Couple of days ago on a site ValeTudo.ru interview with Belarusian kikboksyory the Azerbaijani origin Zabit Samedov was published

On the first event of promotion "Legend" on May 25 it should meet for the third time an infamous star of K-1 Badr Hari. Samedov well studied the rival and hopes that this time will be able to win.

Hi, Zabit. On May 25 you have a fight against Badra Hari. Why you decided to meet it for the third time?

Why? Well as why. I want to win.

To you didn't offer other rivals?

No. Offered fight with Badr. We met in Seoul in 2009, in 3,5 years we met in Zagreb. Now, I think, I will be ready to fight with it even better.

As well as where you prepare for this duel?

Prepared in St. Petersburg, and now I arrived to Minsk where I will continue to train.

Hari surpasses you in growth and length of hands. You prepare with sparring partners of similar dimensions?

Yes, for this reason I arrived here, to Minsk because here I have sparring partners on growth 2 meters as Badr Hari. In St. Petersburg I put hands with the good boxing coach, with Roman a little. I will acquire further in couples.

Hari it is known for scandalous behavior and a dirty manner of conducting fight. You tested it on yourself in your last match when it accurately struck you blow in a groin, and then went to the head twice. What do you think of it?

When it hit me in a groin, I lowered a hand and received two serious blows which affected all fight. If they weren't, I would carry out fight better. It was heavy to be restored after such blows; I was restored so as far as a smog, and I finished fight. Now I already know that he can attack dirty, and I won't allow such more.

But after fight it is visible as you embrace, normally you communicate …

Yes, and before fight we normally communicated, and after fight. Certainly, this time I didn't see it after it left from a ring as it went to hospital. And so we normally belong to each other, sports are sports, and for us it first of all sports, instead of any hostility.

That is, here anything personal isn't present?

No, anything isn't present. In total only on a ring, after a gong I usually embrace all fighters, no hostility is present.

At the end of March fight of Hari avoided contact with you, and you chased it on all ring. What did you shout to it?

I shouted to it that he fought (laughs). I shouted to it: "Badr Hari, give fight! ".

And it?

And it escaped (laughs). I was brought at the end, after all I had already nothing to lose. And it didn't begin to be got involved: and the foot was injured as learned after fight, and in general it considered, probably, that wins, and decided not to risk.

How you consider, the trauma really took place?

There were photos from a locker room with a big hematoma on a foot. Probably, really there was a trauma.

Simply the part of fans dared to doubt reality of a trauma, considering that the Grand Prix "is made" under Mirko "Kro Kopa", and Badr acted from fight with an ulterior motive.

Many speak about it, and it is clear. If tournament would be in Baku or in Belarus, I think, organizers too would make every effort in order that I passed the first circle. Certainly, tournament took place at it on the homeland and everything became in order that it won. But also on it depended much, after all no fixed matches there existed. It did a great job and won. Good fellow.

Having carried out two fights with Badr, you rather well studied his manner of conducting fight. Whether you found holes in its defense?

Certainly. I will acquire now, I will try to make that didn't complete in the last fight. There are at it holes, will work and getting on it, and over that it didn't get on me, for example, the direct stroke of the right (laughs).

You carried out two fights by rules of the mixed single combats, and both won ahead of schedule. Whether we will see you in MMA again?

I don't know while I have a contract with K-1 for two years. Further we will look. I even reflect on performances in professional boxing further.

But it everything after the termination of the contract with K-1?

Yes.

And with promotion "Legend" at you while the contract only on 1 fight?

Yes, while on one fight. But I heard that at them tournaments, and if invite are outlined still to act by the rules K-1, I still will fight with pleasure. As I understood, "Legend" has grandiose plans, it is the organization, similar which yet wasn't in Russia. And I, of course, would like to cooperate with them further.

That is we have chances shortly again to see you in Russia?

Yes.

Thanks, Zabit, success in fight!

Thanks!

Author Vovan Zamorsky

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