Dagestan fighter Bozigit Ataev spoke to Sport24 about his friendship with Fyodor Emelianenko .
Ataev in the early 2000s trained with Fedor in the same team in Tula.
– I wanted to show you a picture – remember this time.
Yes, it was in Japan. I don’t even remember what year. Maybe 2001 or 2002. We fought in the RINGS back then. We were the ones who argued with him – usually our Japanese friends invited us to a restaurant after the fights. And here we are at the restaurant: there are reporters, photographers. And it all happened in their restaurant, in an office there. This photo is several years old. Mikhail Ilyukhin, Magomedkhan Gamzathanov, Fedya. Well, me too.
On February 4, the fight between Emelianenko and Bellator heavyweight champion Ryan Bader will take place. The first meeting of the fighters, which took place in January 2019, ended with the victory of the American by knockout in the first round. The fight will be the last of Emelianenko’s career.
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