Fights
Kamil Gadzhiev about Gadzhi Rabadanov’s victory at the PFL tournament: “Lightweight all over the world is becoming Manapov’s”
The head of the AMC Fight Nights league, Kamil Gadzhiev, in a conversation with Match TV, highly appreciated the contribution of coach Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov to the victory of Gadzhi Rabadanov in the lightweight Grand Prix of the PFL league.
A 31-year-old student of Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, father and coach of Khabib Nurmagomedov, Gadzhi Rabadanov knocked out Brent Primus in the third round in the finals of the PFL Grand Prix tournament, becoming the organization’s lightweight champion and winning a prize money of one million dollars.
— Three students of Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov are now lightweight champions in three major world leagues.
– Lightweight all over the world is becoming Manapovsky, the explanations for this are obvious: when people train with each other, train with the best, the level of each fighter grows. I will also note that Gadzhi previously competed in the up to 66 kg category, but apparently the transition to lightweight weight did him good.
— Don’t you think that only inattention to self-promotion can slow down fighters from Dagestan?
— As for the media, the problem is not with the fighters, but with the PFL. The league has created conditions where there is a simple competitive principle, and media indicators do not decide anything. It turns out that any fighter can just fight and earn money. And a lot of money. Here you go – a million dollars. Why, relatively speaking, should Gadzhi Rabadanov strain himself, post on social networks, pump up fights, when the fights are here, and that’s how you have them.
— Do you suppose that with such results, fighters from Europe will soon come to Russia for training camps?
“Sooner or later this will happen and it could already happen if not for the political situation that is currently distancing us from each other.” Otherwise, some fighters from Europe would already be at the training camp, some come to Thailand for sparring with the Russians. But a little time will pass and they will come to us again, and that’s great,” Gadzhiev told Match TV.
Live broadcasts of mixed martial arts tournaments can be seen on the Match TV and Match! Fighter”, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source: Sportbox
Famous British organizer Frank Warren He commented on the situation around the world heavyweight champion according to WBC, WBA and IBF Alexandra Usika.
“We’ll see what happens with Oleksandr Usyk. He’s only fought once this year, which has had a negative impact on his high-level title fights. He needs to defend his belts next year. If he doesn’t do that, he’ll have to give up his titles,” Warren said.
Previously, Alexander Usik (24-0, 15 KOs), the holder of the WBC, WBA and IBF heavyweight titles (over 90.7 kg), talked about his plans and admitted when he plans to end his professional career. The boxer recently vacated his WBO title and lost his status as absolute world champion.
Source: Sport UA
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Absolute world champion in the second lightweight category Naoya Inoue (32-0, 27 KOs) commented on the victory of the fight played on Saturday, December 27th.
In Saudi Arabia, the Japanese representative defeated Mexican Alan David Picasso by unanimous decision and defended his WBC, WBO, WBA and IBF titles.
After the final bell, the reporter asked Inoue whether he should take the first place in the ranking of the world’s strongest boxers, which is currently occupied by Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk.
“Mr. Usyk came to watch my fight tonight, but I’m actually not very happy with my performance. I should have done much better. So I won’t say anything about the rankings and I’ll do much better next time,” Inoue admitted.
Usik visited Riyadh to watch the Japanese “Beast” fight and after the fight, he went to the ring to congratulate the champion on his victory.
Source: Sport UA
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The strongest boxers of our time – Ukrainian Alexander Usik and Japanese Naoya Inoue – We met in the ring of Mohammed Abdo Aren in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) on December 27th.
On this day, a boxing night took place, the main event of which was the fight in the weight category up to 55.3 kg. WBC, WBO, WBA, IBF world champion Inoue (30-0, 27 KOs) defeated his Mexican opponent Alan David Picasso (32-0-1, 17 KOs).
The fight continued for all 12 rounds and ended with a confident victory for the Japanese “Beast” by unanimous decision.
After the final gong, Usik approached the champion in the ring, congratulated him on his victory and shook hands. Inoue admitted that he was not 100% satisfied with his performance and appreciated the Ukrainian’s place in the ranking of the strongest boxers of our time.
Next year, Usik plans to fight against former American champion Deontay Wilder, and Naoya is considering two options: Junto Nakatani or Jesse Rodriguez.
VIDEO. Kings of the boxing world. Usyk congratulates Inoue after victory in Riyadh
The two wonders of P4P 🐐
Usyk congratulates Inoue 🙌#RINGV: Night of the Samurai | @RingMagazine ▪️ pic.twitter.com/bzSrWqLlZy
— DAZN Boxing (@DAZNBoxing) December 27, 2025
Source: Sport UA
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