Fiziev distances himself from Kyrgyz MMA school, praises Radjabali as a phenomenon

Rafael Fiziev has firmly rejected being labeled a product of the Kyrgyz martial arts school, saying he considers himself self-made. He argued that Valentina Shevchenko, often associated with Kyrgyzstan, was shaped more by her coach Pavel Fedotov and her international career than by any national system. Fiziev praised Radjabali as a global phenomenon with a 100-percent finish rate and placed him alongside elite fighters like Islam Makhachev, Khabib Nurmagomedov, and Jon Jones as fighters gifted with something special.