Light heavyweight Nikita Krylov answered questions from the press at the official UFC Vegas 70 media day ahead of facing Ryan …
welcome back how are you feeling yeah I’m great thank you so how does it feel to be main event is fight week felt any different does Preparation feel any different also it’s same but it’s big deal for me it’s first main event and you see and I feel myself great I have a great camp good acclimatization and now I wait in Saturday it’s kind of a big week Ukrainian Fighters because there’s two Ukrainian Fighters main Eventing two major MMA organizations this week does that make you feel good about the position that you’re at um foreign now um [Music] foreign I think that all the people in all the countries of the former Soviet Union I could be watching MMA this weekend everyone’s gonna be rooting for me everyone’s going to be rooting for your Slava most of so it’s very important weekend and honestly uh in case you don’t know I don’t divide whether it’s you know Russian people Ukrainian people we’re all one nation in case you didn’t know that so the important the important thing is people are going to be watching this people are going to be supporting us so it’s it’s a very important weekend and I will also try and follow his fight if I can if it doesn’t conflict with my time so if I have a chance to watch this fight I will I’ll root for him I hope that he wins and it’s been I believe October since you fought last did you want to get back a little bit sooner or were you happy to have a little bit of a break uh foreign it’s a good time for prepare it’s all be good and uh what what did you think when you got the name Ryan span also I won’t fight with guys who stay in Jaime in writing because I want we’ll do Contender fight but when my manager said me you have main event with Ryan Spain first for me what I listened its main event it’s be good that’s why I spent okay he’s tough guy it’s been interesting fight he seems to say he’s not really paying attention to anything about you hasn’t really looked into you at all do you think that he’s making a bad decision doing that by not researching you a little bit um I don’t know it’s better for me if he think I bet it’s good for me after fight we will see what certified are you expecting from him [Music] I think it’d be fast and strong and tough fight he have tough punch and he will be try punch me I must move punch him kick him and I think I will be better with a win over Ryan that could put you into title talk or do you feel like you might need a one or two more fights before you’re ready yeah I think also am I I must will be one or two fight maybe one Contender fight but this fight not give me title chance it’s also thank you thank you hey Nikita uh here’s one quick one for you uh it’s been 17 five years 17 fights in the UC and you finally got your first main Avengers how does that how does that make you feel foreign foreign it’s a great feeling it’s really warm feelings it means that I’m moving forward I’m progressing I’m not standing in one place it means the organization sees what I’m doing and and Believes In Me and trusts me to Main Event this uh such an important organization so I think it’s great I feel great about it was there ever a thought in the back of your head that maybe I won’t get a main event ever I just I just keep going okay maybe um [Music] I don’t like to think ahead or kind of overthink that why it happens that way if I’m opening the fight card great that’s important if I’m closing the fight guard even card even better the thing is that’s that’s not what it’s about it’s just just means that I’m doing the right thing I mean where did the minor come from a minor for my Netherlands my family my father is mine and my grandfather is minor I am minor I’m working mine this is why one times I think minor is better like Al Capone awesome thank you thank you so thank you