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“Pavlovich has the greatest chance of winning the UFC belt among our heavyweights” – Minakov
Former Bellator champion Vitaly Minakov shared his opinion on the prospects of Russian Sergei Pavlovich to win the UFC championship belt.
— We trained together for a long time. Seryoga is very powerful physically and with this texture he is quite durable and fast. Moves a lot, mobile. He is not exactly a natural cord, but very mobile and active. He has a very strong punch with both hands. Seryoga increased his confidence. If earlier he was a little hesitant to attack, even though he knocked him out, now he believes in his can and moves forward. This was what the early Seryoga lacked. He has everything else.
I think that of our heavyweights in the UFC, he has the greatest chance of winning the belt. I am sure that Sanya Volkov will also wait his time, but he has opponents who will be difficult to overcome. Not because he can’t, but because there are guys who wrestle well and throw punches “from under the skirt” that Sanya doesn’t always see. Pavlovich fights, hits varied and hard, works on all floors. It seems to me that Sergei has a better chance of winning the belt. However, the question is who to go against. Pavlovich has a chance against Jones. Volkov too, but less. I think Jones is unlikely to stay – if he wins the fight against Miocic, he will leave with a crown on his head,” Minakov told RB Sport.
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Source: Sportbox
Absolute lightweight champion Devin Haney (30-0, 15 KOs) said he would give up all four of his belts ahead of his junior heavyweight bout with WBC champion Regis Prograis (29-1, 24 KOs) on December 9.
Haney, 25, defended the WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO lightweight belts by unanimous decision against Vasiliy Lomachenko in May of this year. Before that, he took the titles from George Kambosos, defeating the Australian twice on home soil.
“I did everything I could at lightweight. The most important thing for me was to arrange a fight with Gervonta Davis and his side showed no interest in this fight. I have outgrown this division, so now I am moving to junior heavyweight to become a two-division champion.
And after this fight, if I am successful in this fight, God willing, I expect to become a champion in three divisions and move up to heavyweight,” Devin said.
The WBC lightweight title will now belong to Shakur Stevenson (21-0, 10 KOs), who defeated Edwin De Los Santos (16-2, 14 KOs) earlier this month.
Gervonta Davis (29-0, 27 KOs) holds his second WBA title, so he will likely move up to the recognized champion category.
Kambosos (21-2, 10 KOs) and Lomachenko (17-3, 11 knockouts).
The WBO title picture is less clear. Lomachenko is the No. 1 contender but does not appear in the fight. So they’ll fight for the vacant belt Denis Berinchik (18-0, 9 KOs) and Isaac Cruz (25-2-1, 17 KOs).
Source: Sport UA
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“Khabib’s team could take over our country right now, because the current generation is a bunch of pricks” – UFC head
Dana White / Photo: © PG/Bauer-Griffin / Contributor / GC Images / Gettyimages.ru
UFC head Dana White cited as an example to young Americans the character possessed by fighters from the team of the organization’s former lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov.
“Khabib’s team could probably come and take over this country right now because this generation is such a bunch of pricks.” Yes, that’s for sure. Yeah, when you look at some of these people in other countries… some of these guys are from the Middle East, from Russia… they have a different mentality, they were born different, with a different mentality. We become soft and weak. Every 10 years we get softer and weaker,” White said on the Full Send Podcast.
Nurmagomedov completed his professional career in 2020. He remained undefeated in the Octagon, where he scored 29 victories in 29 fights.
Source: Sportbox
Former eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao (62-8-2, 39 KOs) is looking to return and will fight former undisputed junior heavyweight world champion Scotsman Josh Taylor (19-1, 13 KOs).
famous organizer Bob Arum The 44-year-old explained why Pacquiao is not opposed to returning to the ring.
“He loves doing this, he spends a lot of money to be president. They will not accept donations, which is normal. Pacquiao is a very rich man, but Manny wants to continue his career for at least another year or two. Arum said the reason they all came back was money.
Note that the fight is scheduled to take place by April next year.
Pacquiao previously named his favorite fighter of all time.
Source: Sport UA
I am a sports writer and journalist who has written for various online publications including Sportish. I’m originally from the UK but currently live in Toronto, Canada. I’m also an author on Sportish and have written several articles on a variety of sports-related topics.
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