REN Fight Club TV”, within the framework of which the fights of our veteran Alexei Oleinik, Alexander Emelianenko, who is in a deplorable state, and another member of the famous MMA dynasty, Ivan Emelianenko, who hacked himself in a cage for the first time, took place. We will tell about the three main fights of the evening in our material.
The strange triumph of Emelianenko The public loves to follow the rise of the athlete. But she loves to follow the fall even more — this can explain the attention to the person of Alexander Emelianenko in recent months. I wanted to believe that Phoenix would leave the well-known problems behind, and the end of a long career would turn out to be worthy. However, the state in which AE was at a press conference on Tuesday seemed to hint: blogger Yevgeny Ershov is not just able to defeat an MMA star, as Svyatoslav Kovalenko did six months ago, he can delay it, like Vyacheslav Datsik in September 2022 … Until the last moment, it seemed that the fight would be canceled, but the athlete nevertheless received a medical clearance to participate in the tournament.
By the way, Emelianenko's form upset not only fans, but also bookmakers. When did it happen that the most experienced professional opened as an underdog against a native of pop-MMA?
The fight for AE started badly. He barely moved, was very bad in the stance and did not even try to crush the daring favorite. Also, the legend survived several accurate hits and was on the verge of defeat in the knockdown episode. But it was as if he had risen again: at the start of the second round, Ershov felt like Khabib Nurmagomedov and made a takedown, after which he fell for a painful hold. Emelianenko twisted his opponent's arm from the bottom position — Evgeny could only knock in pain.
«»I did not live up to the expectations of those who did not believe in me. I will recover and train. I will not be hooligans anymore, I promised my wife.» >Alexander Emelianenko
Is it cool that Alexander is in the game? Maybe. But fans, as well as media representatives, were haunted by questions:
- Why didn't the blogger finish off the shocked Emelianenko in the first round?
- What was the referee's mind when he stopped the fight in the knockdown episode?
- WHY did Ershov, who was overworking his opponent in the standing position, get into the fight? In which, according to the blogger himself, he is «zero».
There are no answers. MMA fans are smashing the fighters on social media and suspect the exhibition bout has been turned into a wrestling match. Emelianenko is looking for a new opponent. Promoter Vladimir Khryunov is planning the return of Phoenix for August and wants to set Alexander up with Oleinik winner Oli Thompson (spoilers). If it doesn't work out, you can figure out a boxing revenge with Yershov.
But is it worth it?
There was no such nightmare in the UFCIn the co-main bout of the evening, Alexey Oleinik fought. We haven't seen Boa constrictor in Russia for a long time! For 10 years in the UFC, the domestic heavyweight has performed only once in Moscow, heading the first event of the main MMA promotion of the world in our country.
Oleynik made a good noise in the States: he had 17 fights, winning nine (six by tricks), took bonuses for cool performances (there were six in total) and conquered the foreign audience with his signature Ezekiel choke. The UFC leadership seemed to want to keep the native of Kharkov, but Oleinik decided to consider other options and shook hands with Khryunov.
At the cozy Dynamo volleyball arena, Uncle Lyosha followed the neck of Thompson, who was two years younger than the 45-year-old Russian. But the Briton turned out to be not a victim, but a hunter: in the first round, the guest caught Oleinik, who was not memorable in any way, with a clean blow from the right and created a knockout, after which silence reigned in the stadium … Indeed, it was unpleasant to watch the fall of the Russian, if not creepy. I would like to wish Alexei Alekseevich a speedy recovery, because at such a respectful age for MMA, such finishes cause great damage to health.
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But there are no questions for brother Ivan. Are there many fans who, when asked how many Emelianenko brothers they know, will name three names? We think not. «The Last Emperor», one of the greatest fighters in history, Fedor and Alexander, who performed in the main event, is on everyone's lips, but the third brother did not receive the attention of the sports media. And no wonder. Training with legends and having some success (the title of master of sports in combat sambo and hand-to-hand combat), the youngest was in no hurry to «go out into the world». relatives and made his debut in mixed martial arts.
Of course, the meeting with the 2007 Russian judo champion Alexei Ledenev can hardly be called memorable. However, Ivan immediately warned that he was still far from the best form. This, however, did not prevent Emelianenko from knocking down his opponent after a clear “two” and confidently going into exchanges over and over again. And the fans helped the 35-year-old debutant: the arena clearly sympathized with the brother of Fedor and Alexander. After the verdict of the judges, the victor noted this and thanked him.
As a result, the victory was by unanimous decision. A start has been made, and along with it, the most important statement has been made, which became the main thing on yesterday's show.
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