“Maga, are we going to fight? » Shlemenko’s speech after the first draw of his career

Alexander Shlemenko failed to beat Kleber Sousa in the main event of his SFC 5 tournament. For Shlemenko, it was the first fight in Omsk in the past 12 years.

– Will Alexander Shlemenko write a protest to the organization of the Shlemenko Fighting Championship?

– No, it won’t. But I’m unhappy with the decision, surprised. Even if they gave him the win, it would be great overall. All attacks are mine, strangulation attempts are mine. That’s right, he slipped in there, and I also spilled blood on him normally.

And so – well, he broke my nose with his knee, I don’t understand why they gave me a draw. In my opinion, I missed, he missed, my shots were more accurate.

There will be the first draw of my big record, they don’t give me the possibility to add more wins so that there are more.

– Interested in counting beats?

We can count. I saw he missed. I agree that I, too, beat the liver a little, stalled more. I have to fight more often, now I will speed up.

– Do you want to talk to the judges?

“And what will he bring?” Well, the haters will tell me: I accused the judges, but it was necessary, it was necessary. I listened to Ramazan Ismailov (brother and trainer of Magomed Ismailov – “”), who said that I had to work the whole fight, breathe. So I worked the whole fight, somewhere where I couldn’t break it. I can tell him I’m breathing normally, so Maga, defeat Ilic, and our fight will be more relevant than ever.

Two judges gave him two rounds. What score would be objective?

Three rounds in my favour. Which round did he win? What did he do to me? Haters, you all know that. It’s clear I lost to you, it’s time for me to stop and sit in the trenches, but we’re still doing something.

– Do you regret that the fight was not in five rounds?

– I would have worked for five years, Kleber got addicted, started trying to fight, and I made a mistake – I put a lot on the “choke”. I thought I was going to choke. Then my hands shook a little. I say it like it is – I was afraid of missing a shot, as I recently got knocked down. Now I can say that everything is fine. Apart from a knee on the nose, I did not miss anything. They say he broke my nose, but he seems to be breathing, although blood is flowing, and a little irregular.

– If the nose is broken, can it interfere with the fight with Maga in December?

“I don’t think it’s broken, although I understand that. The bone doesn’t seem to hurt when I press down. Blood is flowing, as I normally missed the bridge of my nose. He was afraid to start pouring a lot of water, then the layman said, “Yes, everything is covered in blood there!” Yes, they killed him! He loses !”.

– Did you plan to write in the contracts that the fight was in five rounds?

– To be honest, no. A five-round fight is supposed to be a meaningful fight, but if it was five rounds, I could probably finish it. You have to learn to work in three rounds.

Where did you hit it the hardest?

– I hit him with my left hand – Koresh shouted at me: “Hit no more.” He was well prepared for my kicks. At one point I just jumped up and thought now I was going to break it. In general, I’m happy with the fight, because at this rate I could have already died in the first round, but I didn’t die and I was ready to continue working. The pace was fast from start to finish. It seems to me that it turned out rubilovo-rubilovo such.

– There is no regret that you broke your nose and fought for 15 minutes for free in your tournament, where if someone pays you, then only yourself?

– Of course, it’s a pity. Also, I smothered him for about a minute, maybe the judges just don’t know you can smother him like that. Well, they would have watched the fight with Vasilevsky or Bilstein. With David Branch.

– People who open the news will have a question: “Why didn’t Shlemenko win?” How can you answer it?

– Should I answer? They have seen it all. I think I won this fight. I have completed all my tasks. One can ask me the question: “Why didn’t you strangle him?” Not knocked out? It can be requested. But if they tell me that I lost this fight, these people will be wrong.

– Look who has the most MMA wins: you or Alexey Oleinik?

Yes, I want to double it, but I can’t.

– Keep in mind how much you have and how much he has?

– Not anymore, I have 62 wins, while they announce 61. They stole my victory over Manhoef, although I don’t think I lost it.

Will there be a rematch with Souza?

