Russian fighters alexander and Ivan Emelianenko went through the official weigh-in procedure on the eve of their MMA fights in Moscow, Alexander Emelianenko’s rival Evgeny Ershov was late for the procedure.
On May 26, Alexander Emelianenko will fight under MMA rules with blogger Yevgeny Ershov. In December last year, Emelianenko lost to another blogger, Svyatoslav Kovalenko, in a boxing match wearing MMA gloves. In September, Vyacheslav Datsik knocked out Emelianenko in the 13th second of a boxing match. Emelianenko’s MMA stats are 28 wins, 9 losses and 1 draw.
Alexander Emelianenko’s weight was 120 kg. Ershov was late for the proceedings and stood on the scales 30 minutes later, respectively, between Ershov and Emelianenko there was no duel of views. Yershov’s weight was 100 kg.
Ivan Emelianenko, younger brother of Fedor and Alexander Emelianenko, will make his MMA debut on Friday. He will meet with a representative of the pop industry Alexei Ledenev. In pop MMA, Ledenev has three wins and one loss.
The weight of Ivan Emelianenko is 94.95 kg, Ledenev is 108.4 kg.
Also, as part of the upcoming show, Russian heavyweight Alexei Oleinik, who will meet Briton Oli Thompson, will hold his first fight after leaving the UFC. Oleinik has been in the UFC since 2014 and during that time he had 17 fights. The former Bellator fighter Thompson has 21 wins and 16 losses in MMA.
Oleinik’s weight is 119.4 kg, Thompson’s is 105.9 kg.
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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