What will Vyacheslav Datsik do if he becomes the country’s president? Yes, we asked him that question

The biggest mistake is to count Vyacheslav Datsik a person whose maximum is simply to entertain. In 2019, when the fighter had just been released from prison, it really could have seemed that way. Then, in an interview with , the athlete replied that he wanted to gain 200 kg, specifying: “Estimate, such a carcass will fall on you…”. But one of the loudest people in Russian martial arts managed to go beyond quirky interviews, and today Datsik is:

At the same time, he has an opponent, whose victory in 1999 gave him more popularity than any of the moderns. Coming to the MMA tournament, Datsik came on and knocked out future UFC champion Andrei Orlovsky.

Have you ever reviewed your fight with Andrey Orlovsky?

– Understood, yes.

Do you consider it your business card?

– Yes, it seems to me that the fight with Mondragon (March 25, Datsik won by knockout in the first round – approx. “”) has more views.

– Would you and Andrey fight again?

– He said a lot of things in America, well, I wrote him an answer. I am not against any revenge. If he wants him to come, I will avenge him at any time. I hope to repeat what happened.

– Which of your fights of the 2000s do you remember the most?

– A lot of. I had a good fight with the Surgeon in Arbat, I lost on points. I also remembered – I was there with Butch! We [дрались, дрались, дрались] several rounds. And then they just bumped their heads. And we were both already dead, and then we just scattered to different corners, ran and fronts – bam! And what pinned me, the judge shows – ineffective action, getting up to fight.

– And you also had a fight with Fedor Emelianenko’s rival, Levon Lagvilava?

– We fought with him at the casino studio, he tried to strangle me, I didn’t let him. He tried to open my mouth so that I pulled my head back and opened my neck, and bit his finger. He bounced, I knocked him down and wanted to step on his head on the concrete floor. The referee dismissed me.

You try to find a video – a cool and hilarious fight. We quarreled well with Romka Savochka in the same casino, there was a sea of ​​blood, such a massacre.

– Do you know Fedor Emelianenko? Do you have joint photos?

– We know each other, but we just said hello, no more, no less. Photos were not taken. I went to Red Devil (the gym where Emelianenko trained for a while – ) for sparring, it’s Obvodny Canal Embankment, 203. I came there with the Muay Thai Federation, but Fedor was no longer there at that time. .

– Who was the toughest boxer in St. Petersburg at that time?

– Probably, Denis Bakhtov, we studied in the same room

– Did you know Alexander Povetkin’s trainer, Ivan Kirpa?

– Yeah, but he’s lightweight, but also such a tough boxer. By the way, Sadyk was the most awesome… And Oleg Ermakov.

– Your conflict with Alexander Emelianenko began around 2008. Did you meet then? Wasn’t it like someone tried to set up a fight for you in 2009 or 2010?

– In 2010, I was already on the wanted list, who would organize what there?

– And in 2009?

– And in 2009 he was sitting. My conflict with Emelianenko began when I called him from not so distant places to sort out a situation. And I started having a conflict with him.

– What is the situation?

– Yes, with a journalist from Moskovsky Komsomolets … She took pictures there, then a theme with tattoos … I typed, and the boiling began. And the interview where Emelianenko said he could refute that I don’t feel pain, he gave it when I was already on the run.

– Did you think you would knock him out in the 20th second (the fight took place in September 2022 – editor’s note)? Did you expect it to end like this?

– So, and Ibragim Magomedov threw the same collective farm on his hand. Only I threw it from below, and the hook passed me. Sanka, even when he was young, with a good reaction, he always flew like that. He keeps his hands low.

– Who imitated Alexander Emelianenko for you in combat?

– Dima Vesnin basically, Gosha Kushitashvili and Sanya Larchik (real name Larkin. – “”). Especially with them.

– You did not train with Alexander 13-15 years ago in St. Petersburg?

We met, we talked, we said hello, but nothing more.

How many fights would you like to have this year?

– For health. By the way, fists heal. Now that the finger has fallen off the knuckle, there is a problem.

– You don’t fight with bare fists, because there are problems with your hands?

– Yes, there are still injuries, but before, they fought in pankration with their fists, in bushido in small overlaps. I’m ready to fight bare knuckle, what difference does it make if it’s on the street or in the fist in competition.

– Answering my question, Ivan Shtyrkov said that the fight with you was “vomited”, and two months later he said that you refused to fight him. What was your duel proposal?

– I didn’t offer anything, Vanya talks a lot. We started a conflict, because of one of his words, a movement started. He doesn’t think it’s necessary to apologize, so he has to prove his point in the ring. Let him try to beat me and prove that I vomit, otherwise, no. I don’t care if it’s boxing or punching.

He wants boxing and more than four rounds.

Yes, at least 20 rounds. We won’t fight that long, but I solve the problems from the first rounds.

– Is your fight with Alexei Oleinik possible?

– I prefer to take revenge on Oleinik on this Englishman (Oli Thompson, who beat Oleinik on May 26 – editor’s note)

– Do you work with iron?

– We went to Shredder (Aleksey Shredder, athlete, host of the YouTube channel of the same name – “”), we trained, pulled these 70 kg weights. Then the sparring began, the muscles loaded up, became heavy. I injured my elbow and arm. I do not need it.

What’s the last thing you watched on YouTube?

– SO. [Сюжет, где] they ransacked the customs dacha, seized 18 tons of gold from the floors (viral video, several media proved it to be unreliable – approx.) It was very interesting.

What would you do if you were President of Russia?

– I would abolish the presidency and appoint myself king.

And the reforms?

– Lots of different. But it would be fun for sure. I think I would have bypassed Zadornov in this area.

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.