Brazilian team Geronimo Dos Santos nicknamed Mondragon behaved unprofessionally, so for Alexei Oleynik a worthy replacement was found in the person of the British Oli Thompson. The head of the RCC, Nikolai Klimenko, spoke about this to .
On Friday, it became known that Oleinik and Thompson would have a rematch at the RCC 17 tournament in Yekaterinburg on December 15. These fighters met this summer, when Thompson knocked out Oleynik in the first round, but the result of that meeting was not included in official statistics. Oleinik, 46, has 60 wins, 17 losses and one draw in MMA. From the summer of 2014 to the fall of 2022, the Russian participated in the UFC. Thompson, a former UFC and Bellator fighter, has 21 wins and 16 losses.
— Initially, we planned a fight between Alexey Oleinik and Mondragon. We agreed on everything with the fighter’s manager and waited a long time for the passport scan to sign the fight contract. In the end, it turned out that they had long ago signed an agreement to perform in another location. Due to the lack of professionalism on the Brazilian side, we were forced to look for a worthy replacement. A rematch with Thompson is the ideal solution,” Klimenko told .
Mondragon, 43, has 44 victories, 24 defeats and one draw. During his career he met fighters such as Ivan Shtyrkov, Anton Vyazigin, Alexander Emelianenko, Sergey Kharitonov, Vitaly Minakov and Vyacheslav Datsik.
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