Former WBO light welterweight champion boxer Ruslan Provodnikov told that the fighter Ivan Shtyrkov you have to focus on one type of martial arts.
On Tuesday, it was officially announced that Shtyrkova will face Viktor Nemkov in the main event of RCC 15, which will take place on May 6 in Yekaterinburg.
– Yesterday boxing, today MMA: it’s good that Ivan Shtyrkov is also in demand. I think you should do your job. All these jumps are useless. Of course, if Vanya is talented, unique, we’ll see how quickly he comes back from boxing to MMA. Let him work on MMA now. History knows examples of such unique cases. But these are still few! – said Provodnikov “”.
Shtyrkov, 34, has 22 wins, two losses and a draw. The fighter held his last MMA fight in December last year, beating Kazakhstan’s Asylzhan Bakhytzhanuly. In March, Shtyrkov, according to the rules of boxing, lost to Magomed Ismailov.
36-year-old two-time world sambo champion Viktor Nemkov has 32 wins and eight losses with one draw in MMA. He participates in Bellator, the heavyweight champion of this league is his brother Vadim Nemkov.
Live broadcasts of mixed martial arts tournaments can be seen on the federal channel, as well as on the matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru websites.
Source : MatchTV
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