– Why? I do not know yet. I think it can be organized. I don’t really like to fight with left-handers, I have a left-hander on the horizon – it’s Maga. Maga, are we going to fight? If you change your mind, if you’re looking for easier fights in boxing, tell me how it is, why are they, we’ll fight…we won’t. If you are unhappy with the fees, speak to the RCC, I believe they will sort this out. I specifically fought with two lefties. What did I take on this burden of responsibility? He fought only because of Magi, to prepare properly.

– Do you think he can merge again?

– How to understand “merge”? Refuse – yes, merge – no.

I now have the satisfaction of not being dead. At first I imposed the pace, then I sat down, I think we have to slow down the pace. And then I say to myself: “Why lower it? I will go further.”

It’s a practice fight, there was no goal to win at all costs. I wanted to pump myself, cut through. I was nervous – if I could cut the three rounds. I realized I could. And even, despite the broken nose, he was able to work with a left-hander. I should have been a little more restrained.

– Why are you dangerous for Magomed Ismailov?

“Maga can’t handle this pace. Three-minute rounds with Ilic in boxing, it’s not five against five, as we’re going to have. When was the last time you saw Magu in battle? Three or five years ago?

— In 2020 with Ivan Shtyrkov.

– Well, today you saw me at a normal pace. It can make him nervous. But I don’t call him, I don’t shoot him. I just want to understand if we will have a fight or not. But to participate in some kind of media promotion, hit a pear, hit his legs, call him, shout “get ready”, say what kind of tea you drink there … As for the date of the fight, he need something to reprogram. Somewhere it’s not clear. He has another fight scheduled for December.

– With Datsik, but that’s not correct.

– In short, I am ready, and I will continue to prepare myself, because I still have a fight planned.

– In Omsk?

– Not.

– MMA fight in October-November?

– According to MMA at the end of October. I heard from one of you that they want to give us a boxing fight with the winner of the Ismailov vs Ilic pair, maybe Maga and I will fight according to boxing rules. You have to breathe less.

I have to fight often, that’s my thing. If I don’t fight often, I have to end my career. I grow from fight to fight. If you look at my career, I added when I fought more often.

– What are your impressions of the first battle of Omsk for a long time?

– Hard. The responsibility is very great. I have five children in Omsk, and I woke up all week, as before, at 06:50, took them to kindergarten, picked them up …. This is not an excuse, I’m just saying what were the difficulties.

Did you hear your son and daughter in the hall?

– I heard my son. Svyatik, come to me (his son Shlemenko is currently sitting astride the net – “”). Angelina was already at my fights, she was in America when we fought with Manhoef. I took her there. Holy, how are you? Dad fought?

I heard them, but it didn’t help or distract. I was afraid of getting tired, and now I’m angry with myself for not adding even more, because I had the strength to add more. I thought I had won the first, I won the second, I decided that in the third I could manage as it would work. I remember how the last 10 seconds hit, I could have flown there, but I didn’t. For that, I am angry with myself.

– Is it unusual to go from an apartment to a fight?

– Of course not. Everything was unusual. It’s good that there was a place to spend the night, I spent the last two days at the dacha.

– What’s with your toe, is there a bump right there?

That’s why I stopped playing football. When I was 19 I was playing quite a bit and a guy – I took the ball off his foot – kicked and kicked me. My joint collapsed (shows in the thumb area – “”), and since that time I had problems, I didn’t have the operation so, the injury remained.

Is the guy a professional fighter?

– Yes, a professional fighter, that’s why he screwed up, my leg turned blue there, it hurt. I could barely walk for two months.

– As the tournament started, they announced that four new regions were included in Russia. Then the Secretary General of NATO took the floor. Did you follow the news?

– I know the referendums, the triumphs of historical justice. I’m all for it. What can I say ? I fully support.

– How many fights are you ready to fight?

– Yes, I don’t have that … I like to fight, it seems to me that I started to fight in a different way, that I was reborn. I pick up a bit. I generally breathed well, I was more tired, although now I was not in great shape. I haven’t started on a victorious path yet, but I hope Maga will help me do so. I don’t know what he is afraid of, he sees Ilich won against me, I drew here, which means he should sort me out. Just do it.