Iranian MMA fighter Ali Heibati, in an interview with , shared his emotions about fighting Ivan Emelianenko and talked about conflicts in order to promote fighting.
Ali Heibati, a 33-year-old fighter who plays in various promotions using hybrid rules, fought at the FC Ural tournament on March 1 against the youngest of the three Emelianenko brothers, Ivan. Heibati lost by decision. In 2019 and 2020, Ali’s younger brother Mohammad Heibati, known as Persian of Dagestan, fought two fights in the AMC Fight Nights league and also tried to provoke Petr Yan and Alexander Shlemenko into a conflict.
— Your brother Mohammad Heibati had a brilliant post-fight performance at AMC Fight Nights, when he said a lot of incomprehensible things in Russian, including the phrase: “I force you like a chicken.”
– I remember that, ha-ha-ha. I told my brother: “After the battle, when you approach Philippe Kosarev, tell him that I will force-feed you like a chicken. And he added on his own, in a grammatically incorrect way… “You want war… fight today…”.
—Have you ever been seriously threatened because you and your brother behaved so impudently? Was it difficult to explain to someone that it was just part of the promotion?
—I understand that fighting is part of my job. They write a lot on the Internet, but in real life no one suits them. For example, in Dagestan people only come to say hello. It’s just that, if you put it that way, my brother and I don’t deal with dirt. You don’t choke anyone from behind, you don’t extinguish anyone in a crowd.
I know I’m raising grades. It’s my greatest pleasure. What battles have I lost? In competition ! I can fight sacks and put up a 15-0 record. But with fights with Emelianenko or Kalmykov, I will definitely increase my rating.
— Whose miss was the hardest shot of your career?
— Ivan Emelianenko was the hardest blow. Then I imagined: “Damn, but how do Sasha and Fedor beat? – Ali Heibati told .
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Source : MatchTV
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