Ivan Emelianenko’s rival in the next fight, Judaism Alexei Ledenev, in an interview with , told about his correspondence with the older brother of the future opponent, a famous fighter Fyodor Emelianenko .
Ledenev became the Russian judo champion and won several international tournaments. On May 26, he will make his debut in an MMA fight against Ivan Emelianenko, the youngest of the three brothers, for whom it will also be his debut in professional fights. At present, the statistics of 46-year-old Fedor Emelianenko in MMA (40 wins, 7 losses, 1 draw), Alexander Emelianenko (41 years old) has 28 wins, 9 losses and 1 draw.
– As a judoka, did you cross paths with Fedor or Alexander? Fedor certainly spoke.
I remember Fedor very well. Somewhere in 2000 (actually 1998 – About “”) he became the third in the Russian Judo Championship, and it was from that moment that I just entered the main team reserve judo, starting with the boys. And for me, he was a guy who went into combat, but who has a basis in judo. For us, it was cool. But I remember him already moving into battles.
– Do you know each other?
– I’m not sure he knows me or remembers anything, but we saw each other at some competitions.
“Did you know anything about Ivan?”
– I can tell you that, of course, everyone has heard of Fedor, but I have always heard of Alexander and Ivan. I knew of the existence of both. And the plans where the three, I saw them ten years ago. I knew there was a third brother, but I just didn’t know what he was doing,” Ledenev said in an interview with .
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Source : MatchTV
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