The next UFC tournament will take place on the night of March 30-31, which will take place in Atlantic City (USA). The representative of Russia, Victoria Dudakova, will perform on the preliminary poster of the tournament. She will have a fight against the Brazilian Melissa Gatto.
Victoria Dudakova is one of the most promising and talented Russian girls in the world of mixed martial arts. Surprisingly, the current UFC fighter began training in martial arts at the age of 16, and before that she had solid success in swimming: the title of Master of Sports of Russia, several awards at the junior level, a team national for his age.
Victoria Dudakova
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But the craving for martial arts overcame all this, and from the age of 16 Victoria began practicing kickboxing and pankration, where she also achieved lightning-fast results. She won the Russian Cup in kickboxing, she became a national champion in hand-to-hand combat and then became interested in mixed martial arts. In her amateur career she managed to win the European Championship and take bronze in the World Championship, and the Russian defeated strong rivals who trained in the main gyms in the world.
Since 2020, Victoria has been working professionally. Dudakova tried herself in several Russian organizations and in the first matches the result was the same – an early victory. Victoria went on a five-win streak and gained attention in the UFC. Through Dana White’s Contender Series, Dudakova received a contract with the best promotion in the world, and the Russian withdrew from the fight with Mayra Silva out of position, having been injured during the fight.
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The first two fights in the UFC turned out differently for Victoria: first, Dudakova defeated Istela Nunes, after the Brazilian was seriously injured during the fight. And in the last battle, Victoria defeated Jin Yu Frey in a very difficult fight.
Here again the character of the Russian woman was shown. Victoria struggled with weight loss, an infection before the fight and her overall physical condition. All of this affected the fight.
“The fight plan initially was to fight, drag her down. Since she has a lot of muscle, she would bloat. But it’s hard to fight when you don’t want to, when your body doesn’t want to. It is difficult to do something by force. Hasanali shouted for me to come in and I did so automatically. And then she’s like, “Yeah, I don’t want to do that.” These weren’t even hallways, but rather an entrance to the building, and she didn’t try to do anything from there. From the outside looking in, there is no movement in the fight. Just come in and I’ll let you go. It was a very hard fight. It is not physically difficult, but it is emotionally difficult. I didn’t want to fight so much that I went out to train, because I had to,” Victoria said.
Dudakova in battle with Jin Yu Frey
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At the moment, Victoria’s record is 8-0 and she is truly the most promising Russian fighter today. Dudakova has excellent fighting skills, which she actively uses; With a coach like Hasanali Gasanaliev this is not surprising. The Russian admitted that she watched Ronda Rousey’s fights and was inspired by them and, by the way, Victoria had four of her eight victories on the ground.
At the same time, Dudakova has a good posture and actively works on her hands, which she demonstrated in the last fight: Victoria almost doubled Yu Frey both in the total number of blows and in the number of accentuated blows, even without being functionally prepared. for the fight. And in general, the foundation of kickboxing and hand-to-hand combat gives Victoria the opportunity to feel comfortable in a standing position even with hard blows.
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Victoria is only 25 years old and is an excellent foundation to become a champion. The Russian woman has the skills for this and the character too. Victoria is also starting to improve in terms of means, a performance with the battle with the song “I am Russian” is worth it. Dudakova herself has set a goal of becoming a UFC champion in three years and is sticking to that goal. At the same time, Victoria is not ashamed of self-criticism.
“I have a lot of things to press. In the same fight to contribute something to automation. There is no limit to perfection, I am still young, I am 25 years old. It’s good to have room to grow. It would be strange if it weren’t. You never have to stop. I need to improve my striking, my wrestling and my running game. There is room to grow and much more work to do. When you’re younger, your fights are chaotic and you feel it. The battles do not happen according to the established rules, but rather in fits and starts. You need to be more professional in some ways, and this will come with experience. Sometimes I look at mature and accomplished fighters, and also at Islam. I see their first fights: they are two completely different fighters, what he is now and what he was at my age. That is why you have to grow, improve, even mentally, because there will be hatred and you have to be prepared,” said Victoria Dudakova.
Victoria Dudakova
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The women’s struggle is now, if not in crisis, definitely in search of new names. The Russian fighter, with an 8-0 record, fits the role of rising star perfectly. Another victory in the UFC will help Victoria get into the top 15 and, consequently, bring her closer to fights with the best opponents.
