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Rafael Fiziev stated that he does not consider himself a product of the Kyrgyz martial arts school, saying he is self-made. He also argued that Valentina Shevchenko, often associated with Kyrgyzstan, left the country after only five or six years of training there and should not be characterized as its product either. Fiziev did praise fighters like Razhababali and Orolbai as genuine phenomena, while noting that much of their success comes from personal attributes rather than a national system.
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