Shara Magomedov unfazed by quite a few opponent switches for UFC on ABC 6

All that issues for Shara Magomedov is he’s preventing Saturday. Every part else is irrelevant.

The UFC middleweight misplaced his opponent for UFC on ABC 6 on two completely different events and needed to land on a 3rd title simply days earlier than his return to the octagon. This can be stressing and problematic for a lot of fighters, as it might vastly change a gameplay and or the preparation, however for Magomedov (12-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC), it’s enterprise as standard.

“It’s nothing unusual, nothing new for me,” Magomedov instructed reporters on the UFC on ABC 6 media day. “Again after I was an newbie, I’d combat a brand new opponent daily, they usually had been switching so rapidly that I didn’t also have a probability to study something about my subsequent opponent, so I’d simply combat. Nothing modifications for me. I come out to do my work and win.”

Magomedov takes on Brazil’s Antonio Trocoli on the primary card at Kingdom Enviornment in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Trocoli has a 9-inch attain benefit on Magomedov. “Bullet” is conscious of this huge change, and even then, he’s unfazed.

“I do know this,” Magomedov stated. “He’s a really tall man. He’s taller than Alex Pereira, and he’s bigger than him. So I don’t know – we’ll determine a solution to cope with it within the combat.

“I actually don’t suppose that something modifications for me. I’m going to come back on the market and attempt to do an A+ job. I don’t suppose he’s going to get away from my punches, kicks or elbows. He’s going to change into a wrestler like all of my opponents, and I’m going to do no matter I must do to win.”

Trocoli was imagined to combat Ikram Aliskerov this previous Saturday at UFC on ESPN 58 in Las Vegas, however Aliskerov was pulled on the day of the weigh-ins to combat within the UFC Saudi Arabia important occasion when Khamzat Chimaev pulled out towards Robert Whittaker.

That left Trocoli with out an opponent final week, however out there to reply the decision on quick discover this week, midway all over the world.

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