MOSCOW, June 20 Russian mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Kirill Sidelnikov said , which does not share the opinion of Fabio Maldonado that the Brazilian defeated the Russian Fedor Emelianenko in 2016. In 2016, Emelianenko defeated Maldonado by a split decision in a fight that took place in St. Petersburg. Sidelnikov will fight against the Brazilian on July 1 in Perm as part of the debut evening of martial arts of the international league MMA and K-1 Ural Fighting Championship (Ural FC), «I do not agree with Maldonado's opinion that he won the fight against Fedor Emelianenko. Two of the three rounds remained for our fighter, and therefore there simply could not be another solution, «the Ural FC press service quotes Sidelnikov. The Russian athlete said that his Fedor Team colleagues, MMA fighters Viktor Nemkov, Valentin Moldavsky, Anatoly Tokov, as well as ONE welterweight champion Kamran Abbasov. Coach Sergey Chesnikov will go to the tournament in Perm with Sidelnikov. «We prepared for Maldonado with him. He watched his fights and helped me build a plan. I completely trust him,» Sidelnikov said. fought with Emelianenko, with Kharitonov and with many other eminent fighters. He holds a punch well and remains dangerous. He can go into a deaf defense, and then unexpectedly counterattack. He is a professional boxer who has a set punch, and at this weight any punch can finish the whole fight. But I'm ready for all the challenges. I want not just to win the fight, but to do it confidently,» he stressed.
