On Saturday, Mateusz Gamrot will face the 6th place in the UFC ranking Beneil Dariush (“Gamer” is 9th). The former KSW double champion will fight on October 22 at UFC 280 in Abu Dhabi. In the United Arab Emirates, the main event of the evening will be a fight for the lightweight belt, where Charles Oliveira (33-8) will fight Islam Makhachev (22-1-0), a friend of Khabib Nurmagomedov, the undefeated legend of the UFC.
There is a lot of talk that the fight between the Pole and the American should be an eliminator for the fight for the belt. This is the opinion of, for example, Khabib Nurmagomedov, who gave an interview to the “UFC Russia” channel on Youtube a few days ago.
Let’s look at the lightweight division. Makhachev is fighting for the belt, but there are already many competitors from your region waiting in line – the journalist asked.
But I have other favourites. Only two guys matter now. Gamrot and Dariush. The winner of this fight will totally, 100 percent deserve to fight for the belt,” the UFC legend said. A press conference was held on Thursday, and Khabib referred to Gamrot again.
He posted a picture of Islam and Gamrot. – They will fight in the future. I’m sure of it,” he captioned the photo.
“Change scenario”. Gamrot is doing a show at the conference before UFC 280 [WIDEO]
What happened during the conference? Mateusz Gamrot took off his shirt and threw it towards the fans, then grabbed the microphone. And he mixed Polish with English a bit.
– I show my favorite technique from wrestling. I say ok: I grab and I go up with him. I lost in the same place in Abu Dhabi two years ago and right now I’m coming here like: change scenario – he answered one of the questions, which means – I showed my favorite wrestling technique. I say ok: he grabs it and gets up with it. I lost in the same place in Abu Dhabi two years ago and now I want to change the script.” The contestant burst out laughing.
“I’m super excited to fight Dariush. If I win against him, that means I’ll be in the top five in the lightweight rankings. We have great respect for each other,” he added.
Source: Sport
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