UFC Russian heavyweight manager Alexandra Volkova Ivan Bannikov spoke about the reasons for the defeat of his ward in a duel with Briton Tom Aspinall at UFC Fight Night 204 in London.
“Sasha has no problems in technology. Sasha has mental problems. Look at Alexander's fight with Fabricio Werdum and pay attention to his jiu-jitsu. Look at the takedown defense Sasha showed before this [Aspinall fight]. At this level, such a defeat does not happen, let’s say, just like that, because you didn’t train something there.
We understood that Sasha had more tools to win than Tom. But Tom was able to do what he had to do by dominating at the beginning and not letting Sasha do what he does at the beginning. To say that Tom is a weak fighter... He is a young fighter and I don't think this fight is indicative of Tom's super strength. We need to look further to see how it will show itself.
We all understand that Sasha is now very unstable from fight to fight - and this is not about skills, not about the amount of work, ”said the manager.
