Vendetta All Stars was a debut for Oleg Zhokh at the professional armfights. Oleg shared his thoughts on the matter. ()
"It was the first so important competition for me, my first armfight, first professional competition. I was seriously prepared. The training process began in October, just after the Zloty Tur. I was not sure when I will fight and who’ll be my rival. I knew only that the event will happen, and the time has come. I got a very good shape, and I am not going to stop. This Vendetta just turned me on.
When I knew that I will fight with Christian Binnie, I was not sure that I would win, despite all the predictions in my favor. The difference in weight was 50 kg, and Christian is much more experienced. In addition, he fought at home. I was very worrying about acclimatization and transfer flight because of a very big difference in time. But everything went well and I presented a good shape".
The first round in the fight between Oleg and Christian was not immediately decisive:
"Sometimes at competitions in the first round I lost because I did not have time to start. But when I won the first fight this time I was still worry – what if Christian simply overslept the start or anything else. When I fouled at second time then I was seriously nervous. I tried to calm down and won the third round. In the fourth round I was quite calm.
Then I wanted to try different styles, watch the angles of Binnie".
Binnie wanted to fight in the hook with Oleg, but we saw what had happen.
"In the last round we tried hooks. And nothing unexpected happen for me. I was sure that I would win Christian, even though it was already the sixth round. I have enough stamina, and perhaps I could have a couple more rounds to fight. The hand was completely well".
Indeed, everyone knows that Oleh masterful uses top roll. And what about the struggle in the hook? A test with Mazurenko ARM shown that the difference in the hook and top roll was not very big:
"At all my important fights I use top roll. Hook was probably not so good. Maybe a biceps was weak. My triceps was injured and it was important for the hook too. Now I'm in good shape".
In the plans of Oleg there’s possible armfight with Michael Todd.
"I think that Michael not mind to compete against me.
In fall I'm going to take part in Zloty Tor where I can meet with different top athletes. For example, Dmitry Trubin, with whom I lost with fouls. At the last Zloty Tur I had several fights in sequence and he had a time to rest. I think that it would be an interesting fight. I am not afraid to pull".
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