"I was very happy about the offer when I heard Rakic. Without any hesitation, we accepted the fight immediately."
"If I didn't think I had a good way of winning this beautiful fight, I probably wouldn't be sitting here,"
"When it comes to the UFC I think still to this day it's more important to show good fights and to fight well. This whole media thing that everyone is after the media hype and stuff, I feel like it comes eventually, it comes with the wins."
"He can say and think whatever, but in the fight itself, everything's very different. It's not the camp anymore. It could have been all for nothing; it could have been all a waste."
Azamat Murzakanov accepted the fight against Aleksandar Rakic immediately and views the matchup as an opportunity to climb the rankings. He expresses clear confidence in his ability to win and says he would not take the fight without a good path to victory. Murzakanov dismisses Rakic's recent training changes as irrelevant to the result, calling camp adjustments potentially meaningless. The 15-0 Russian acknowledges limited media attention so far but believes consistent wins and strong performances will generate hype. Murzakanov prioritizes fight quality and results over media promotion. He faces Aleksandar Rakic at UFC 321 on Saturday night.
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