“It’s great when two fighters of this high caliber, of this level, when they meet together, all you see is sparks in the Octagon,” Magomedov said. “It’s going to be a very interesting bout.”
Although Page is known for his unique, karate-adjacent striking style, Magomedov isn’t all too concerned about adjusting to it in the Octagon. Rather, he believes Page is the one that will need to adjust once he feels the power in Magomedov’s strikes.
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As far as how he imagines the fight going, Magomedov isn’t really one to make predictions. Watching his fights is evidence of that enough — you don’t get that kind of spontaneous creativity if you have each move calculated and planned — but he does have a finish in mind even if he isn’t sure how it’ll come.
“I don’t think it’s going to be something that we prepared,” he said. “I expect it’s going to be something we find during the fight because when I’m inside there, I don’t even know what to expect from myself. Potentially, maybe it’s something we worked on, but really, I think it’s going to be unexpected, unpredictable.”
