“Accepted this challenge”: Emelianenko agreed to a duel with Kadyrov and arrived in Grozny to prepare for the battle with Ismailov

Mixed martial artist Alexander Emelianenko, heavyweight champion, arrived in Grozny. Here he will train and prepare for the upcoming fight with MMA fighter representing average weight Magomed Ismailov. The match will take place on April 3 at the capital's VTB Arena as part of the ACA 107 GrandPower tournament. In Chechnya, Emelianenko will hold a training camp under the leadership of the head coach of the Akhmat fight club, Murad Bichuev. Upon arrival, the athlete had already argued with the head of the organization Abuzayd Vismuradov, and now, in order to win, he should not drink alcohol for a year. At the same time, the dispute was proposed by Emelianenko himself.

“At the initiative of Alexander, we bet: he promised me that he would give up alcohol for at least a year. In case of violation of the contract, he added, he will give his car. We all know that Alexander is a man of his word, and we are sure that he will keep this promise, ”Wismuradov wrote on his Instagram page.

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Meanwhile, a few days ago, Magomed Ismailov recorded a special video message for his future rival, in which he recalled the rampant lifestyle of Emelianenko. He, in turn, answered Magomed, emphasizing that the upcoming battle should not cause him any problems.

“All these“ righteous ”, they are squeezed on the complexes, they are afraid to take a step to the right, a step to the left. And all that the coach will tell them, they do. If we talk about Ismailov, then, of course, I will beat him. He does not know how to fight. When he weighed 80 kilograms, he barely walked. He stood on the tatami for five minutes and died. And what will happen with a weight of 100 kilograms? Yes, he will die in 20 seconds! The only thing that can help him to stay in the ring longer in the fight with Emelianenko is to jump into my legs, grab my leg and pull me to the net, rest, knock down, knock down and look for oxygen, ”Emelianenko said in an interview with the official YouTube channel league ACA.

The fighter also recalled that in December 2019 he was called up for battle by the head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov. According to Emelianenko, the details of this fight they have yet to talk.

“It will be necessary to discuss the fight with Ramzan Akhmatovich, who called me. I accepted this challenge and agreed. Now, I think, he is training hard and getting ready to beat Emelianenko, ”the fighter added.

At the same time, in the fall of this year, the athlete can hold another fight - against the fighter Sergei Kharitonov. He, in turn, is preparing on February 23 to meet with the Brazilian Fernando Rodriguez in the title fight for the title of world champion according to the World Total Combat Federation. Promoter Vladimir Khryunov believes that if Kharitonov wins, the fight will take place, since both Russian wrestlers have accounts for each other.

“Indeed, there is already a polemic between Alexander Emelyanenko and Sergey Kharitonov. They have accumulated a lot of personal. As a creative idea - if, of course, Sergey succeeds in winning the title - we all count on this. We have plans to offer to find out the relationship in the ring. As part of the World Total Combat Federation, ”said Khryunov in an interview with Ren TV.

Emelianenko also commented on the recent scandalous story that occurred with a fighter in Anapa. Recall that in January of this year he was arrested for hooliganism. At the same time, the reasons why the fighter spent seven days in custody remained incomprehensible to him. The judge who made this decision, according to Emelianenko, was guided by personal ambitions.

“To be honest, there was absolutely nothing. I didn’t bullies there. He didn’t beat anyone, he didn’t offend anyone. He just drank some wine and talked obscenely. After that they called the police. I told them: "It's me, come here." Then came another police officer. We stood near the fence, and I say: "That's it, boys, go home, I went to sleep." And they said they could not, because an emergency call had arrived. It is necessary to deliver me to put a tick that it was not a false call. I will not say anything about the judge. They immediately told me that she was a woman-hater, ”complained the fighter.

Emelianenko also commented on the allegations of alcoholism that rivals and martial arts fans regularly make against him. The fighter emphasized that he did not see anything bad in drinking alcohol, explaining that he often simply did not see any other way to relax.

“All the time at work, at work, at work. How to turn off the brain? There is no family, my daughter is in a boarding school, there are a lot of cases, everything has piled up. But he drank, relaxed - and that’s it. You let go of your head, you look at life in a new way. I think those who deny this behavior are very notorious people. And they live much worse than an athlete who says that he can drink. There is nothing wrong with that. Once you need to relax. I drank, relaxed - it became easier for me. And those who say that the athlete cannot drink, "pour" themselves into themselves daily. Their indignation is self-justification, ”concluded Emelianenko.