“I am calm about replacing my opponent. Although a fight with Yakubov would be more significant from a media point of view” – fighter Vasilevsky

Russian fighter Vyacheslav Vasilyevsky told that he was calm about the change of opponent for his October 27 fight in Moscow, but noted that a meeting with Ilyas Yakubov from a media point of view would be more attractive than a fight with Maxim Fedorov.

Vasilevsky was scheduled to meet Yakubov on October 27 in Moscow in a boxing match with MMA gloves. On Monday it became known that Yakubov would not be able to fight, Fedorov would replace him.

— If nothing changes, the opponent will be Maxim Fedorov, nicknamed Airborne Forces. To be honest, I didn’t really know him before he became my opponent. He fights brilliantly with fists, he recently made his boxing debut. For a boxing fight with MMA gloves, this is a worthy replacement. I’m not looking for an easy ride. Probably, from a media point of view, the fight with Yakubov would have been more important, but from a sporting point of view, the current opponent is not inferior to him. I have traditionally had replacements, so I take the replacement calmly. The main thing is that the fight continues, because a lot of work has been done. And who will be the opponent is not a question of priority,” Vasilevsky told .

On Sunday, the press service of the Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of Russia in Moscow announced the arrest of Yakubov, he was accused of committing a crime under Part 2 of Art. 205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (public justification of terrorist activities committed using the Internet information and telecommunications network). The fighter was taken by judicial police officers to a unit of the Capital Investigation Commission.

Vasilevsky has 36 wins and nine losses in MMA. Fedorov has 7 wins and five losses in pop MMA.

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