SPORTISSIMO INTERVIEW! Popular Honda sent a message to his rival: Good luck in Ljubljana, and then see you in Belgrade (VIDEO)
Nothing is official yet, but it looks like "biftek" and "parizer" will face each other.
TL;DR
- Irisbijev Kanbulat 'Honda' is a Dagestani MMA fighter living and training in Belgrade.
- He trains daily with Marko Bojković and Aleksandar Džoker Ilić.
- Honda has an undefeated record of two wins and zero losses.
- He wants his FNC debut to be in Belgrade on May 31st against Andrija Stanković.
- Honda's long-term goal is to compete in the UFC and he believes beating Stanković is a step towards that.
- He respects Stanković but sees him as a necessary challenge to reach the top.
- Stanković first has a fight on April 11th in Ljubljana against Antonio Budimir.
- Honda believes a potential fight with Stanković would be 50/50.
- He plans to win the FNC welterweight belt and then move to the UFC.