Brazilian António “Bigfoot” Silva, along with Russians Ilyas Yakubov and Yuri Ryaboy are considered to be Ivan Emelianenko’s opponent in his August 18 bout. About this “” said the fighter’s manager Nikita Burchak.
Ivan Emelianenko made his MMA debut at the end of May. The younger of the Emelianenko brothers, by unanimous decision, beat the representative of pop MMA Alexei Ledenev.
– Ivan Emelianenko’s next fight is scheduled for August 18. In the very near future, Vanya will go to the training camp in Kislovodsk. There are many options for opponents. By the way, one of the possible opponents is “Bigfoot” Silva. We are also considering Ilyas Yakubov and Yuri Ryabogo. But there are also other options. Now I started cooperation with Kratos (Sergey Kalinin), who was also supposed to compete in boxing on August 18, but due to the operation all his boxing matches are postponed until the fall. I heard that Valery Myasnikov was interested in confronting Kratos. It would be interesting both with bare hands and in boxing. So why not? Burchak told .
The 43-year-old former UFC fighter Silva has 19 wins, 15 losses and one draw in MMA (according to statistics from the Sherdog portal). The Brazilian’s last official victory was in 2015. In February 2011, Silva beat Fedor Emelianenko.
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Source : MatchTV
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