MOSCOW, Oct 13, Oleg Bogatov.Russian mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, AMC Fight Nights middleweight champion Vladimir Mineev said that he would spend most of the preparation for the fight with the Brazilian Fernando Rodriguez in Mariupol, where he would simultaneously oversee the restoration of sports facilities in the destroyed city. Earlier, promoter Kamil Gadzhiev said, that Mineev on November 18 will fight in Moscow with Rodriguez according to the rules of kickboxing. Earlier, 32-year-old Mineev said that in September he himself arrived at the military registration and enlistment office on the agenda for partial mobilization and is ready to serve in the army. The athlete previously served in the military and contract service in the ranks of the Airborne Forces. At the beginning of a special operation in Ukraine in Gostomel, his younger brother Peter, who also served in the paratroopers, died. there is a dead man in the family, and when the military enlistment office found out about this, they said that I was not subject to conscription for the first part of mobilization. I replied that when the Motherland calls, mother needs help. I consider it my duty to wear a blue beret not in words, but in deeds. I am registered in Moscow, so I get into the 45th Special Forces Brigade of the Airborne Forces, but it was agreed with the leadership of the unit that I first fight, and then I enter the service.The units reacted to this with understanding, because not only the image depends on the battle of our country, but also the image of the kickboxing federation, and our Airborne Forces.» «I'm getting ready for battle, but in accordance with the tasks set by the governor of the Ulyanovsk region Alexei Yuryevich Russkikh, I will spend the final part of the training in Mariupol, — added sportsman en. — And in parallel I will participate in the restoration of the left-bank residential quarter of the Solnechny district, this is all being done by the Ulyanovsk builders. I will go to Mariupol in the near future, taking five teammates with me. I not only oversee the restoration of sports facilities, but also take part in the communication of our Ulyanovsk builders with the main contractors who also work in Mariupol.»
