Yaroslav
Amosov’s UFC 328
camp was going too perfectly, until it wasn’t.
Amosov took on Joel
Alvarez in a welterweight booking at UFC 328 last weekend in
Newark, New Jersey. Amosov barely broke a sweat while dominating
Alvarez on the ground before submitting him in the second round.
The Ukrainian star also earned a $100,000 performance bonus for his
win.
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Amosov recently revealed that he had suffered a massive black eye
in sparring just a couple of weeks before UFC 328. While Amosov
usually suffers minor cuts and bruises during fight camp, this one
was going so well that it almost had him worried. Amosov was
assured that everything was in place when he suffered a black eye
just two weeks before fight night.
No Such Thing as Perfect
“If this video gets posted, it will be after the fight,” Amosov
said on social media. “There’s no perfect camp, every time I’m in
camp, something happens to me always: a minor cut, a minor injury.
Something that doesn’t stop me but it just tells me I need to
adjust my schedule a bit and rest for a day or two. And a couple of
days ago I thought damn, everything’s great, not a single injury. I
was even scared. I thought what’s going on? Weird, really
weird.”
Amosov (30-1) added after showing off his black eye, “So,
everything is in the right place. I am actually glad nothing has
changed.”
Amosov has finished both his
UFC fights via submission so far. “Dynamo” is eyeing a big name
and tougher matchup for his next outing.