"You have to be the best everywhere, be ready for a tough five rounds, to have a good gas tank, good wrestling defense, good boxing, good taekwondo. If you bring everything to a good level, don't let him do what he likes to do, beat him in those moments, you can beat him comfortably.
He's a regular person. Some champions win obviously. The people who come out against them lack confidence - they think, what will the champion do? I don't think what Islam will do. I think what I will do, what attack I will carry out," Tsarukyan said in an interview with Red Corner MMA.
Earlier it became known that the fight between Makhachev and Tsarukyan may take place in January.