Subscribe to @QJLeague: https://insta.openinapp.co/QJLeague https://telegram.openinapp.co/QJLeague The long-awaited interview! It has almost become a tradition for the channel to have regular zoom calls with manager Sayat Abdrakhmanov after Shavkat Rakhmonov's fights, but recently we met Sayat in person for the first time when he came to Almaty. In this interview, there will be no questions about the next fights of Sayat's fighters, but we discussed in detail how Sayat made it to the UFC, what is hidden behind the scenes of MMA and the best league in the world, how fights are organized, what and who influences them. Well, there will also be several unusual stories about Shavkat and other famous UFC fighters! Follow Kazakhstani sports in our telegram channel: https://t.me/+T5V85QI8Y-RQ2fEN Follow us on Instagram: https://insta.oia.link/sportilinet Subscribe to our backup TG channel so you don’t get lost if something happens: https://t.me/+xSSr4HMc0104OTli Our website: https://sportilinet.kz/ You can get all the materials from our website directly to your WhatsApp or Telegram: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaCh... https://t.me/sportilinetkz Subscribe to Schrödinger’s Sport in Telegram: https://t.me/sportilinet Follow us on Instagram: https://insta.oia.link/sportilinet Our Azamat Sport channel is completely in Kazakh: / @azamatsport Schrödinger’s podcast (for now about world football): / @podcastilinet Tik-tok of Schrödinger's Sport: https://oia.link/sportilinet Schrödinger's Sport channel with short videos about Kazakhstani sports: / @sportilinet2 #ufc #interview #kazakhstan #shavkat #rakhmonov #mma #mma #fighter #fight #ufc #podcast #china #sports Time codes: 00:00 - Teaser 00:55 - This is what we're going to talk about with Sayat Abdrakhmanov 01:55 - Sayat's tour of Kazakhstan: where he's been, what he's accomplished 04:39 - Sayat's most unusual interview 05:28 - About tournaments where students came on as substitutes 07:15 - In the summer, Sayat was a cornerman in a championship fight 07:53 - Sayat attended a pop-MMA tournament. How does he feel about this? 08:27 - How the pop MMA star reached out to Sayat through an interview 09:42 - A typical day for Sayat when he is in Thailand 10:58 - "I said: one day I will be in the UFC. Do you believe me?!" 12:17 - Why did Sayat go to study in China? 13:32 - How Sayat worked for a Chinese oil company 14:11 - Quiz for Sayat! 14:42 - Getting to know the UFC and your favorite fighter 16:47 - How an Irishman introduced Sayat to Brazilian jiu-jitsu? 17:53 - Sayat is ready to have a media fight. What are the conditions? 19:01 - How Sayat convinced a YouTube superstar to record a video for his son at the UFC tournament 21:01 - Sayat fought an MMA fight himself. He even took a bonus! 23:53 - What still surprises Sayat in fighters? 25:50 - Sayat has been in the management of the Tiger Muay Thai gym for 10 years. What does he do? 26:41 - The gym even offers sword fighting training! 27:56 - How the gym helped young Alex Volkanovski and Arman Tsarukyan 29:17 - How much money do you need for a month of training camp at Sayat's gym? 30:07 - Comparison of Dagestan and Thailand 31:11 - Parties with the UFC champion 32:55 - Kazakhstani celebrities in Sayat's gym - what were they shocked by? 33:19 - Sayat's debut in the UFC - how was it? How did he become the opponent's manager? 35:38 - Sayat's first fighter in the UFC - who is he? 36:38 - How did he start working with an American business partner due to a conflict? 37:25 - Geography of Sayat's fighters. Not only the CIS! 37:53 - Sayat was Asu Almabaev's manager, but then they broke up. What happened? 39:59 - Is Sayat ready to help with the UFC tournament in Kazakhstan? How much does it cost? 42:34 - A great story about a Kazakhstani's fight in China: "The opponent was brought in a wheelchair" 45:13 - The most exotic country where the fighter was taken 45:41 - UFC matchmakers - who are these people? 46:15 - The UFC's gray cardinal! This is not Dana White 46:31 - Why do Kazakhstani fighters need to go out on short notice? 48:38 - Sayat and Petr Yan's unique trip to a championship fight during a pandemic 49:16 - What do the fighters write to Sayat in direct messages? 51:33 - MMA scammers helped Sayat. How? 51:53 - The situation with Arman Ashimov 52:33 - About taxes on fighters' fees and US visas 54:00 - Could Sayat become a boxing manager? 54:23 - How to avoid cryptocurrency scandals like Khamzat? 55:10 - Does Sayat write posts for fighters on Twitter? 57:06 - What's so cool about Dana White? 58:07 - Is Shavkat popular in China? And in Thailand? 58:57 - Shavkat will soon have international advertising contracts! 1:00:43 - How did Sayat fight Shavkat? How many times did he snitch? 1:01:27 - An unknown story about Shavkat