Ahead of his UFC debut, Muhammad Mokaev speaks to Adam Catterall about making his journey from Dagestan to Wigan and then climbing the ranks in MMA to the UFC! Watch #UFCLondon on Saturday on BT Sport 1 HD.
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@ridwan70982 жыл бұрын
The Russian accent with the Wigan accent combined is something else🤣
@captainkirk12 жыл бұрын
No wigin accent their mate, I'm frum wigin me i et pies.
@Maartun2 жыл бұрын
It’s like a Chechen accent mixed with a Scouse accent
@Brandon-pp5mk2 жыл бұрын
degastan x wigan combined no ones safe
@Adam-uz9sc2 жыл бұрын
I thought he was from Manchester
@kahlebhowarth-jennings96882 жыл бұрын
@@captainkirk1 there’s a few words that definitely sound proper northern English, definitely not yorkshire but also not geordie or scouse, not quite farmer enough to be Wigan but too farmer to be Manchester
@alexb2922 жыл бұрын
Being from Salford, I’m so proud of seeing him on the biggest stage under the brightest lights of all. He’s enriched the mma scene and raised the bar in the north west of England, Muhammad is a true phenom of the amateur scene and we all know he will smash it in the ufc. Lets go Muhammad 💪👍
@sm-ry7lj2 жыл бұрын
🤝🏼💪🏽
@ShayanKhanbazzinga2 жыл бұрын
@Modiloves Luli ur dad roames there at night for some candy
@warnerbuller-lecriut47502 жыл бұрын
people dont realise how big this is for manchester uno brother, im gassed for him
@faz80552 жыл бұрын
Well said mate!!
@JayCee-tp2gv2 жыл бұрын
"enriched" lol
@thomaslunde50142 жыл бұрын
The fact that Dagestan keeps pumping out these great fighting talents in serious numbers when they only have a population of about 3 million people is crazy!
@AzeemMMA2 жыл бұрын
The fact that he’s only 21 to me is insane. Massive inspiration for young athletes as he’s only a few years older than them 🔥🇬🇧
@youtubebram43932 жыл бұрын
And a good role model for our younger generation, let's hope they start having more respect like and behaving like him.
@MrDentSir2 жыл бұрын
The is the true definition of spirit....A refugee who respects the opportunity and is now a UK legend.........
@dannybarry96452 жыл бұрын
Lol a UK legend. He's from Dagestan🙄. He has also only beat a few cans 🤣
@wrestlingjudoms13022 жыл бұрын
No the English don't get to claim this one.
@fadlisuryanto8617 Жыл бұрын
@@dannybarry9645 but mohamad mokaev in interview choose england rather than russia.. i dont know why
@illtownjackboy6056 Жыл бұрын
@@fadlisuryanto8617 it’s fan base uk population is like 70 million Dagestan population 3 million so it makes more sense to rep uk for ppvs and be the only champion from the uk while Dagestan will have many champions
@FinnMMA2 ай бұрын
@@dannybarry9645dude is raising and repping the England flag proudly so yes English. He literally said "my goal is to become English UFC champion". Unlike Khamzat he knows that the UK gave him everything and a good life I like that
@bri_____2 жыл бұрын
The depth of talent in that part of the world is preposterous.
@Sam-ng3of2 жыл бұрын
Only trained karate for a bit in Dagestan when he was younger than 12. All of his MMA training was done in England including wrestling.
@MarkWalmsley2 жыл бұрын
@@Sam-ng3of it's just something that they are born with. Refugees have a different mentality. Now is he as good as a dagestani who lived and trained there their whole life.....I can't say but I imagine he isn't. However flyweight isn't full of savage dagestani wrestlers who we will see. I haven't heard of him until today so it will be interesting to find out.
@Sam-ng3of2 жыл бұрын
@@MarkWalmsley not sure how certain we can be that being good at martial arts is something they are born with lol. He got there through hard work training in Manchester, Liverpool etc. But the values from his dad sure helped. Have been following him since he turned pro.
@Nassirtheory2 жыл бұрын
@@Sam-ng3of lol he’s Dagestani first
@istheway-gu6yo Жыл бұрын
@@Sam-ng3of nobody cares dude, nobody cares
@Gh0st_07232 жыл бұрын
Oh man its heartwarming to see non Muslims supporting this guy, Instead of letting racism effect their views. Thanks guys, it actually means a lot. We're all 1.
