In a ordinary incident on Sunday, UFC light-weight champion Rafael Fiziev referred to as out tennis megastar Rafael Nadal after beating his opponent (Rafael dos Anjos) in Las Vegas. Fiziev received his bout after best knockout of the Brazilian legend and changed into the primary Azerbaijan athlete to struggle within the UFC.
Alternatively, it kind of feels that he was once now not gratified after profitable the fit as he straight away referred to as out Nadal.
“I need to say, now we all know who’s the most efficient Rafael within the UFC, now we all know, and now I wanna make a brand new problem who’s the most efficient Rafael in game, Rafael Nadal, come right here, come right here.”
Fiziev then went directly to state that he may just beat Nadal at his personal sport, pronouncing: “Rafael Nadal, the place him? I will beat him in his game too.”
This isn’t the primary time that Fiziev has challenged any individual in a struggle. Previous, he had referred to as out social media character Hasbulla Magomedov and comic Vince Vaughn.
Your transfer, @RafaelNadal ? ?
[ @RafaelFiziev | #UFCVegas58 ] percent.twitter.com/29rxGQWD3J
— UFC (@ufc) July 10, 2022
After defeating the previous light-weight champion, Fiziev were given a hefty quantity of US$50,000 as a efficiency bonus. This efficiency will stay Fiziev in identify rivalry within the close to long run. This was once six consecutive wins for Fiziev and he’ll perhaps change dos Anjos’ spot because the seventh-ranked light-weight megastar.
Nadal withdrew from Wimbledon as a result of a torn belly muscle on Thursday, an afternoon sooner than he was once meant to play Nick Kyrgios within the semifinals.
It’s the first time since 1931 {that a} guy pulled out of the oldest Grand Slam match sooner than a semifinal or ultimate.