russian fighter Vladimir Mineev speaking in the AMC Fight Nights promotion and in professional kickboxing, said in a interview that he doesn’t tie his future to UFC performance.
Mineev (16 wins, 1 loss, 1 draw) played by the rules of kickboxing for a long time, became world and European champion and switched to MMA in 2014. The 33-year-old Russian spent most of his fights in the AMC Fight Nights league, where he currently holds the middleweight championship belt.
– All successful Russian fighters who did not fight in the UFC are asked about possible fights in this organization. You don’t care if you fight there anymore?
– I do not have such an item on the checklist, I look at this life differently, and my life is not limited to martial arts. Fighting in the UFC…is probably impossible.
– Is it important to have such a fight or a series of fights to be able to consider oneself as the best or one of the best middleweights in the world?
– I feel myself. A year ago I trained with the guys: Roman Kopylov, Muslim Magomedov, Nasrudin Nasrudinov, Armen Petrosyan. They are all good fighters. I’ve fought with everyone and they’re all pretty much the same. And they’re doing well in the league right now. Naturally, the UFC is a cool fashion car, but we are no worse, and to feel our level, you can just train with them,” Mineev told .
In 2022, the Russian middleweight has had two kickboxing fights, winning by knockout in each.
June 18 at 01:55 (Moscow time) “Match! Fighter” will show the UFC Vettori vs Cannonier tournament, where Arman Tsarukyan and Joaquim Silva will also fight. Other broadcasts of mixed martial arts tournaments can be viewed on and Match! Fighter”, as well as on the sites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source : MatchTV
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