Russian MMA fighter Vladimir Minev announced that he had become a deputy of the Donetsk People’s Council.
Earlier in February 2023, the fighter joined the Russian Armed Forces. Mineev reported that he joined the special forces of the First Donetsk Army Corps.
– You can congratulate me, I became a deputy of the People’s Council of Donetsk. They gave me such a cap (Mineev was asked why he came to the press conference in a cap with the inscription “Donbass”). “I now officially have the status of deputy,” reports the correspondent of according to the words of Vladimir Mineev.
Mineev held his last fight under MMA rules in October 2021, defeating Magomed Ismailov by technical knockout. The fighter’s MMA stats are 16 wins, 1 loss, and 1 draw. The 33-year-old Mineev’s next fight is against former Bellator league champion Rafael Carvalho in Elista on September 15.
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