@johnholmes27452 жыл бұрын
This guy has a great attitude. Resilient, young and talented, he’ll go far
@khairt17312 жыл бұрын
He's got that pure good energy like Khabib
@khaanaboltahai63862 жыл бұрын
He talks like Khabib , he sounds like him too attitude wise too.... God bless u young man
@michellemullins67412 жыл бұрын
This guy is 21 years old. Wow. So well spoken for a language he is still learning. So confident. Love his story and love him.
@jwjwjhsjsj50982 жыл бұрын
This 21 year old is so inspiring!
@niyazahmed34482 жыл бұрын
Im hearing hints of the northern England accent mixed in with his dagestani accent, its tripping me out but i love it lol🤣
@New_RogueАй бұрын
This man is an inspiration. My prayers go to Muhammad Mokaev for him to have nothing but success on his journey. Never give up my man. love from Micronesia 🇫🇲
@patrickseary2 жыл бұрын
He used to live at the end of my street, once his dad was arguing with some gripper and Mohammed slammed this guy twice his size hahaha beast
@mohamedabugrain21782 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂
@atronadhashi45502 жыл бұрын
is that real?
@patrickseary2 жыл бұрын
@@atronadhashi4550 is what I said real? Yeah
@atronadhashi45502 жыл бұрын
@@patrickseary wow
@dannybarry96452 жыл бұрын
Cool story bro😐
@---nv4fz2 жыл бұрын
This guy is the definition of hard work mashallah seen him since 2016 killing it in the amateur mma
@JohnnyEtiquette2 жыл бұрын
Without a doubt the future UFC Flyweight Champion
@mattearl12702 жыл бұрын
He hasn’t even fought yet, he’s a promising prospect but don’t get too ahead of yourself lol
@tejasbhat44772 жыл бұрын
@@mattearl1270 he's 23-0 in amateur 6-0 in pro I believe It's hard not to get hyped But yes He's not fought yer
@brianpotter1492 жыл бұрын
@@mattearl1270 and now holder of the 2nd fastest FW submission in UFC history on his debut aswell.......58 seconds.
@Notpoop9062 жыл бұрын
X to doubt
@dannywigan202 жыл бұрын
Great to see him finally get to the UFC, people have said it's only a matter of time for years round Wigan, Tom and now Muhammed, Wigan are doing the U.k proud in the mma world.
@Izzy-zh8ck2 жыл бұрын
A Dagestani brit! I'm sold ! Take my money
@hunterwolf68982 жыл бұрын
A few lads from my town Wigan fighting tonight for the UFC. Crazy!
@elyt7772 жыл бұрын
If Mokaev enters 125 rankings, there will be 3 Dagestanis in FlW division. Mokaev, Tagir, and the title contender Askarov. Almost each UFC division got its Dagestani contenders, Zabit, Islam, Imavov, Ankalaev, and some promising prospects, like Mokaev and Umar. Shouldn't even mention Khabib, as he is retired. There are Dagestani contenders and champs in Bellator, PFL, and ONE. A reminder that Dagestan's population is just 3 mln...
@atronadhashi45502 жыл бұрын
This is unreal!!
@preston88592 жыл бұрын
Isn’t wrestling like their national sport? Lol in most big countries like the US, other sports dominate, so the best athletes aren’t all wrestling and training for mma. In the US wrestling season is during basketball, and basketball is so much more popular, most of the best athletes would rather do that.
@seetsamolapo56002 жыл бұрын
@@preston8859 in spite of that, there's sth special about their wrestling. These guys are just different
@Sam-ng3of2 жыл бұрын
All of mokaevs training was done in Britain
@elyt7772 жыл бұрын
@@Sam-ng3of Sure, why then we don't see many Indian, Pakistani, or Arab fighters from the UK, they outnumber Dagestanis in UK by x10000. And Imavov fights from France, Khamzat is a Chechen, Dagestan's neighbor, basically the same culture, fights from Sweden. Etc
@Zunn19962 жыл бұрын
His Russian accent with Wigan twang is so funny to me 😂
@almurabitun2 жыл бұрын
He is Dagestani not Russian
@dbgaming872 жыл бұрын
@@almurabitun Dagastan is in Russia 🤦♂️
@captainkirk12 жыл бұрын
I don't hear it
@almurabitun2 жыл бұрын
@@dbgaming87 He is ethnic Avar Dagestani. Yes, it is currently occupied by Russia but he is not an ethnic Slav Russian. Plus, the Dagestani accent is different to Russian.
