English fighter Oli Thompson after a knockout Alexei Oleinik announced his intention to go to a boxing match with Alexander Emelianenko .
Thompson at a tournament in Moscow on May 26 snapped a four-game losing streak and knocked out UFC veteran Oleinik in the first round in an exhibition bout under WTKF rules. In an interview with after the fight, Thompson said he wanted to have a six-round boxing fight against Alexander Emelianenko.
– In the next few months, we were going to have a boxing match with Alex Emelianenko. It’s interesting to me. I would go home to England, train there and complete my training in Moscow.
“Would you like to give something to Alexandre?”
– I wish him good luck today, I wish him to win today, I think we will have an interesting confrontation in the big gloves.
– How many rounds?
“Six rounds, please,” Thompson told .
Alexander Emelianenko at the Moscow tournament with the participation of Thompson defeated blogger Yevgeny Ershov by submission in the second round. The fight was advertised as an exhibition.
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.
Source : MatchTV
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