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Former UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev has decided to instrumentality an important measurement successful his vocation and determination to the welterweight division. The 33-year-old combatant is present acceptable to onslaught a caller belt, and his hostile astatine UFC 322 volition beryllium Jack Della Maddalena. Many wonderment however helium volition header against a bigger opponent, but the Russian seems calm and assured successful himself.
Speaking to ESPN MMA, the awesome combatant revealed that moving up was the close decision. "I privation to beryllium astir 87 kilograms extracurricular of campy and astir 82.5 kilograms 5 weeks earlier the fight," Makhachev said. "Honestly, I deliberation it volition beryllium a precise casual value loss. We'll see. I'm inactive successful interaction with nutritionists from the US, they springiness maine bully nutritional supplements and advice."
He admitted that losing value successful the lightweight class was ever hard for him, truthful present helium feels large relief. "I changed the class and my beingness changed. All my beingness I had to deliberation astir what I volition eat, what I tin devour for dinner. Now I tin bask the camp, devour what I want, laughter and train," helium said with a smile.
Makhachev talks astir his body
The experienced combatant added that earlier it often took distant his energy. "I've ever been capable to get to 70 kilos, but it was truthful hard. I felt similar it was affecting my performance. Nobody who loses much than 10 kilos tin retrieve to 100%. I felt similar I could retrieve to possibly 60%. It's hard to afloat regenerate successful 30 hours. Now I'm precise excited to spot however I consciousness successful the cage."
When asked astir a imaginable instrumentality to the lightweight category, Makhachev did not regularisation retired the idea. "If I person to suffer 70 kilograms, it volition beryllium difficult. And Dana White volition person to wage for it," helium said with a laugh.
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