Artem Lobov Quotes

Artem Lobov

Profession : Mixed Martial Artist

Birth : August 11, 1986

I think against Cub I get it done. He comes in, he's very open, he throws wild shots, and he has never, I promise you, in his life felt power that I have.

Artem Lobov

I always had an interest in MMA but I didn't start training until I was 21.

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To me, KSW is a huge promotion and it's on my list of one of the things I want to do as an MMA fighter. I think that goes for any European fighter.

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Boxers are absolute novices in the clinch.

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It's called the Ultimate Fighting Championship and people pay to come and see the fights.

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Let's be honest here - 99 percent of MMA fans haven't got a clue what's going on. They don't understand the game enough to comment on any of that. They don't know how easy it is to have an impressive record. I could have 10 guys in my gym tomorrow, beat them all up, and there's 10 wins for my record. It is that easy. It is that easy to be 10-0.

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When I first fought in K-1, I knocked out a guy in two minutes.

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If you truly believe that all the training you do can go out the window just because a guy is a few pounds heavier than you, that's just crazy.

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For me it's my biggest sporting achievement being Conor McGregor's sparring partner.

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Being able to train nothing but boxing for a full year made me a much better boxer as I brought in professional boxers helped me make a lot of gains.

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There is such a thing as building a fight, that's no problem, we're going into fight each other. That takes certain levels of intensity that you have to have. You're going in there to hurt the guy and he's going to do the same to you so that's understandable.

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I feel I have the necessary skills to compete with the best, I wouldn't have even aimed for the UFC if I didn't think I did.

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In times of war, my brothers never let me down.

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With the kind of power that I have - no one hits as hard as I do in the featherweight division.

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The thing everybody thinks of when they think about Russia is how tough the people are. When they see a fighter continuously pulling out, that's something that they really don't like. Then they look at a guy like Conor who always shows up and does what he says he's going to do. That really resonates with the Russian public.

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I want to be able to take fights on short notice.

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Obviously UFC was one of those kind of dreams that we weren't sure if we were ever going to reach, so for us, the biggest belt was the Cage Contender belt.

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What do you call success in our sport? What determines success? Are you successful if you are 10-0 and no one is watching your fights? Is that success?

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I certainly will explore all avenues. K-1, boxing, all of them.

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