MOSCOW, June 2 President of the MMA Union of Russia Fedor Emelianenko considers that doctors should not allow his younger brother Alexander Emelianenko to fight in mixed martial arts for health reasons.
Alexander Emelianenko defeated blogger Yevgeny Ershov on May 26 in Moscow. Emelianenko received a medical clearance for the fight, although the doctors had certain questions about the health of the athlete.
According to the President of the MMA Union of Russia, such fights must be banned «in a strict form.»
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"Of course, Khryunov (promoter) can say whatever he wants — that his (Alexander) doctors allowed. Well, show these doctors. This is a criminal case — to allow a person in such a state,» Emelianenko said in a video posted on the Ushatayka YouTube channel. newspaper «Sport-Express».
Emelianenko also called for a ban on pop-MMA tournaments at the legislative level.
“We went through different things, we understand that our people have somehow begun to react to unnatural things, to all baseness. It seems to me that there should be an order from above to stop everything at the legislative level,” he said ex-athlete.