Russian MMA fighter, former Bellator middleweight champion Alexander Shlemenko spoke about his plans after beating Aleksandar Ilic.
On December 15 in Yekaterinburg, Shlemenko took revenge on Serbian fighter Alexander Ilic for his defeat in August 2022. Shlemenko’s MMA statistics after this fight are 63 wins, 15 losses, 1 draw and 1 fight declared invalid. Shlemenko won by technical knockout in the last minute of the first round in the main fight of the RCC 17 tournament.
“Ilic said he could arrange a third fight. Is this interesting for you?
– What’s the point? Regarding the first fight: I can send each of you information that the judge in the first case worked with his superiors. We were together. Okay, let’s have a third fight, even now, I’ll take my fee back and leave. Just who will pay Ilic again. And I also have Maga as next on the list, although he’s unlikely to agree.
— Why do you think Magomed Ismailov won’t accept a rematch?
– Well, do you think I’m going to, or something, run after him? If he agrees, we will do it tomorrow. If he doesn’t agree, I will fight harder.
— It seems that Magomed will appreciate your performance and will be interested.
“If he likes it, he won’t be interested.” Magomed is a very cunning person, he loves to fight when he is sure of winning. In our confrontation, even if you look at it: a month before the fight, I had a broken nose, I still left, and Maga had surgery [на колене], but after two months of recovery, he did not come out, but postponed the fight. He acts more cunning, but I’m used to taking risks. If he sees a good strong fighter, he will wait. He will wait until, in his opinion, I become weaker, but I will not become weaker. Now move forward.
— What is your plan for 2024?
– Break everyone. This is the main plan. I’ve had this before. But a parasite appeared that drained all my energy. It’s my fault, I fed it myself (referring to student Alexander Sarnavsky, who left the team this summer. – ). It was necessary to carry out a cleaning,” reports the correspondent of , according to Chlemenko’s words.
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