@dbgaming872 жыл бұрын
@@almurabitun Dagestan, officially the Republic of Dagestan is a republic of Russia situated in the North Caucasus of Eastern Europe, along the Caspian Sea. It is located north of the Greater Caucasus, and is a part of the North Caucasian
@onlystuntin19052 жыл бұрын
Let´s go Muhammad! Massive respect and support being sent your way.
@-MrGold-2 жыл бұрын
been following mo for a few years now its so sick to see him where he deserves to be! future champion 100%
@Sam-ng3of2 жыл бұрын
@Beyonce's Middle Finger wrestling + very good kicks
@Medellin44972 жыл бұрын
@Beyonce's Middle Finger Beast style! He is not like fake hyped fighters Paddy Pimblett and stuff like that. He is real.
@niyazahmed34482 жыл бұрын
@Beyonce's Middle Finger incredible wrestling, i mean he has dagestani blood and im not surprised and very good strriking, i think his wrestling is a tad better tho
@Vector9462 жыл бұрын
At times when he is speaking he sounds like a proper Englishman😂
@Sam-ng3of2 жыл бұрын
Because he is, he's a Wiganner
@JayCee-tp2gv2 жыл бұрын
@@Sam-ng3of clown
@W..9492 жыл бұрын
@@Sam-ng3of I mean he still has an accent from dagestan…
@BarisTitanX2 жыл бұрын
Listening to him is a lot of fun, he's got that Dagestani accent mixed with a Northern English one..
@aromafromheaven2 жыл бұрын
Mokaev is just wonderful
@aidan74132 жыл бұрын
Very excited for his debut. Been waiting for him to be signed
@carlt92652 жыл бұрын
Very talented like tom aspinall 2 wigan lads on the map
@ashley54202 жыл бұрын
This lad has gained a fan,first interview I've seen of him aswell
@Halbumen2 жыл бұрын
he's still a baby and already an absolute BEAST. Bring on Saturday!
@nornas60712 жыл бұрын
I am from the Netherlands end I follow this fighter very long time ago
@josevanreyes2 жыл бұрын
Ok
@shark4sk2 жыл бұрын
Hey...I am also in Netherlands and have been following him for sometime......
@TheBiKinger2 жыл бұрын
He finished it in 58 sec 🔥🔥
@wolf53932 жыл бұрын
Muhammad Mokaev the fighter with one of the toughest mentality.
@chrishealey50982 жыл бұрын
Great interview. This london card is massive for all the uk fighters to make a name for themselves.
@thecaribbeanhashira2 жыл бұрын
Awesome, can`t wait to see his UFC debut.
@Sam-ng3of2 жыл бұрын
He has always repped UK/Manchester/Wigan/Salford from his early days. He won't change now that people jump on his well deserved hype train.
@jzilla12342 жыл бұрын
Shout out to Wigan youth zone for finding this warrior
@N1CH0LAS0072 жыл бұрын
Let’s goooo Mokaev so f’n excited for UFC London this weekend no doubt it’s the best lineup we’ve ever seen imo ✌️
@fredfoley42272 жыл бұрын
Crazy hearing that Dagestani accent mixed with the north of England!
@ethanb276 ай бұрын
The fact hes a dagastani born. However only started learning to wrestle in wigan england… its a year on and this man is one of the best grapplers in his devision and he learnt how to in wigan.. thats amazing
@kamalakelly62082 жыл бұрын
Hes very good what he does and champion for reason he will become even more in UFC in sha Allah
@maggielogie45562 жыл бұрын
Not heard of this guy but i like him he has that fire in his soul. Also he wants to rep britian well do us proud brother!! 2nd round TKO!!
@XoXo4752 жыл бұрын
He’s absolutely gorgeous.
