“It’s a technical result, nothing more” – Khryunov on Oleinik’s knockout

promoter Vladimir Khryunov commented on the loss Alexei Oleinik KO of Oli Thompson during a tournament in Moscow.

Former UFC fighter Alexey Oleinik lost by knockout to Englishman Oli Thompson in a modified rules format bout (three three-minute rounds with ground restrictions). For Oleinik, this fight was the first cage break outside of the UFC since 2013. In the second round, the fighter missed a heavy blow to the jaw, which resulted in a stoppage.

Despite the heavy knockout, according to promoter Khryunov, the fight might not be included in official pro fight statistics.

— It’s a technical result, nothing more. We saw Oleinik live. Thank you very much for the risks he took.

– Alexey fought in the form of three rounds of three minutes each. Will this fight enter the stats?

I have such connections. How do you want? Indeed, the tournament is sanctioned by the federation, which has agreements with Sherdog (the main statistical resource MMA. – ). Look how beautiful it was today. Simply because those are the rules. Reduced ground time, modified battle time. But let some of you say it’s not interesting. It’s not interesting for me when you can lie down for five minutes. And here you need to constantly perform technical and tactical actions. I thanked him for his career, but he still has a lot to do, a lot of things can happen. To his opponent, Oli Thompson, I can also say “thank you”, everyone told him not to come here, and he came, despite all the circumstances. For example, all Brazilians look alike, carbon copy, and then a guy came along who won. Let’s applaud him,” Khryunov said after the fight.

Before the fight with Oleinik, Tomspon lost four fights in a row, including three ahead of schedule.

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.