mohammed Abdo Arena in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia). The main event of the show was the fight for the title of absolute world champion, where Japanese star Naoya Inoue and Mexican rival Alan David Picasso fought. The Japanese boxer managed to win a convincing victory – the fight went through all 12 rounds.
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