Friday September 23rd at the Borad Street Ballroom in New York, Turan Hasanov and Justin Greskiewicz will meet for a third time under the the Friday Night Fights Muay Thai banner. The rubber match should serve as the deciding bout in what has been an exciting trilogy between the two fighters. Hasanov, a no nonsense fighter is looking to gain the respect he feels he deserves and a second win over Greskiewicz would help.
Hasanov's nickname is The Tornado, a moniker that serves him well. Like a tornado, Hasanov is violent and dangerous in the ring as he looks to destroy anyone in his path. Coming into the fight with Greskiewicz there are no doubts, just a fighter that is prepared. There are no big changes to his training; he knows what Greskiewicz brings, knows where he previously made mistakes and trains to fix those mistakes.
"I never change my training I just add to it" said Hasanov. "I like to fix my mistakes before I go out and fight again."
Greskiewicz stated previously that he feels he won the fight with Hasanov back in April, but Hasanov doesn't waist time debating what could have or should have been. For him there is only here and now and only thinks about the upcoming fight. Hasanov feels if fights of the past want to be debated, he can argue about their first fight. Hasanov had Greskiewicz hurt in the second round of their first fight. With Greskiewicz pinned in the corner, Hasanov unleashed a flurry of punches the referee stepped in to give Greskiewicz as standing eight count. In Hasanov's mind the decision by the ref to step in and give the standing eight count was premature, as he felt he was on his way to putting Greskiewicz out for good. Unfortunately for Hasanov, Greskiewicz recovered and went on to win via TKO due to leg kicks.
"I don't wanna sit here and argue about decisions cause there's always controversy over it. If he believes he won the fight then let him believe that, I can't change a persons thoughts. If were gonna bring up decisions, you can always go back to the first fight and see that he was saved by the ref when I had him in the corner and I was swinging the ref prematurely stepped in and gave him an 8 count while he had his hands up, if not for that he might have droped and not got up" said Hasanov. "I felt like I would have won that fight and that bad decision caused me to get more hurt on my bad injured leg, but you dont see me crying over that you can only move on and fight your next fight and make sure shit like that don't happen."
Not only does Hasanov hope to win the rubber match against Greskiewicz, he also hopes to get rid of the bad taste that his last fight left with him. The fight was a draw against Eddie Martinez, a bout he feels he won. Hasanov never looks to go the distance; his entire goal in the ring is to knock you out. Sometimes, however, things just don't go as planned and fights end up in the judges hands. He doesn't complain about the draw; in his mind the bout was already decided before he stepped into the ring, the result not coming as a shock to him.
"My last fight I knew I was gonna get robbed before I stepped in the ring, it's always like that when you fight the home town hero or golden boy, whatever you want to call it. I dropped him and he wasn't the same during the fight and I landed my shots cleanly while all he did was throw body kicks that I blocked with my elbows and knee my thighs in the clinch while he was trying to recuperate" said Hasanov. "If the judges don't like the way I fight in the clinch then add fucking elbows and nobody is going to want to clinch with me anymore plain and simple. I always go for the knock outs and try not to leave it to the judges, but some times things just turn out that way."
Hasanov is the type of fighter that looks not only to win, but entertain. At only 21 years of age, his best years are still likely in front of him. The man they call "The Tornado" is far from his destructive prime at such a young age. A tornado typically begins from a class of thunderstorms known as supercells. The super cell contains mesocyclones that begin that begin to develop the tornado as they approach the ground. Dangerous in all stages, a tornado is most dangerous when it reaches its "mature stage" as this is when it causes its most damage. At 21, Hasanov is beginning his formation and the damage that can be brought by the time he reaches his "mature stage" like a real tornado can be catastrophic. No nonsense and straight to the point Hasanov has a message for anyone and everyone;
"I'm not a bum fighter, I always come to fight and always put on a great fight. Sometimes I just don't get the respect I deserve for the things I do. I fought in 5 different categories in the past two years and I always come as the underdog and I enjoy that. If there are fighters that aren't scared to fight me then stop hiding and call me out. I give a lot of respect to Justin, he isn't scared and he comes to fight all the time. He fought me twice and this is the third. If there is anybody out there that feels like they're the best, I don’t mind proving you wrong!"
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