UFC middleweight Ikram Aliskerov commented on his early loss to Robert Whittaker.
"I didn't lose much, I understood everything that happened. I made a mistake, but that's okay - it's sport, no excuses. I consciously took this risk. Let's move on. Acclimatization, of course, kills. Besides, I had two weight races in a row, because of that I didn't spar for two-three weeks. I came to the fight with a weight of 90 kg. For comparison, in the last fight I was 96 kg. There were many different nuances, but I repeat - it was a conscious risk. Going into the fight, for some reason I was one hundred percent sure that I would run him over. I have never been so sure in my life as I was in this fight, but it happened what happened. Of course, it's unpleasant to lose, but we'll deal with it in a manly way".