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PRE-PRIDE 29 INTERVIEW
02/21/2005
Aliev Makhmud
Pride Fighting Championships:
You're 35?
Aliev Makhmud:
Yes.
Pride:
How tall are you?
Makhmud:
173 cm.
Pride:
And your weight?
Makhmud:
85 kg.
Pride:
We don't know very much about you. You're a world champion wrestler?
Makhmud:
An Azerbaydzhan Champion, not a World Champion.
Pride:
In what weight class?
Makhmud:
68 kg.
Pride:
One time? Two times?
Makhmud:
Two times. I'm also a trainer for the Azerbaydzhan Olympic wrestling team.
Pride:
Have you wrestled in the Olympics?
Makhmud:
No.
Pride:
Freestyle or Greco-Roman?
Makhmud:
Freestyle.
Pride:
What do you want to fight mixed martial arts in PRIDE?
Makhmud:
In December, I attended a wrestling rules seminar in Italy and the offer was brought to me.
Pride:
Have you boxed or worked on submissions?
Makhmud:
Boxing isn't a problem and I'm comfortable with submissions. I have to be very quick to do submissions, though. Once I was in the Soviet Marines and I did training there, too.
Pride:
Did you box in the Marines?
Makhmud:
Not serious training.
Pride:
Are you married? Kids?
Makhmud:
No.
Pride:
Have a dog?
Makhmud:
No.
Pride:
What are your hobbies?
Makhmud:
Girls.
Pride:
Good hobby. Do you play any music?
Makhmud:
I like it but no.
Pride:
What kind of music do you like?
Makhmud:
Quiet music.
Pride:
Classical?
Makhmud:
Relaxation music.
Pride:
What's your favorite movie?
Makhmud:
Action movies.
Pride:
One last thing, how does it feel to be in PRIDE in Japan?
Makhmud:
I feel like I'm on the street, inside an action movie.