Russian Mixed Martial Artist (MMA) Sergei Kharitonov said he was no longer interested in fighting with compatriot Alexander Emelianenko.
– In fact, I don’t prepare for anything, I take a lot of pleasure in life. We organize tournaments for children.
– Vagab Vagabov, Vyacheslav Datsik, Dmitry Kudryashov are fighting, are you trying a showdown with any of them?
” Honestly, I do not know. I now have a great contract with Bellator, in the near future there may be an offer from Eagle FC league of Khabib Nurmagomedov, they should offer me another fight there, I just need to get a visa. I plan to play at the Parus festival in Dubai. There are many proposals, many plans where there are agreements. I’m more interested in making money. We can only fight in sparring.
– Is there at least one last name in sports, where for you the fees would not be in the first place, but the fight itself?
– Yes, you understand who I am talking about, he was capable… But now he is no longer capable. I think he might not live to see the fight now, if you exaggerate. In the state he is in, I would even be ashamed to go out with him.
– And if it was with cubes like before?
– It will be with cubes, then we will talk.
How did you find out what form he was in?
– From photographs, videos – it’s not just that. Anyone, even him, already causes sympathy. I’m not used to sympathizing with someone only if people are in trouble because of cataclysms, but this one himself has already fallen into a rut from which he cannot get out. Now if you go against him, they’ll say “no more drunk”. I’ll be ashamed already, let them do ring announcers, maybe MMA pop, but I’ve already lost interest. I don’t think he will be in good shape.
– Instead of Datsik, is it worth fighting Emelianenko?
– This is a personal matter of Vyacheslav Datsik. Money has no smell. I think Vyacheslav remembers old cases, remembers skirmishes, so he won’t stop and fight. Datsik is the clear favorite, and I would have turned down the fight after what I saw on the internet. As a man, it will be ugly.
In 2006, Emelianenko defeated Kharitonov in a boxing match.
Emelianenko, 40, has 28 wins, nine losses and a draw in MMA. The last time a heavyweight fighter fought under MMA rules was November 2021, when he then lost to middleweight Brazilian Marcio Santos. Emelianenko’s last victory in MMA was in July 2018. In boxing, Emelianenko defeated powerlifter Mikhail Koklyaev and blogger Artem Tarasov. In late February, Alexander defeated 51-year-old Jeff Monson by unanimous decision in a bare knuckle bout. In September, Emelianenko is expected to fight under boxing rules with Datsik.
Kharitonov, 41, has 32 wins and eight losses in MMA. Kharitonov also had three successful fights in the professional ring. It was in boxing that the Russian’s last fight took place – in March, Kharitonov defeated American Malik Scott in a scandalous duel.
Source : MatchTV
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