Russian mixed martial artist Vladimir Mineev serving in the zone of a special military operation (SVO), said in an interview with that he expects the birth of his daughter in late May – early June, they plan to name the daughter Vera.
The 33-year-old MMA fighter’s last fight was under kickboxing rules in November last year, beating Fernando Rodriguez by knockout.
On May 17, Mineev announced that he had arrived in Saransk after receiving leave from the NVO zone on the occasion of the imminent birth of his daughter. At the moment, the athlete and his wife Ekaterina are raising their son Mikhail.
When are you going back to the war zone? And with whom do you find it more difficult to talk about it: with your mother or with your wife?
– With my mother, of course. She found out only at the last moment and thought that I was in a training camp in the Moscow region. Then she calmed down. Now I have a layoff until June 16, so I can meet my daughter and come back. I hope my wife will not let me down in this regard.
– Have you thought of a name?
We want to call her Vera. Because faith is the only thing that saves us. We are expecting the end of May or the beginning of June, myself I am already asking my wife: “When, when?!” Mineev told .
Live broadcasts of the Mixed Martial Arts tournaments can be seen on and Match! Fighter”, as well as on the sites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru. On Friday, will broadcast the ACA 157 tournament in Kazan live. On the TV channel “Match! The broadcast of Fighter will start at 6:55 p.m. (MSK). Also watch the tournament on from 9:30 p.m. (Moscow time) and on the sites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source : MatchTV
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