Mutual insults and a receipt of readiness to fight: what is known about the organization of revenge between Ismailov and Mineev

The return match between Magomed Ismailov and Vladimir Mineev remains one of the most anticipated in Russian MMA.

Even though it has not yet been officially confirmed, the fighters themselves continue to promote a possible battle with all their might and in the process do not hesitate to resort to the most provocative methods: they actively use trash-talk and accuse each other of cowardice.

Over the past few days, opponents have once again exchanged offensive remarks.

Ismailov again announced his desire to meet with Mineev in private and personally discuss the conflict that arose between them.

According to Magomed, he repeatedly made a similar proposal, but Vladimir ignored it.

“I can't get to the person.

He blathers and blathers.

He says this only when surrounded by people who will separate us.

I try to be alone with him, to resolve issues.

I am trying to find an opportunity to separate myself from society with him.

And I had an offer.

Not necessarily a room ... But he does not have a masculine character, ”Sport24 quotes Ismailov.

It is no secret that over the past months, not only Mineev, but also Alexander Shlemenko has appeared as a possible opponent of Ismailov.

In particular, Magomed himself expressed a desire to fight exactly with the former Bellator middleweight champion, but a brawl at the AMC Fight Nights Winter Cup show in December forced him to change plans.

At the same time, the Bald Predator is sure that in such a situation Shlemenko would have behaved more dignifiedly and would not have avoided meeting.

“I’m sure if Alexander (Shlemenko. -

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) and I had any personal claims, insults to each other, or Alexander would say to me:“ You hear, well, let's decide, I'll see you.

Why are you treating me?

What kind of sport is this?

You have gone beyond this line a long time ago.

Okay, I would say: "Come on!"

So men decide.

And Mineev will blather, hide and continue to blather.

I have the only chance to give him a tryndyuley - to drive him into a cage and beat him there, ”Ismailov added.

At the same time, Mineev himself had already managed to explain a little earlier why he did not accept Ismailov's offer to meet in a secluded place and talk.

He admitted that he does not trust the former opponent and recalled their conflict on vacation in Turkey in 2019.

Then the athletes almost got into a fight in the hotel lobby.

“Talk in the room?

If it was a person whose word is worth something, I would talk to him.

But his words are worthless.

We had personal meetings with the presence of senior comrades, serious people, his fellow countrymen and my senior comrades, where he apologized and said that it was done wrong.

Specifically, this is about the incident in Turkey, when he deceived Kamil Hajiyev, saying that he would just come to rest.

And he arrived packed full of chemistry, could not calm down.

Wherever he saw me, he fell into a trance and went to fight.

Like an idiot, ”Mineev said.

The reigning AMC Fight Nights middleweight champion admitted that at that time he had back problems and "walked with a spoke in his collarbone."

In addition, he expressed the opinion that Ismailov's proposals did not seem entirely adequate to him.

“Talking in a closed room, fighting in a bathhouse is a series of strange sentences.

They are saturated with some kind of incomprehensible relationship.

This should not be between men, ”said the fighter.

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Mineev also assured that he did not intend to change his tradition and would prepare for the battle with Ismailov in Dagestan.

According to him, in this region he is "expected, loved and respected more than Ismailov."

“In fact, Dagestan is my site, where it is convenient and comfortable for me to train.

Some guys from Dagestan have such an attitude: to drown for their own, no matter what.

Even blindly.

Fortunately, not everyone.

There are adequate people who understand where is black and where is white.

And they understand what honor, honesty and responsibility are.

There are many who shout: “Hey, Mineev!

We are here!"

And then, when we meet face to face, they say, "Bro, this is just a show."

There are many of them, "Mineev admitted.

Also, the AMC Fight Nights champion shared his expectations from a possible rematch with Ismailov.

According to him, his opponent has serious endurance problems, which have already manifested themselves several times during his performances in the cage.

According to Mineev, he was noticeably tired in their first fight, as well as in the battles with Artyom Frolov, Alexander Emelianenko and Ivan Shtyrkov, held under the auspices of the ACA.

“This man doesn't breathe for more than two rounds.

He needs to change his chemistry.

He's just not really tactically preparing for battles.

This is his manner - flew out, swooped down, beat, and then whatever happens - this will never work with me.

I don't want to get ahead of myself.

I am sure it will be a spectacular fight.

But I don't think he'll get to the decision of the judges.

I see how you can end this fight earlier.

I see and know, ”Mineev expressed confidence.

It is noteworthy that a few days ago, a conflict broke out between the fighters on social networks.

Mineev in a rude manner turned to Ismailov and called him "a bald moron."

According to Vladimir, the reason for this was the alleged proposal from the enemy to hold a face-to-face duel on May 9 at the Moscow Art Theater (MKHAT).

At the same time, the AMC Fight Nights middleweight champion did not explain exactly how he found out about such an intention of his counterpart.

This message did not appear on Magomed's social media page.

Ismailov's reaction was not long in coming.

At first, he spoke rather harshly, but then published a more balanced opinion.

“I want to comment on the deleted video.

This was a response to Mineev's attack, who wrote that I was a bald moron and suggested something.

I want to apologize to decent and kind people that you had to hear this.

With Mineev, we will decide everything in the cage.

This degradant is trying to spin something.

Everything has already been promoted, ”Ismailov said.

Despite the loud statements of the fighters, at the moment there is no official confirmation of the fight.

According to rumors, the long-awaited rematch will take place in the fall, but so far neither the management of AMC Fight Nights, nor the fighters themselves have announced the signing of a contract for the fight.

Nevertheless, the head of the promotion, Amir Muradov, said that he had already managed to reach an agreement with Ismailov.

“We have documentary evidence.

We have a receipt.

We put our signatures, gave them a hand.

But this is not as important as the handshake of two Caucasians - I think so, ”- quotes Muradov“ Sport-Express ”.

In a similar vein, the president of the organization, Kamil Hajiyev, who previously was rather skeptical about the prospects for a duel, spoke out.

According to him, AMC Fight Nights did everything in its power to arrange this fight.

“Amir Muradov agreed with Maga.

Volodya is ready.

He is a champion and wants to defend his belt.

I did not delve into the details of the contract, but from the words of both I know: they agreed.

But there is a nuance.

Everything that will happen in six months will happen in six months.

During that time, a lot of water will leak, but now an agreement has been reached.

The prerequisites are many times greater than they were a month ago, "- quotes Hajiyev" Soviet Sport ".

At the same time, the head of the promotion shared his opinion that the development of the conflict could interfere with the battle between Ismailov and Mineev.

According to him, in this case, they risk "not getting to the cell."

“I think they will meet.

And so they meet somewhere, look at each other, and then fight again, "Hajiyev told TASS