Rafael Fiziev faced a setback against Mauricio Ruffy at UFC 325, but a teammate of the former foresees a comeback as being imminent. Daniil Donchenko is the combatant in question, the TUF champ/ main stage UFC debutant has a great history of having high-level teammates train along with him, and he has previously described Fiziev as his brother.
While he had a bit of a rough night at the office against Mauricio Ruffy, Fiziev is still one of the top lightweights on the planet despite the recent victory drought inside of the octagon. When detailing his thoughts on that lightweight contest from UFC 325 between Fiziev and Ruffy, Donchenko said [via Bowks Talking Bouts],
“I mean it was great fight. Rafael start to show that he is like over, you know. He was so confident, he go forward from beginning, and I saw like Mauricio was a little bit like, you know, he don’t need what he should do in first round. Because Rafael put too much heavy shots, heavy punches, and then just second round, it was like one mistake from Rafael.”
“Mauricio was special and he use his chance and we all see what happened. But you know one thing that it’s like I say it’s like in poker, you can win all the fight and then just one shot, you know. Just one shot can change everything but I still think, you know, he have this like sometimes; like before he have three losses but you kn