UFC’s rising star Islam Makhachev is one of the toughest people to face in the octagon, and it seems that he is just as vicious and brutal on the mats. In preparation for his upcoming UFC 280 bout with Charles Olveira, Makhachev put his training partner to sleep with an Anaconda choke in what seemed to be a very intentional way.
Islam Makhachev Brutal Anaconda Choke in Training
The -74 kg Sambo World Champion and UFC lightweight contender is just days away from one of the most anticipated matches in recent lightweight UFC history – his bout with Charles Oliveira.
While most bets in terms of submissions are probably on the Brazilian, the Russian is definitely showing off some very aggressive and efficient finishing skills himself.
Namely, in a video that follows Islam Makhachev during his preparations for next weekend’s UFC 280 headliner, did not pull any chokes back in training and brutally put his training partner to sleep.
While the camera angle is not exactly the best, it is absolutely clear that he has an Anaconda choke tightly set up around his training partner’s neck.
As the camera zooms in, there is a motion that suggests the training partner is tapping out, and pretty frantically at that, and Islam just keeps calm and carries on until his partner stops moving.
To be fair, he let’s go immediately when he sees that his training partner is out, and lies there on the spot, his choking arm still under the training partner’s neck, waiting for his partner to wake up. This suggests that he intentionally and deliberately ignored the tap and kept on choking.
His training partner wakes up in the usual post-choke fidgety manner, and the pair start laughing and joking about him falling asleep before they immediately go on with sparring.
We know Russian training camps are tough, but taking chokes all the way can’t be good for the training partners, can it?
Check out the video and judge for yourself!
