Jan's doubts and Sterling's strange statements
One of the main events of the fall in mixed martial arts will be the rematch between Peter Yan and Aljemain Sterling.
After the end of the first fight, both fighters had more than enough reasons to dislike each other, so it is not surprising that two months before the return fight, a skirmish flared up between them on social networks.
Moreover, the initiator was the ex-UFC champion from Russia, who expressed confidence in the cancellation of their future duel.
At the moment, a second fight between Ian and Sterling is scheduled for UFC 267, which will take place on October 30 in Abu Dhabi.
But after Aljamain's claims that he still had problems with his arm, Peter suggested that the battle might be delayed.
The reigning champion's reaction was not long in coming, and Sterling's comments turned out to be rather strange. According to him, it is unacceptable for Jan to say such things, since earlier he himself allegedly had withdrawn from the battles. Apparently, Aljemain is hinting that in their previous fight, Peter deliberately hit him in the head with a knee so as not to fight for another one and a half rounds. And this despite the fact that, although the Russian was inferior in the number of significant strikes (86:97), he had seven takedowns in his asset, once knocked down his opponent and led two judges on the cards (29:28).
In light of this, both Sterling's response on Twitter and his statements in an interview with Ariel Helvani sound rather ambiguous.
In particular, Aljemain expressed the opinion that he would have defeated Ian in the first fight, even if he had not been disqualified, and also said that he was generally superior to the Russian fighter in terms of level.
According to him, out of ten battles with Peter, he would have won in seven or nine.
New challenge for Tukhugov and Nurmagomedov's debut in football
A few weeks ago it became known that, in addition to the former bantamweight champion, a number of Russian fighters will perform at the October UFC numbered tournament, including Islam Makhachev, Alexander Volkov and Shamil Gamzatov, and recently the list was supplemented by two more representatives of the Khabib Nurmagomedov team. Eagle MMA.
The UFC press service reported that Zubair Tukhugov and Tagir Ulanbekov will hold their next fights at UFC 267, and both will meet with representatives of Brazil. The first will fight Ricardo Ramos, a member of the Dana White Looking For a Fight show, who has six wins and two losses under the auspices of the largest MMA promotion on the planet. The second will have to fight with the debutant of the championship Allan Nascimento. It is noteworthy that earlier the South Americans fought with each other and the more experienced Ramos took the upper hand. Meanwhile, now one is performing in the featherweight (up to 65.8 kg), and the other in the lightest (up to 56.7 kg) divisions.
In turn, the leader of the Eagle MMA team held a press conference as part of the New Knowledge marathon. Some of the questions, as expected, concerned his performances in mixed martial arts, but some of them were devoted to social topics. In particular, Nurmagomedov expressed dissatisfaction with the fact that residents of Dagestan earn very little.
“This region is very rich in all resources: locations, people, land, sunny days for agriculture.
There is a sea, mountains, forest.
I don't know if you know, but almost the entire western part of Russia is powered by electricity, which is produced in Dagestan.
We have one of the largest hydroelectric power plants.
Dagestan is a very rich region, but socially we live very poorly.
My sister worked as an English teacher.
I took her away because I think it is wrong that she works for 11 thousand rubles a month when she has three children of her own.
Well, 11 thousand rubles ... I think this is wrong, "- quoted Nurmagomedov" Championship ".
According to Khabib, in the coming years he intends to help people find a stable income through job creation.
“Ten years is a good time. During this time, you can plant a tree, collect fruits, cut it down, plant it again. I would like to be a useful person. By passing on experience, make people successful in this life. You know, the USSR made a plan for five years, not ten. In the next five years, I would like to create 5 thousand jobs, "RIA Novosti quoted Nurmagomedov as saying.
As for the ex-UFC champion himself, he does not plan to resume his career, but will soon demonstrate his skills on the football field, and not in the PFL championship match, but in the Legends Cup. According to Nurmagomedov, he was invited to participate in the tournament, which will be attended by the national teams of Russia, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Turkey and the world, made up of famous players of the past. Dmitry Alenichev, Yegor Titov, Nunu Gomes, Miguel Danni, Gaiska Mendieta, Fernando Morientes, Hamit Altintop and others have already confirmed their arrival in Moscow.
“There are no plans for football.
On the 11th we will have the Legends Cup in Moscow.
Legends from the past come there, who 20 years ago were the stars of football.
So I was invited to play with them, it will be a charity match ... It will be interesting to look at the stars I watched and admired, "Nurmagomedov told TASS.
The return of the legend and the fight between Emelianenko and Datsik
If the resumption of the career of 32-year-old Nurmagomedov in MMA seems less and less likely every day, then serious prerequisites arose for the return of the legendary Oleg Taktarov to the cage.
Recently, the winner of the UFC 6 tournament received an offer to fight on the Hardcore MMA show.
54-year-old Taktarov acted as a commentator at one of the promotion events when another veteran of the Absolute Fighting Championship, Jeff Monson, suddenly appeared in the cage, who celebrated his 50th birthday in January. The world grappling champion expressed his willingness to return to the cage, after which the Russian was summoned to it. Famous athletes in the past held a duel of views, after which the organizers expressed their hope to arrange a fight between them.
At the moment, Taktarov and Monson have not commented in any way on the possible holding of a face-to-face duel, however, there is nothing new in such practice for single combats.
So, in February 2016, Bellator organized a rematch between Royce Gracie and Ken Shamrock, and two and a half years later the trilogy was completed by Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz.
Last fall, the attention of boxing fans was riveted to the exhibition battle between boxers Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr.
At the same time, in Russia, a possible fight between two other old-timers of MMA - Alexander Emelianenko and Vyacheslav Datsik is being discussed with might and main.
True, they are going to sort things out according to the rules of the oldest martial arts.
And, as the Russian Boxing Federation assured, the organization is ready to help athletes in this endeavor.
“The Russian Boxing Federation is ready to support Alexander Emelianenko (if he plans to hold fights according to the rules of boxing. -
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We have an accredited company "Soyuz", which is the promoter of Vyacheslav Datsik.
Therefore, I know that the issue of the fight between them is being discussed in it, ”said the general secretary of the federation, Kirill Schekutyev, adding that they are discussing the fight at the end of the year.
Apparently, Datsik is seriously determined to fight with Emelianenko Jr. and is already quite aware of his weaknesses.
True, given Alexander's well-known problems with alcohol, it was not difficult to draw such a conclusion.
“I will give Sasha time to get ready, so that he would try at least to portray something similar, so that they would not start shouting that he had again beaten a disabled drunkard. Weaknesses of Emelianenko? Liver. It is most important. The most important organ that in battle gives strength to move, beat and breathe. If the liver does not work and a good lateral one arrives there, then there can be no talk of any boxing. We are already talking simply about finishing off the enemy, ”Datsik said in an interview with the True Gym MMA YouTube channel.