UFC Star Loik Radzhabov Calls Women’s Fights His ‘Snack and Toilet’ Break Time

Allan Binoy | 20/07/2024
UFC Star Loik Radzhabov Calls Women's Fights His ‘Snack and Toilet’ Break Time

Yet another Russian UFC fighter has come up with a controversial take on women’s MMA. It started off with Khabib Nurmagomedov asking women to be ‘fighter at home’. Following this he received a lot of backlash but then he also called out ring girls in the UFC for not adding any value to the events. It almost felt as though ‘The Eagle’ did not think the sport was something women should be involved in. And now this

Loik Radzhabov will take on Trey Ogden in a lightweight clash on the preliminary card of Saturday night’s Fight Night. Ahead of his fight, he had this to say about women’s MMA in an interview with Red Corner MMA,

“Actually, when women fight I take a break to get some snacks or go to the toilet.”

 

The UFC lightweight revealed that he does not watch women’s MMA at all. This comes despite the fact that the main event of the card he fights on is a clash between two women.

It is important to note that when fighters like Nurmagomedov and Radzhabov make such comments, they should be taken with a pinch of salt. Since they were born and raised in very conservative households where the roles for men and women are very distinct with limited scope of breaking free.

Speaking of women fighting in the UFC, one recent incident sparked a lot of debate. It all unfurled when Tracy Cortez cut her hair to make weight.

UFC fighter Cortez confuses fans during weight cut

Cortez looked to take on Rose Namajunas in last weekend’s UFC Fight Night event after taking the fight on short notice and hence had to cut a lot to make weight.

In a drastic attempt to make weight, the UFC fighter chopped off half her hair in order to make weight. This sparked an interesting reaction from the fans.

 

While some saw it as a logical thing to do, to cut off half a pound of hair, other’s found it funny. As next up on stage was Namajunas, who shaves off all her hair.

 

This stark contrast between the two fighters made for a hilarious discussion between fans in the comments section.

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Allan Binoy

Allan Binoy is a MMA journalist at The SportsRush. Taken to the sport in 2015, thanks to a certain Conor McGregor, Allan has himself dabbled in the martial arts. And having graduated from Loyola College, Chennai, with a degree in English Literature, he has learnt to use his love for language to have a voice in the MMA community. Allan has been writing about the gladiatorial stories for more than three years now and has pursued excellence at a number of reputable media organizations, covering every UFC PPV in the last couple of years. In addition to this, the southpaw is also a semi-professional soccer player for Diego Juniors FC in Pune, playing in the Pune Super Division League.

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