Wedding planning, Zapashny’s challenge, and Taktarov’s critic: how Emelianenko maintains the status of the most talked about fighter

Alexander Emelianenko is one of the most frequently featured athletes in the media in Russia, which is facilitated not only by his performances in the octagon, but also by the image he created. The athlete does not cheat on himself during the preparation for the fight with Magomed Ismailov, which will be held on July 24 as part of the ACA 107 tournament.

The athlete regularly informs fans how his training process goes. Moreover, his stories are often accompanied by jokes. So, during one of the morning runs, he found a lion statue and decided to “challenge” the famous trainers, brothers Edgar and Askold Zapashny. The athlete stuck his head in the mouth of the statue and invited the artists to do the same.

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In addition, Emelianenko is not only engaged in physical activity. He repeatedly said that he spent his free time reading books, but this time he decided to work on diction.

“Here, somewhere I ran into tongue twisters and began to teach them. In order to increase diction, it is better to talk. And hissed: “Sasha quickly dries the dryers, dried six dried sushkas. And the old ladies of Sashin’s sushin’s rush easily to eat, ”the fighter boasted of progress.

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In this case, it would be unfair to accuse the athlete of a frivolous attitude to the training process. Moreover, he thinks not only about the fight with Ismailov, but also what awaits him in the future. In the near future, he may meet with Vladimir Mineev, this fight was announced in the promotion company Fight Night Global.

Emelianenko is motivated not only by a desire to defeat a principled opponent, but also by a very romantic goal.

“I cut my hair, brought beauty to my head. As Mineev beat, marry my beloved. I'm getting married, ”he said.

Interestingly, the scandalously famous fighter Vyacheslav Datsik, currently serving a prison term for illegally crossing the border with Estonia, is called as another potential opponent of Emelnenko.

“He will come out now, restore his form, because after all, after six months it has been lost. Will continue to engage in self-development, battles. We will conclude a new contract with a new promotion. I can’t say yet with what, it’s a secret. They will definitely have a duel with Alexander Emelianenko, because Glory wants it and Sasha also agreed to it, ”said Datsik’s wife to Sport-Express.

It is worth noting that the confrontation of heavyweights has been going on for about 10 years. During this time, they exchanged unflattering comments about each other, but the meeting did not take place in person.

In the meantime, Emelianenko shared his forecast for the battle with Ismailov. He said that the transfer of the tournament from April to July in connection with the coronavirus pandemic was beneficial for him, as he had more time to prepare. Therefore, now he highly appreciates his physical form.

At the same time, he does not consider Magomed a serious rival.

“Is there a competitive battle with Ismailov?” Find me a competitive opponent! What do you put all sorts of "flies" for beating? Reassure them so that they do not tear into heavy weight. I didn’t call anyone, I don’t want to beat anyone, they slam them in the head and say: “Ay-ah-ah, don’t get in here.” But you have to work with him in the ring. By the ear to take: "Why are you in heavy weight climbed?" - said Emelianenko in an interview with Aslanbek Badayev.

Meanwhile, the point in the history of the confrontation between Alexander and former UFC fighter Oleg Taktarov, who in one of his interviews suggested that the Caucasus could become a hotbed of destabilization in the country, has not yet been set. Then Emelianenko sharply criticized his colleague, and now he talked about their relationship.

“Maybe one or two times accidentally crossed with Taktarov, he said hello. I was simply surprised and amazed when he gave an interview, shouted, then left there. What didn’t you say on the territory of the Caucasus, what needs to be done with its inhabitants, whom to bring in, those times to remember? I think he would be listed here as missing. He would not leave here. It’s somehow mean, ”the athlete shared his opinion.

In addition to the story with Taktarov, Emelianenko has a conflict with another ex-UFC fighter Dmitry Smolyakov, who in February this year spoke about the criminal past of the heavyweight. In response, Emelianenko denied the allegations against him and said that he was not even familiar with the opponent.

Four months later, he said that he invited Smolyakov to meet in the octagon, but he “named the amount, and then ran away.”

“I didn’t know at all who Smolyakov was. I was told that he was somehow speaking about me. I am never the first to start a conflict. Always fend off. He decided to blat on the Internet and throw nasty things at me in order to interest everyone. Let him rest, ”Emelianenko commented on the conflict.