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Following his impressive third-round KO on Dana White’s Contender Series, lightweight Nazim Sadykhov is eager to get back into …
it’s Saturday fight day and I’m ready to go to war oh how are we looking guys I’m ready to go anybody feel it yeah it smells like Victory you know do you smell that frivolas let’s take a deeper a little deeper no no more that’s a little better oh I smell it he’s got it all right we’re ready to go thank you [Music] [Music] what’s up I’m very excited to experience fight week I’m actually going to send some photos to my dad I know he’s gonna be stoked that’s his last name bro yeah on the back of a UFC uh fight kit that’s it Tuesday I arrive at the hotel I’m with my teammate matravola we’re going first to hike it or I think we will check in you sign some holsters they’ll give you the whole like schedule and then we’ll go to the equipment room turn all that stuff I’m going to drive she’s a beast I don’t blame him she’s a beast did you see she didn’t she just fight in Brazil find a good spot yeah the standard is set High my fight is the featured prelim so it’s an opportunity for me to Showcase myself and I have to definitely deliver UFC debut Saturday let’s go baby trying on the UFC fight kit was a very cool moment good brother looking good let’s go black wolf exactly you always see it on TV and then to have your own that basically says it’s on [Music] these experiences are just as cool for my father as they are for me so I always like to share these uh small moments with my Dad what’s good on you we work for it so to put on those gloves and FaceTime him I’m sure it was cool for him to see Bella Club I’ll talk to you soon [Music] UFC fight week was everything that you expected to be with media go ahead and look up with your eyes perfect okay Charlie not this part wait this is the best part all right this part there’s so much cool stuff going on you gave me do you get my eyelashes this is that look this is the best part you know this is what people want to say the only thing is it’s on a much higher level so you’re able to focus on one thing at a time and Shadow Boxing two camera fire away perfect during media day we were doing a whole bunch of different interviews so some of them were lighthearted some of the more serious good luck keeping me down good luck using your wrestling I can wrestle too I can grapple I can do it all I train with the best guys in the world so I’m ready for wherever the fight goes it’s just another day but at the same time it’s a big fight big fight feel so I’m ready to step up to the plate Looking ready to go man he did everything right thing rice Camp no shortcuts no easy way out he did everything which was making this fight week just go so smooth his weight’s perfect going through the motions keeping everything Sharp I’m just hungry for victory more than anything more than food more than any dessert any anything nothing starves me more than winning right now you know the work’s done so he’s ready to go man I’m excited for him New York Brooklyn I said by John we do it once again Saturday night inshallah let’s go [Music] way cuts are never fun they’re always a struggle but I don’t like to suffer too much so I try to stay on top of the diet throughout Camp Museum can do it all I think he’ll get in the pocket and he’ll find his way to a knockout next to the scale of nazim sadakov one big 150 I get on the scale I make weight and I’m feeling great and our featured prelim is in the lightweight division Evan Elder takes on nazim sadakov I want to say it’s a friendly Face-Off it’s just professionalism I still have the same thoughts I would with regardless of who’s standing in front of me I’m gonna win [Music] his first check tomorrow night tomorrow night he earns the second the weight cut and the winds that’s the hard part of the fight everything after that is pretty much relaxing rehydrating and just gaining energy just gaining that energy that you get from your friends family teammates I will have the quadruple stack of pancakes that’s a part I really enjoy after the winds is just going to get breakfast or lunch with the team yeah I’m happy if you didn’t know raise happened I’m very happy I’m happy about it too this is the energy you feel the love Do you feel it yeah I’m positive man that’s why Everyone likes it making my dad proud in in these situations is big for me because to finally be reaching these milestones and these goals it’s uh it’s definitely a moment that I want to share with him and I’m sure he’s happy and I’m sure he’s proud so I want to continue to keep doing the same tomorrow is a day your dream day you know all dreams come true long time we’ve been talking about it long time you’re a long long time you’re raising the azerbaijani flag beautiful and the next will be the title my dad was originally going to be in the corner but he didn’t mind to sit back in the seats at the Apex and just enjoy the show and I tell you what he told me we’re going to be in the corner I was terrified for you because I’d been there with you know his father was in the corner the weidman’s that was in the court they don’t last in the corner because it’s so nerve-wracking it’s like it’s it’s tough my dad quoted me for one fight he had one job let’s frame the ice it’s like you got to be nice you forgot the ice and then and then like it was a crazy fight and he said that it was so intense in the corner that like he’ll never Corner me again it’s a tough feeling man especially if when things go south a little bit you know it’s too emotional right there right it’s okay you know it wasn’t really a big change or a big deal aljo was going to be my corner my dad’s okay with that everybody’s cool with that and that city is going to sit back relax and enjoy his son dream come true honestly it’s something I’ve worked for my entire life there’s not a place I’d rather be having the team that I have is definitely a comfort it’s a motivation this fight is going to go very very well for him I think it’s going to be a shout out with the Striking and if he needs to wrestle he’s going to show that he can wrestle as well you know when you step in the cage you step in alone however having those guys around you at that level that have been there you know that everything that you’re feeling is something that they went through probably over a hundred times combined all right when they call your name to go out to the fight you don’t think much you already know it’s time there’s no thoughts and it’s all instinct we’re presenting the fan away champ Ultra main Sterling and UFC lightweight Matt per Bowl on his Corner they are really high on this kid who won his way to the UFC on Dana White’s Contender Series right before the fight starts I’m ready to do what I always do and that’s come forward and battle this young man came to the contender series with a you I’m ready to go oh round one starts off hard Fight Hard back and forth from the opening well go go go keep him there keep him there a lot of back and forth moments I drop him Buckle them with a right he drops me both Landing Big Shots I’m calling forward the whole time that’s the only direction that I know how to go in the fight [Music] other Pokemon I wasn’t a big deal but I don’t want to even stop for more than a few seconds I even tell the ref hey uh I just need 10 and I’m ready to go stay here the fight resumes and we go right back to action give the wrong Australian finish fight right back to work incredible first round second round coming up I go to my corner Ray tells me it was a close round you might have lost it either way I want you to pick it up in the second round don’t make it harder than yourself come on you could outbox this guy easy round two we both come out guns blazing fights on we’re in a firefight we’re exchanging big shots he comes forward with his forehead and ends up catching me on the eyebrow with the with the headbutt I can’t tell if I’m cut open or not I touch my eyebrow to see if there’s a blood or not and towards the end of the second round I see him slowing down a little bit I see him getting tired and the second round continued just like the first we’re in for a barn burner in round three after this good luck judges [Applause] oh baby he’s right there put a couple of punches together Steve Steve round three begins and everything I throw is with financing intention there’s a moment where he is picking his head up and I land a big knee yes nice that’s it I knew that it definitely did some damage I see the cut on his eyebrow I see that it’s big I land a big knee to the body and the ref separates the fight the doctor comes out we gotta stop there okay they take one look at the cut and they called the fight off right away a part of me is very happy of course another part of me is unfulfilled because I wanted to keep going into that firefight I felt the tide was going definitely my momentum I was leading up to my best moments and my best round in the fight where it wouldn’t be so back and forth but it would be more in my favor first UFC win baby first UFC win first of many buddy you know you know I never stopped get my first win I’m backstage I’m with my team we’re celebrating my pop my pop comes through it’s it’s a great moment sharing the moment with him uh it was it was touching my son when he won this fight this battle and I’m very proud the pressure was on you had to step up to the plate and we did My ultimate goal is definitely to be a UFC champion and wear that trap around my waist I think this win opens up a lot of opportunities for me every fight from here on out is going to be bigger and bigger and bigger