@crookyie95562 жыл бұрын
Was a pleasure to go the same school as him in Wigan
@ajplfc12762 жыл бұрын
Living the British dream well done lad not often a scouser will praise a manc
@brothermohdhanif3752 жыл бұрын
21 is great journey to begin
@meatballsportstalk62972 жыл бұрын
He killed it today with that flying knee
@mrorangecookie14302 жыл бұрын
lets go cant wait for saturday
@LaazrGaming2 жыл бұрын
THE FUTURE! MY BROTHER
@GG-bx1nv2 жыл бұрын
wait your a fan of mohammad mokaev
@specialone60322 жыл бұрын
Respect ✊🏻
@jamieanderson34752 жыл бұрын
Remember him from UKFC cards , great fighter
@derdude77252 жыл бұрын
ingush people support u brother 💪🏻🤝🏻
@thenazgul8442 жыл бұрын
this guy current win streak is 29 , I can't wait to see him fighting
@wolf53932 жыл бұрын
The men is here. Champ material.
@lukeashton81072 жыл бұрын
Always repped my town Ashton Manchester top team ❤️my local MMA gym I wanna take up wrestling cause of this guy just need the confidence to go there
@2011Emptyheads2 жыл бұрын
This guy will be champ
@shikharsingh29712 жыл бұрын
Youngest Champ ( 2023 ) - Mohammad Mokaev 🔥
@zakaria80852 жыл бұрын
Ufc will not give him a chance to it
@sn-mc9ym2 жыл бұрын
LETS GO MO !
@monch31312 жыл бұрын
Inshaaalah his be a ufc champion
@joshbrant85812 жыл бұрын
This man is a beast
@adampowell54812 жыл бұрын
Very likable chap
@millysworld61502 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't bet against this lad becoming the youngest champ...or a future legend for that matter.
@deathstroke3342 жыл бұрын
Can't be youngest champ if figgy and moreno are doing the 18th straight rematch
@zakaria80852 жыл бұрын
I wish he win and i wish they give him top 15
@SyedReacxts2 жыл бұрын
This brother is good 👍 new star IA
@thesatisfiedcustomer48692 жыл бұрын
If he can avoid serious injuries he will deffo be a world champion
@benjaminrichard77412 жыл бұрын
How am I just now hearing about this thunderous prospect?! 😨
@rickoblackpool19382 жыл бұрын
Let's go smashed it.... 🚀🚀🚀
@prioragranta692 жыл бұрын
🔥🔥🔥 Мухаммад полный газ братишка
@IFAMILYIH2 жыл бұрын
Ay Mashallah
@orionpacks2 жыл бұрын
the future champ
@AXharoth Жыл бұрын
i love Adam!
@NaserAlzaben72 жыл бұрын
Best of luck champ
@semlapa98642 жыл бұрын
Khabib teammate Tagir is also in 125 lb, his vs. Tagir would be a great fight (btw Tagir is coached by best mma coach AKA coach Jav and coach Khabib)
@wesleylamb77822 жыл бұрын
He would smash him
@jimbob75342 жыл бұрын
They wont fight they from Dagestan
@wesleylamb77822 жыл бұрын
@@jimbob7534 so why not he had been in England long enough.
@semlapa98642 жыл бұрын
@@jimbob7534 once the belt is on the line, they will fight, cant wait to hear coach Khabib yelling control your hip
@zakaria80852 жыл бұрын
Tagir is weak
@rwaditama2 жыл бұрын
Let's goo Magomed Mokaev
@luvcalv2 жыл бұрын
Future champ
@bricktop.2 жыл бұрын
Rah, man come from Dagestan to WIGAN? He's in the trenches for real.
@TheWorldsGoneMad20222 жыл бұрын
Up the tics 👌good luck mate 👍
@leedscity68812 жыл бұрын
Good luck pal
@STMMAUFC2 жыл бұрын
💯
@umom93532 жыл бұрын
Future champ for UK and for the dangstan and Muslim looking for his rise too top 💪🇬🇧
@Asiyah20002 жыл бұрын
@@Bot-rp7rj salty hater go get life 😏
@Adam-uz9sc2 жыл бұрын
@@Bot-rp7rj he's reps England so how is it dangistan
@umom93532 жыл бұрын
@@Bot-rp7rj OK my dood Don't be salty I included all three and he carry the UK flag as well as dangstan u Mellon
@wolf53932 жыл бұрын
The most interesting ufc debut - since khamzat chimaev.
