Olympic bronze medalist
wrestler Bilyal Makhov still eyes on 2016 Olympics gold medal but he has set
another objective to win the UFC heavyweight title. Makhov signed with UFC
despite he has no MMA fighting experience. First priority of Makhov is to win
gold medal at Rio Olympics in either freestyle or Greco-Roman wrestling and the
27-year-old will concentrate on MMA after that. Murat Keshtov who is trainer of
Makhov said the wrestler can win the UFC heavyweight championship after half
year of training. Keshtov said if he works six months with him, Russia can be
owner of UFC heavyweight belt.
Makhov has won freestyle wrestling world
championship three times. He lives in the area where he saw the flourishing of
MMA fighters. He has also worked with ex UFC heavyweight champion Andrei
Arlovski which increaed his interest in the sport. He said on this he always
likes to challenge himself. He presented as an example that he decided to
switch to Greco-Roman style after successful career of freestyle wrestling and
he would focus on MMA afterwards. The Olympic medalist said he has focused on
hard work, time and attention in his career and if he can work in the same way
In MMA then he can achieve highest level of success in the sport.
Wrsetling is liked and played all over the world. Olympics has two wrestling categories for men Greco-Roman Style and Freestyle. Rio Olympics wrestling competitions will take place at Hall 3 of Olympic Training Center in Barra da Tijuca from 14 to 21 August. Sports fans who want to get updates on Olympic wrestling should remain connected with this blog for fresh information.
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