Ikram v. Sergei; the difference in handling defeat

Ikram after his KO loss:

Ikram Aliskerov reaction after losing to Robert Whittaker pic.twitter.com/Dvdgk9POPR

— MrTestoestrogen (@MrTestoestrogen) June 23, 2024

Sergei after his 3 round ass whooping loss:

Sergei Pavlovich shoved Alexander Volkov after their fight 👀 #UFCSaudiArabia pic.twitter.com/UbzcEcQl39

— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) June 22, 2024

It’s funny to me how the Muslim Russian fighters get shitted on here, when they’re nothing but respectful (other than Khamzat lol) yet the non Muslim Russian fighters get no hate at all. In fact fedor is worshiped as a God here

Excellent attitude from Aliskerov. Their strong faith helps them cope with problems.

Odd behaviour from Sergei. He gave me an impression of one of them Russian men’s man. As someone wrote in the PBP thread, the realisation that he hit his career ceiling probably hit him hard. So, Aliskerov was in a better position mentally.

Losing the first fight back from losing a championship fight must be the hardest, because they were so close to winning the belt; within reach, they are still focused on the belt holder, want to get right back to it, but someone comes from behind them, and sets them back further.

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Sergei knew Volkov so that counts for something in his reaction, for sure. And he also shit the bed. Yeah he’s lost before, but here he looked bad.

Would you want a Muslim to marry your daughter?

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Serf should be mad at himself for not throwing bomb with a minute left, bite on his mouth piece and go for broke, he knew he was losing

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They went through this extensively before and after the fight. These were two Russian fighters that used to train together. They used to travel to train together for camps in support of each other. Sergei was upset that Volkov signed to fight first. Volkov said he was told Sergei would sign if Volkov signed. Volkov said this was always a bad matchup for Sergei and his camp did a bad job even entertaining this fight. Weird dynamics here but I think Sergei felt betrayed by a friend… which funny enough Volkov said they were friends and Sergei said they werent.

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Seems like both guys got played by Dana.

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You need to have sex to have a daughter, ginger boy hasn’t even done that

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