Ivan OrekhovSports correspondentAll materialsDespite the defeat, Storm is not going to be sad and has already announced his readiness to hold two more fights before the end of the year. This Russian Cagefighting Championship (RCC) promotion, founded by the Russian Copper Company, held an event with the participation of two famous MMA fighters Alexander Shlemenko and Ivan Shtyrkov, who fought in the main and co-main bouts of the evening.
The official poster of the RCC 12 tournament Who will replace Maga? Moreover, the poster could show off another star, the most media Russian fighter outside the UFC, Magomed Ismailov. It was he who was supposed to fight Storm in the main event. However, his health failed: Maga, who did not have time to recover from knee surgery, was forced to postpone his return. The RCC did not lose their heads and did their best to maintain fan interest in cutting at the Uralets arena: for the 76th pro fight;
The poster of the fight between Alexander Shlemenko and Alexander Ilich The promotion also worked on a beautiful presentation of the new poster. So, in social networks, the image of Batman's main enemy was actively promoted; in a promo presented a few minutes before the confrontation itself, a domestic MMA veteran and a native of Belgrade competed in car races, and on the week of the fight, the RCC completely «threw» the main people of the evening 200 meters above the ground. On one of the skyscrapers of Yekaterinburg, Shlemenko and Ilic had an impressive sterdown. media;fullscreen;picture-in-picture;» frameborder=»0″ allowfullscreen>Performance by Shtyrkov Before Shlemenko was the time of the Ural Hulk. Ivan Shtyrkov, who is going on a three-match winstreak, rolled a wheelhouse with Nasrudin Nasrudinov, who just recently almost made it to the UFC, but lost in the contender's series to Dana White. The favorite did everything on Friday evening: entering the fight to the song «Grota», winning by technical knockout in the first round, and looking for profitable prospects. Ismailov entered the cage and challenged Ivan to a fight according to the rules of boxing — the Ural Hulk, who lost to Maga in MMA, agreed. 2″ width=»100%» height=»480″ allow=»autoplay; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture;» frameborder=»0″ allowfullscreen>Shlemenko is in shock, Yekaterinburg is also in shock. And if after Shtyrkov the filled Uralets went crazy, then 21 seconds after the start of the main fight of the evening, library silence reigned at the stadium. Shlemenko's fight ended so quickly that many did not even have time to understand anything. And the following happened: at the very beginning of the fight, Shlemenko sat down a little, as if wanting to carry out a takedown, and ran into a cruel knee from Ilich. The legend began to back away and fell to all fours — the Joker flew from above and brought down finishing blows on the owner of the cage. The referee quickly pulled the Serb away… But, as it seemed to many, including Storm himself, he did it too quickly. » webkitallowfullscreen=»webkitAllowFullScreen» mozallowfullscreen=»mozallowfullscreen» allowfullscreen=»allowFullScreen» frameborder=»0″>What can I say in the referee's defense? Shlemenko was really shocked and missed after the knockdown. In any other fight, a similar stop would not have caused such a resonance. But not today! This is the main event of the evening, the 76th professional fight of the most experienced fighter from Omsk … Storm got to his feet too easily after the end of the fight and no less easily answered the questions of journalists, which left no doubt: Shlemenko was conscious, which means that there was a chance to «defend Alexander had. This would take another 5-10 seconds. In the meantime, just the subjunctive mood.PollWas it an early stop?0%Yes, the referee screwed up and ruined the tournament0%No, Ilic's fair triumphVoteVoted:01:20Martial arts