Russian Mixed Martial Artist (MMA) Alexander Emelianenko returned to Yekaterinburg and began the active phase of preparation for a boxing match with Vyacheslav Datsik . about this “,” Emelianenko Jr. manager Nikita Burchak said.
Emelianenko has signed a contract for a fight under boxing rules with Datsik, scheduled for September 10 in Moscow. Since May, Alexander has been in a rehabilitation center in Yekaterinburg, but in June the fighter returned to Moscow to take part in media activities.
Alexander returned to Yekaterinburg on Monday. In fact, at this time the active phase of preparation for the fight with Datsik will begin, Burchak told .
Emelianenko, 40, has 28 wins, nine losses and a draw in MMA. The last time the heavyweight fighter fought under MMA rules was in November 2021, when he lost to middleweight Brazilian Marcio Santos. Emelianenko’s last MMA victory was in July 2018.
In boxing, Emelianenko defeated powerlifter Mikhail Koklyaev and blogger Artem Tarasov. At the end of February, Alexander defeated Jeff Monson via unanimous decision in a bare knuckle bout.
Source : MatchTV
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