Artem Lobov Says His Less Than Stellar Record Respresents A True Fighter

In an interview with MMA Junkie, Artem Lobov (13-14-1 MMA, 2-4 UFC) said that his win/loss record, which isn’t as good as a fighter would like, represents a “true fighter” due to how many fights he took. Here are highlights:

On his record: “My record, for example, it represents a tough road. It represents a guy that was willing to fight when no one else would. When you ask to go to some other country and fight their local best guy, and you know the judges are going to be his friend and the referee is going to be his coach, the head of commission guys is probably going to be his relative or something like that, and you’re asked to do that for 100 Euros. Nobody wants to do that. There was only one guy that was willing to answer the call every time, and that was me, so my record represents that – a true fighter, a real fighter.”

On Alex Caceres: “He seems like a guy that wouldn’t really turn down a fight, as well.”

On not taking losses too hard: “I was quite happy, to be honest, with even my last two performances, even though I lost fights. There were certain errors that I have to fix, but it’s important to keep things at work because, for example, when a guy gets a loss, they often want to change everything, but that’s not the case. A lot of the things still work. You just might need to make some smaller adjustments. That’s exactly what I’ve been doing. I just fine-tuned my performances to get the perfect performance, and I feel that it will come.”