Muhammad Mokaev invoked reminiscences of Conor McGregor when describing how his foot appeared like a balloon after a latest combat. Whereas the difficulty did come from a kick, it was not the fight-ending kick that noticed Mokaev turn out to be the BRAVE CF flyweight champion towards Gerard Burns on November seventh.
Throughout an interview on The Ariel Helwani Present, Mokaev lined a number of topics after the polarizing MMA fighter secured a large win that has some insiders considering a UFC return may doubtlessly transpire going ahead. As he mentioned the end at BRAVE CF 100 and the residual harm that got here out of it, Mokaev stated,
“First headkick knockout … my foot was like a balloon however it wasn’t from the top kick. I feel it was earlier, kicking perhaps within the elbow or one thing however it was larger subsequent day. … Rustam Khabilov was within the nook and he’s like: ‘Maintain kicking him within the head. He thinks you’re wrestling and you’ll knock him out.’ I inform him, ‘Brother my foot!’ So he stated, ‘You simply want one kick.’ I’m like, ‘Okay, however I’m not kicking with my …’ after which I throw on the foot.”
Muhammad Mokaev is eager on a combat with Alexandre Pantoja
Muhammad Mokaev talked about throughout this identical dialog with Ariel Helwani that he may very well be mendacity if he stated he wasn’t intrigued by the thought of returning to the UFC. Mokaev put collectively a spotless run contained in the octagon, however disciplinary points exterior of the cage brought about friction that led to his launch.
Mokaev did point out Hunter Campbell and Mick Maynard congratulating him after the combat, with many distinguished MMA analysts comparable to Chael Sonnen considering Mokaev may even return to the UFC and be fast-tracked to a title shot at 125 kilos. When touching upon a few of these potential transferring elements, Mokaev said [via Essentially Sports],
“I simply need to be one of the best on the earth. And proper now, I imagine I’m one of the best on the earth. However by the leads to the desk, the one man to show that’s [Alexandre] Pantoja. That’s the one identify I’m lacking on my document.”
