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Rafael Fiziev rejects label of Kyrgyz martial arts product

June 24, 2026
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Rafael Fiziev has stated he does not consider himself a product of Kyrgyzstan's combat sports school, saying he is a product of his own making. He also argued that Valentina Shevchenko, who trained in Kyrgyzstan for only five or six years before moving abroad, should not be classified as a representative of that school either. Fiziev praised fellow fighters Rajabaali and Orolbai as true phenomena, comparing their innate gifts to those of Islam Makhachev, Khabib Nurmagomedov, and Jon Jones.

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