Hollywood, FL — Heavyweight Alexander Romanov’s emotions are in check as he’s one fight away from winning the PFL World Tournament.
“I’m pretty calm. I’m here to win this title,” Romanov (19-3, 1NC) told Cageside Press and other media outlets during the PFL Hollywood media day this week. “I push myself hard every day, and now I can’t give this possibility to my emotion, to make some bad moments. I’m super controlled and ready to go.”
Romanov took a strange path to get to this point. His semifinal fight with Valentin Moldavsky ended in a No Contest when a low blow rendered Romanov unable to continue. Rather surprisingly, under the PFL World Tournament rules, the judges still came into play, ruling that Romanov should move forward in the tournament.
“Sometimes during the fight it can happen, the moment that you cannot control. I feel that I did win that fight, I controlled the fight and I feel that I’m much better than him on the feet, on the ground, everywhere,” said Romanov, asked about the odd situation. “By somebody else’s mistake, you can be injured and you cannot continue the fight. That was not my fault, but thank God I recovered very fast, and I was [able to] come back after a week and a half in normal training sessions.”
Following the World Tournament, names like Corey Anderson and Vadim Nemkov could be in play.
“Now I am focusing 100% just to win this fight, but it doesn’t matter.” No matter who the PFL gives him for his next fight, he’ll accept, Romanov added. “I’m here to fight, I don’t care who will be my next opponent.”
Watch the full PFL Hollywood media day appearance by Alexander Romanov above.
