Sergei Pavlovich extends his modern UFC record after earning his sixth first-round finish against heavyweight opponent Curtis …
ladies and gentlemen the end comes at the official time three minutes eight seconds round number one referee Mark Goddard puts a hall to this fight your winner by TKO second fight man I’m here with Sergey pavlovich first of all congratulations sixth first round knockout a modern UFC record I imagine you’ve got to be happy with that performance right there foreign how hard I was working there was so much work done and hopefully this time I’ll get a bonus again and Hey where’s my belt now that was my next question gonna be you were the backup for that last title fight and now I know with a big knockout over somebody like Curtis blades that has got to be what’s next what is your message to the heavyweight division in Jon Jones in particular store um foreign big respect to Curtis blade he’s great but hey somebody was saying that he was going to easily take me down the more you can say now well that’s exactly what I was going to talk about listen we talked a lot in the fighter meetings and things about how you were going to have to be worried about the takedown defense but you you you deed him up with no issues was that something that you felt in training camp aign foreign as far as I was watching the AFC usually it’s the strikers that knock people out that get bonuses usually they don’t give it to people that finish on the ground so hey that’s another finish standing up that’s another bonus I’m thinking right well listen speaking of bonuses I think you’re probably going to get one Sergey but I want you to take a look at the finish here it was the jab that was really setting things up nicely for you was that something that you knew was going to be a major weapon for you here tonight foreign foreign I was actually ready for the fact that Curtis was going to be much better standing up I knew that he was working on his stand-up so when we when he started fighting me I realized okay he’s strong but then he wasn’t going to try to take me down he started the takedowns are not going to work and so I figured I’m going to do my job standing up well Stellar performance six straight first round finishes that’s a record that nobody can doubt unbelievable performance Sergey pavlovitz ladies and gentlemen