Director Ivan Emelianenko Nikita Burchak told that at the time the judge’s decision was announced, he thought the winner of the fight would be named. Youri Riaboy .
On Friday in Moscow, Ivan Emelianenko defeated Ryaboy by split decision in a fight according to the rules of boxing with MMA gloves. This is Emelianenko’s second victory in martial arts.
— Pockmarked is a very powerful opponent for Vanya’s second fight. Ryaboi’s team said he had an injury to his right hand, we knew that. This fight was initially favored by Vanya, as Ryaboy practically did not strike with his right hand. We saw it during Ryabyi’s last boxing match, which took place a week before our confrontation. I can understand people’s disagreement with the judges’ decision. I admit that when the decision was announced, and more precisely when it became known that the decision was separate… I thought they would raise Ryabiy’s hand. He seemed more active, but I can’t say Vanya lost outright. By the way, I had something similar in the fight between Svyatoslav Kovalenko and Alexander Emelianenko… I was confident that Sasha would win, but the decision was different.
I will say that in the battle between Ivan and Ryaby, no one had a clear advantage. But I’m happy that their confrontation can be considered a sporting event. After all, on the same show there was a fight, which the participants talked about a lot before, but did not show anything in the cage. In my opinion, the fight between Vanya and Ryaboi was much more interesting than the co-main event (the fight between Churchaev and Galimov), Burchak told .
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