@zakaria80852 жыл бұрын
Khamzat debut wasn't interesting like this one, after he took the short notice fight he became famous
@arslanjani11052 жыл бұрын
@@zakaria8085 true
@FinnMMA2 ай бұрын
Alex Perreira by FAR in years lol
@davidp55442 жыл бұрын
4:08 if he can learn English up there the boy can do anything 😂
@jeremiahfreitag52422 жыл бұрын
Was he involved in Eagles mma at any point
@user-wv1px4ht9w Жыл бұрын
👍👍👍🤝
@sajidrahman61602 жыл бұрын
Dagestani??!?..that's our khabib !!
@AliMoradiTehrani2 жыл бұрын
By 2024 all UFC champs will be Muslims. InshaAllah
@TheAlp.2 жыл бұрын
Met him in March of 2018 he was fighting at a UKFC event in Preston the same day as my friend and we got told this guy is a prodigy and the future at just 18years old and we believed it then we saw him smash his opponent snd knew he is going for the ufc
@Maartun2 жыл бұрын
0:01 gotta love the stone island jumper
@munirkhan60912 жыл бұрын
The British Khabib we got a superstar in the UK Tyson fury and Muhammad mokeav remember .........
@Sam-ng3of2 жыл бұрын
He said he doesn't want to be Khabib 2.0
@umarandria40672 жыл бұрын
"My comfort zone is in the cage" 🤣😂
@hamzatabibi97432 жыл бұрын
youve seen muhammed mokaev, now just wait for his fellow gym partner, ibragim ibragimov.
@hasanabbasi90002 жыл бұрын
from Dagestan to Wigan = raggo blood
@paulwilson75572 жыл бұрын
Up the tics!
@waughy91032 жыл бұрын
Wigan? I'd have stayed in dagestan...
@halimmimo25552 жыл бұрын
Khabib and his team probably painted a whole different pic of dagestan it take so many obstacles/problems to train there compared to in the UK even Khabib when he signed with the UFC he changed his camp the US
@trtvitor13852 жыл бұрын
@@halimmimo2555 If you’d been to Wigan you’d understand
@millysworld61502 жыл бұрын
Hehe...it is a place that breeds toughness though. Pretty useful for a fighter or a rugby player. Three lads from Wigan area on Saturday's card.
@waughy91032 жыл бұрын
@@millysworld6150 It's a place that INBREEDS toughness. Especially league players 🏉
@historian32902 жыл бұрын
😂 😂 😂
@orkhanahmadov99636 ай бұрын
is English hard to learn in North West of London he said?
@raynor47972 ай бұрын
No North West England because he moved to Wigan
@final58fant582 жыл бұрын
Why is every fighter who comes from Dagestan last name always finish with a v?
@dederetre2 жыл бұрын
before we were annexed by Russia we had lastnames without V at the end. Then the russification had happened - Russians added OV and EV (depends on is previous vowel or consonant) at the end of our LN.
@istheway-gu6yo Жыл бұрын
ov and ev means "son of"
@wolf53932 жыл бұрын
Inshallah -------....
@tjo62522 жыл бұрын
Why most top guys who represent britain aren't british.
@GG-bx1nv2 жыл бұрын
because actual brits arnt tough?
@murrayde6302 жыл бұрын
That's true, Tyson Fury is Irish, Bisping is Polish/Irish, Leon Edwards is Jamaican, Lennox Lewis is Caribbean/Canadian.
@brandonlee48582 жыл бұрын
They're British, British is a nationality
@burchyscfc59882 жыл бұрын
@@GG-bx1nv actual brits aren’t tough? Tom Aspinall, Arnold Allen, Nathaniel Wood, Paul Craig, Paddy Pimblett all on this card and all ethnically British and the amount of british boxing world champions we’ve had is endless…🖕🏻
@burchyscfc59882 жыл бұрын
@@murrayde630 Nah your just ignorant, UK has had alot of immigrants over time so yes eventually someone from another ethnic background was going to make it to the top to represent us?
@sgx8126 Жыл бұрын
I heard he is undefeated with 31-0 win steak. Is that real?