If we had let him go chasing a knockout, a finish, he might have made a mistake somewhere and lost the fight," Tsarukyan told Adam Zubayraev. "So it's a risk, right? Why risk it if everything's working? In the third round, he tells me, 'Can I box a little now?' [I said] No, Khamzat, everything's working for you already. If you see a chance to take him down, take him down and control.