Former champ Cain
Velasquez provided excessive reward for Final Combating Championship heavyweight
standout Sergei
Pavlovich.
Pavlovich (18-1) and fellow contender Tom
Aspinall are extensively thought to be a part of the subsequent era to
doubtlessly rule over the UFC’s heavyweight division. Just lately
requested about his opinion on the division, Velasquez hailed Aspinall
and particularly Pavlovich as future champ prospects.
Velasquez additionally revealed that he had skilled with Pavlovich at
American Kickboxing Academy a number of years in the past. The previous champ
famous that whereas he nonetheless acquits himself nicely in coaching,
Pavlovich was one of many few he discovered “troublesome” to take care of. He
additionally lauded the wrestling expertise of Pavlovich, who’s at present on
a six-fight first-round KO streak. The 41-year-old not too long ago instructed
The
Schmo:
“With Sergey, I’ve really skilled with him,” the previous UFC
heavyweight kingpin acknowledged. “It was a few years in the past too. So
clearly, when he wasn’t at this stage but. And he’s actually powerful
to take care of. And, me coaching with him at AKA, not plenty of guys
get the higher of me, and he was a kind of guys the place it was
like, he was very troublesome to do what I needed to do in opposition to him.
sturdy wrestling background, very sturdy wrestling protection
but additionally laborious punching and actually good putting. Lengthy, lengthy and
highly effective; actually powerful to take care of.”
