The renowned MMA veteran Oleg Taktarov criticized Magomed Ismailov after his defeat in a fight with Vladimir Mineyev. Recall, Ismailov lost by technical knockout in the third round.
"That's exactly what I expected. Although it has to be said that Ismailov has become more powerful. He simply doesn't have a finish, neither in punching technique, nor in parterre, so nothing changes from the fact that he is more powerful. He exhausted himself for two rounds and just died in the third one. The referee did everything perfectly well, there was nothing wrong, everything was fine there.
So Ismailov knows how to heat up fights somewhere, some expectations. Six months will go by and again everyone will think he can do something. It's good for him to take a slightly different level in this: a driver of a pink Mercedes - that's his level. He can work for about 10 years there and he can earn money as we have no fighters who can do this kind of promotion. What else is he going to do? Train kids? I wouldn't allow my child to be trained like that," RBC quoted Taktarov as saying..
