Islam Makhachev called the most difficult fight in his career – Boxing/MMA
Current champion UFC lightweight, Islam Makhachevdoes not believe that the first fight with Arman Tsarukyanwhich took place almost six years ago, was the most difficult confrontation in his career, Sports.kz reports with reference to Fighttime.ru.
The Russian said this in an interview with Daniel Cormier for ESPN.
“The fight with Tsarukyan was one of the hardest, but not the most difficult, because the five rounds with Volkanovski were just crazy,” Makhachev said. “In that fight, my pulse was more than two hundred beats per minute.”
“I closed the issue with Volkanovski in the second fight, so in the rematch with Tsarukyan they will strive for an early finish in order to shut the mouths of all critics. I don't like rematches, but in the second fight I know everything about my…