Russian MMA fighter Alexei Oleinik said in a interview that he was ready to shake hands with Alexander Emelianenko at a meeting.
In November 2013, Oleinik replaced Emelianenko in a duel with Mirko Filipovich, after which Alexander repeatedly spoke highly of Alexei in the press.
– 10 years ago you replaced Alexander Emelianenko in a fight with Mirko Filipovich. He then gave a much-quoted prediction, saying “Poor Oleinik… No chance at all.” Then he said that his wife guides you in training. Now, on the day of the fight, you will obviously find yourself in the same room as him – lending a hand?
– Why not. Who will I be if I walk around with my nose up in the air and harassed. I’m not an 18 year old boy who’s like “you told me, I told you”. Sasha had a very difficult time in his life, he went through so many different things. I think if I was on a roller coaster like him, I don’t know what I would say. So don’t judge others. And besides I’m 45, I should be both wiser and more careful. I can easily reach him. If he doesn’t reach out to me, I’ll stop mentioning him and talking about him. But the desire to help and take the first step is the desire of a calm and self-confident man.
– They constantly write about Alexander “why is he fighting, he must end his career and save his health.” Don’t you think that his fights, on the contrary, mobilize him and a day or two before the fight we still see the best version of Alexander Emelianenko?
– He’s over 40, why touch him, let him live his life. Is he really one of the most negative characters in our country. As for me, the morons with sixes on their faces or those Milokhins are much worse and more corrupt. And there, all these concepts are much more broken: whether he is a boy or a girl. Here they spoil our youth more than the wolf in “Well, wait a minute!” Who smokes a cigarette. So why touch Sasha? Anyone can have trouble with something. One suffers all his life from snot, he constantly has viruses, the other has poor resistance to alcohol. The third is subject to the game. Sasha has just arrived. I treat Sasha very well, I want everything to go well for him,” Oleynik told .
Emelianenko and Oleinik are scheduled to compete in the same tournament on the 26th. The Russian fighters’ rivals will be Evgeny Ershov and Oli Thompson respectively.
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Source : MatchTV
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