It would seem that Russian heavyweight Sergei Pavlovich is a big Kierkegaard guy, as the returning finisher is all about moving forward as he heads into his clash with JairzinhoRozenstruik this weekend at anb Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Remember, Kierkegaard advises looking backwards to understand things; that is how we learn and turn previous experiences into a means of changing our future. But where some people live in the past, tethered to their glory days, unable to let go of what could have been, Pavlovich, as Kierkegaard suggests, is focused on the future, and constantly moving forward.
You work on those mistakes, figure out a way to better yourself, develop yourself further. You have to delve into work. Where the former interim title challenger arrives eager to learn from the past and put it behind him, Rozenstruik touches down in Riyadh hoping to continue leaning on the positives from last year, where he defeated Shamil Gaziev and Tai Tuivasa to move to overall and open the year with a ton of momentum.
So what does the Russian standout need to do in order to combat that and get things moving in the right direction again? If that should happen, the fourth-ranked heavyweight would put himself right back into the thick of things at the top of the division, where the outlook for how things will shape up later this year is as clear as mud.
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