{"id":263173,"date":"2017-11-06T11:23:34","date_gmt":"2017-11-06T19:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=263173"},"modified":"2017-11-06T11:23:34","modified_gmt":"2017-11-06T19:23:34","slug":"artem-lobov-believes-cut-ufc-discusses-options-combat-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/artem-lobov\/artem-lobov-believes-cut-ufc-discusses-options-combat-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Artem Lobov believes he should be cut from the UFC, discusses other options in combat sports"},"content":{"rendered":"

Having lost his last two fights \u2013 back to back decisions losses to Cub Swanson and Andre Fili \u2013 Artem Lobov now feels that he deserves to be cut from the UFC.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow that I have lost to Fili \u2014 and this is no disrespect to him \u2014 but now with two losses in a row, and the last loss was not exactly to the best guy out there, I feel like other people in my situation would be cut,\u201d Lobov told Peter Carroll of MMAFighting.com<\/a>.\u00a0\u201cIf someone didn\u2019t deserve to be in the UFC, in the past I was always the first guy to tell them, so now I feel like I don\u2019t really deserve a UFC contract.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s only fair that I get cut as well.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

While Lobov will understand if the UFC sends him packing, he doesn’t plan on hanging up the gloves. The Russian-born Irishman and Conor McGregor<\/a> stablemate is considering a move to both boxing and kickboxing.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s not just boxing I\u2019m considering, it\u2019s K-1 too. That\u2019s something I\u2019ve always liked,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen I first fought in K-1, I knocked out a guy in two minutes. That\u2019s something that might appeal to me too.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Whatever the case, Lobov is just hoping to stay more active going forward. Two fights a year, in his eyes, is not enough.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019ve said what I said about the UFC, but another thing is, I really want to fight as much as I possibly can. This two fights a year thing, that\u2019s not for me,\u201d he said.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI want to stay busy because that\u2019s when I feel I improve the most. I feel I have the necessary skills to compete with the best, I wouldn\u2019t have even aimed for the UFC if I didn\u2019t think I did.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

If Artem Lobov leaves the UFC, where would you like to see him fight?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 6\/11\/2017. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Having lost his last two fights \u2013 back to back decisions losses to Cub Swanson and Andre Fili \u2013 Artem Lobov now feels that he deserves to be cut from the UFC. \u201cNow that I have lost to Fili \u2014 and this is no disrespect to him \u2014 but now with two losses in a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":205742,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10398],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nArtem Lobov believes he should be cut from the UFC, discusses other options in combat sports | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/artem-lobov\/artem-lobov-believes-cut-ufc-discusses-options-combat-sports\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta 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