– Paul Dollery reports from Las Vegas
FEW ARE BETTER placed to comment on Conor McGregor’s abilities than Artem Lobov.
The Russian-born Irish fighter is McGregor’s main sparring partner and has played a key role in his training camp for tomorrow night’s interim UFC featherweight title bout against Chad Mendes.
We spoke to Lobov here in Las Vegas as McGregor aims to clinch UFC gold at the expense of his American opponent in the main event at UFC 189 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
According to Lobov, McGregor is an even better fighter now than the one who dismantled Dennis Siver back in January: “Trust me. I know first-hand from the sparring sessions. There’s more power, more speed… more of everything, really.”
Lobov has no concerns about McGregor’s wrestling ability and believes it’ll be a tough night for Mendes, who he doesn’t expect to survive the first round: “I honestly believe that it’s going to be a first-round KO. I’ll be very, very surprised if it goes into the second round.”
Watch the full interview below…
Whenever I hear the Russian national anthem I half expect to see Rocky start fighting Ivan Drago.
Call of duty waw anyone ?
Lads we only have to win our next five matches and we are euro champs ole ole ole lol
Come on Polska
Good reliable Russians. Violence and drunkiness
Polish equaliser in Warsaw town market … these are the moments we are living for
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdR67Kzxba4
All fingers crossed for Ireland against Spain, you can make it, never lose hope !!
There was defo an edge to this game but great goal and great comeback by Poland.
Russia are really a team to watch for such a pace in their attack
Well done Russia! Thank you for a good game. Fare play to true Russian Fans with the massive banner! Well done guys!