Armen Petrosyan has given his ideas on his double backfist knockout loss by the hands of Shara Magomedov.
As we all know, Armen Petrosyan is a valiant fighter. He is a continuing thorn within the aspect of anybody he faces, and that was definitely the case when he squared off in opposition to Shara Magomedov at UFC 308. Sadly for Armen, he fell brief courtesy of a completely brutal double backfist KO.
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Whereas the entire discuss has been on what Magomedov will do subsequent, Petrosyan definitely gave him a run for his cash and even appeared to harm him within the bout. Alas, many will solely keep in mind the victor.
With that being stated, Petrosyan’s feedback in a latest interview concerning the nature of the knockout have definitely raised a couple of eyebrows.
Petrosyan speaks out
“It was a fortunate punch,” Petrosyan stated. “I used to be aware; I used to be nonetheless in management. I heard the coaches shouting that it was the tip of the spherical with 30 seconds left, so I stored working. He caught me. I believed he would go for the end, however he apparently didn’t. So I regarded up and noticed the referee [waving the fight off]. I didn’t perceive what’s up. Many different folks didn’t perceive. So I sat on my ass as I used to be shocked. I used to be speechless.”
“I don’t take into account it a loss. He received gifted a W. The win was merely gifted to him, that’s all. I’ve gotten a billion messages by now, and I’ve met folks [with the same opinion],” Petrosyan continued. “Shara can say no matter he needs now. He holds the entire playing cards… I noticed in his eyes that he was misplaced. He couldn’t full any of his actions. Was he capable of land his kicks? He couldn’t do something. I eradicated all of his strikes. He was circling the cage, working away from me. After all, I want to get a right away rematch.”
Quotes by way of MMA Mania
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