Ikram Aliskerov admits the past week has been “messy” and unideal, but that’s something he accepted long ago when he decided to become a professional fighter.
As he completed his UFC on ESPN 58 weight cut this past Thursday, Aliskerov (15-1 MMA, 2-0 UFC) was offered a headliner vs. Robert Whittaker (25-7 MMA, 16-5 UFC) for this upcoming Saturday’s UFC on ABC 6 card in Saudi Arabia.
“I was done cutting weight and I was done drinking water at that point,” Aliskerov told MMA Junkie on Wednesday. “All I had left was about four to five kilograms to go and so I was pretty much on weight at that point and then they told me, ‘You’re fighting, for sure.’ So then I had to hold that weight for the next couple days, travel here, and now I have to restart again water-loading and then getting the water out. It’s so, so long. All I can think about is not as much the fight, but just being able to eat finally.”
