“Now it’s not in my head that it was a spontaneous decision, that I got everything in an easy, roundabout way. In principle, everything went towards this, I knew where I was going and what I wanted, so this is the result of hard and persistent work. I'm on the right track and I'm glad about it.
As you know, I had injuries for two years, it took a long time to recover, and then I worked very hard, worked hard, there was always a goal, and I walked towards it in small steps,” Pavlovich said in an interview with UFC Eurasia.
Let us remember that initially at UFC 295, full-fledged heavyweight champion Jon Jon was supposed to defend his title against Stipe Miocic. However, a few weeks before the tournament, the American dropped out due to a torn pectoral muscle, thereby forcing the promotion to arrange a fight for the interim belt.