“My cant is that I decided to end the fight right now, because Sanya is not in shape. But he has everything on reflexes, and I have greed: he lowered his hands and raced. And Sanya at that moment threw his crooked punches, and that’s all, ”Sports.ru quotes Koklyaev.
The battle took place in Moscow at the VTB Arena. Emelianenko knocked Koklyaev in the first round.
Before this fight, Emelianenko had 28 victories and seven defeats in the MMA, one match was declared a draw. For Koklyaev, the last battle was a debut.
Koklyaev said earlier that he felt after a knockdown from Emelianenko.