We chat with the founder of the Our Business promotion Artur Harutyunyan. We meet at the tournament where Pierre Narcisse was to fight, but it is on the day of the fight that the death of the interpreter is known. On several occasions, powerful MMA fighters, Russian rappers and very unusual show business stars have performed at Our Business.
– Murad, the hero of the famous video “Dagestanis dumped a taxi driver”, fought with you today. The result can’t be spoiled, but Murad summed it up in a cage: “I haven’t slept for two days.” Why do you think?
– I probably wouldn’t slander Murad, I was worried before the fight. He had a pretty strong opponent. I think it’s insomnia, a lot of fighters deal with it.
– And how did you agree with him in general – from the outside it seems that it is not easy?
— Murad has a manager. We have a sports director. There are producers. Murad has already attended three press conferences, but I have never spoken to him. Just today after the cage fight.
What is its fee schedule?
– I can’t talk, I can’t even talk about it, otherwise some fighters will be offended. I can say that Murad has very good fees, more than some professional athletes.
– Ie a person who has an official record in MMA can earn less per fight than Murad?
– Yes. I have said many times that the fees we have directly depend on the media fighter.
– Alexander Emelianenko fought you in September and got the only win since 2019. Are you happy with the way it was?
– At that time, when Sasha came after a long downtime, after his spree … Yes, I’m glad, then we paid him 10 million, but he completely settled them, brought a wide public on our channel. His fight with Artem Tarasov did the trick.
– Has there been an attempt to arrange another fight for him since that time?
– No, I think we called Alexandre at home at the right time. His subsequent participation in Our Business will no longer arouse the same interest among the public as then. Again, I wouldn’t pay much for its performance.
– I heard several times that his real fee was not 10 million, but less.
– Then I fought for 10, now it can be less, I also heard a lot.
– Vitaly Milonov fought with Nikita Dzhigurda. What was this fight for?
– We wanted a very hyped fight, we absolutely wanted everyone to know about our promotion. Even those who are not interested in MMA. The task was to bring into the cage a man that all of Russia would know.
– Was Milonov’s fight the most publicized in the history of the series?
– In terms of views, of course not, because this is a story that is not about views, but PR promotion.
“And what do you think was the most brilliant event?”
– Not even by views, but by hype – the fight between Roma Zhigan and Shokka (rappers who staged a loud dispute in 2011. – “”) caused a huge stir among the entire population of our country. Fight Dzhigurda and Milonov. But from a sports point of view, the fight between Marif Piraev and Persian (Mohammed Heybatti. – “”) caused a stir. All the promotions, our competitors, wanted to do it, but we were able to do it.
In principle, we plan to resolve another conflict between rappers that has dragged on for a long time – Obe 1 Kanobe and David Ptakha.
– I heard that Schokk is in Moscow and has also started training.
– We talked about the fight with D Masta, also a famous rapper, but it seems to me that there will not be as much fuss as in the first fight of Shock.
– And why do you include fights of good athletes in fights with celebrities: you fought Artem Rofal from the Shlemenko gymnasium, Sharabutdin Magomedov, who is probably the future star of MMA in Russia, the same Marif Piraev?
– We just differ in that we know how to make cards in a way that appeals to everyone. Here you can see Dzhigurda and Milonov, and you can see Artem Rofal or Marif Piraev. And we aim to give young people a chance so that they can prove themselves, get some kind of media.
– You are fighting Sharabutdin Magomedov (8-0 in MMA), who said one of the leagues should offer him a “big contract”. Are you participating in this auction?
We negotiate with him. I’m sure the champion of “Nashe delo” will sign a long-term contract with us. The only thing: Shara is an ambitious fighter and wants to evolve into a professional vector. And when we spoke to him, one of his wishes was that he would not be banned from fighting in the professional leagues. We are ready to meet him, why not.
– Is it difficult to find him an adversary?
– Before that, there were no difficulties, because he fought in the Grand Prix. Now, I also think there will be no difficulty. There is David Barkhudaryan, who wants to fight Shara, why not arrange a fight for him on our site.
– It so happened that on the 20th I received a fight card from your shoot today and there was a couple Pierre Narcisse – Nikolai Lukinsky. And today we learn that Pierre Narcisse died in the hospital…
This is terrible news, I was surprised. A week ago we were sitting on the same couch with him at the same conference, and today he was due to go to Our Cause’s cage. But in the morning I found out what had happened. In Russian, to say, I’m crazy about this news.
– Now they write that Peter was in the hospital for several days. When did you realize he wouldn’t fight in your tournament?
– That he wouldn’t fight, I knew that in advance, of course. But there was such a moment that he called me from the hospital and said, “It’s okay, I’ll lie down for a day or two and get out in the cage.” And we also thought it would be. Then, a few days before the date, we realized that there was already somewhere to fight. But today it was very sad to hear that it happened.
Why do you need all these fights?
– There are several reasons. It’s a cool job, I like creating something that people talk about afterwards. I worked as a journalist, I worked on television, I did everything for the viewer, we were always looking for some kind of audience. Besides, it’s good money.
What were you doing five years ago?
— I started my career in a car wash when I entered first grade. Then he worked in many places, studied journalism, worked on many TV channels, was an editor, producer … To be precise, five years ago, in 2017, in my opinion , I just got fired from Channel One.
Source : MatchTV
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