Legendary mixed martial arts referee “big” John McCarthy commented on the match Russian Alexander Volkov with Curtis Blades, held by UFC on June 20. In the podcast Weighing in McCarthy recalled how he worked as a referee for the fights Volkov.
“The fight went exactly as I expected. They tried to submit it [Волкова] as a fighter with the best statistics for defence against takedowns in the heavyweight category. On all this I just shook his head, saying: “Well, he has no good anti-takedown”. I’m sorry. I worked as a referee too many of his fights. Don’t have him, McCarthy said. — He is tall and thin. Usually he tries to fight with his feet apart, but it’s still too high. I knew that Curtis will put him in the ground. Question was, only that he will be able to do with him in the stalls? How big is the damage it will cause? Will he / she have to work hard for the takedown, or will they light?
This fight Curtis broke the record for UFC in heavy weight according to the number of takedowns, moving to second place fight Cain Velasquez [с Джуниором Дос Сантосом]. I have to admit that the wolves are a strong guy and not give up. The blades exhausted from all this struggle. But overall, it went exactly as I expected. You can call the combat good. Will do. Passed a good step for Curtis in the heavy weight category”.
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