Shamil Gasanov needed to endure some excessive circumstances so as to have the ability to practice in his native Dagestan.

Gasanov despatched shockwaves via ONE Championship’s featherweight division after delivering a first-round submission of Kim Jae Woong in his promotional debut at ONE on Prime Video 3 in October.

Having already made his mark because the No. 5-ranked contender within the division, ‘The Cobra’ will try to attain the most important win of his profession when he meets former two-division ONE world champion Martin Nguyen at ONE Battle Night time 7.

Forward of their February 24 showdown, Gasanov spoke with ONE Championship concerning the unenviable circumstances he handled whereas coaching in his homeland:

“We needed to sleep within the fitness center – there was a separate room arrange for that over there. There have been no home windows and no heating within the fitness center. Typically once we skilled in winter, there was a lot fog within the room from our breath. Typically, it was minus-5 levels Celsius [23 degrees Fahrenheit] within the fitness center in winter.”

For what it’s value, the coaching circumstances have helped Gasanov grow to be one of many greatest Russian prospects in all of combined martial arts. Going into his bout with Nguyen, ‘The Cobra’ is a formidable 13-0, with most of these victories coming by the use of submission.

Shamil Gasanov says his ONE Championship debut felt no totally different than a sparring session

When Shamil Gasanov stepped into the circle for the very first time, no person knew what to anticipate. Given it was the most important battle of the undefeated Russian’s profession to this point, it could be comprehensible for the fighter to show some jitters within the circle.

Nonetheless, that was removed from the case as Gasanov regarded cool, calm, and picked up the whole time.

In an interview with the promotion, ‘The Cobra’ revealed that he felt no sense of nervousness in anyway and likened it to only one other sparring session within the fitness center:

“It was my first time competing in such an enormous area. However there have been no nerves in any respect, I used to be calm. I went into the battle as if it was a daily sparring session.”

It is going to be fascinating to see if Shamil Gasanov maintains that very same demeanor when meets one of the crucial prolific finishers in ONE Championship historical past, Martin Nguyen, in his sophomore look at ONE Battle Night time 7.

The occasion can be broadcast stay and at no cost in U.S. primetime on February 24 to Amazon subscribers in North America through Prime Video.