Russian promoter Kamil Gadjiev in an interview with , he said he sees an equal chance of winning the fight under MMA rules between AMC Fight Nights league champion Vladimir Mineev and world Thai boxing champion Artem Vakhitov if the fighters met in their current situation. form.
Previously, Mineev and Vakhitov met at an amateur tournament in 2013, where Vakhitov won by technical knockout. He then focused on kickboxing and Muay Thai, while Mineev moved to MMA and became the AMC Fight Nights League middleweight champion. In 2023, Vakhitov also made his MMA debut and said he would fight with Mineev and UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira, whom he also defeated using kickboxing rules.
– Who will be the favorite if they fight in MMA now, provided that Mineev, despite his experience in MMA, has never based his fights on fighting and, in principle, has not competed in mixed martial arts for almost of three years.
— If we talk about MMA and the state in which Vova is currently, and take Artem, who is currently in the camp, the chances would probably be 50 to 50. Precisely because Vova has eight years of experience in the MMA training. Imagine how much work was accomplished during this period, how many training sessions he had, what kind of Dagestanis were in front of him. Artem only recently delved into it. If both now trained at the same level of absorption, according to MMA rules, Mineev would be the favorite. Just like under the rules of kickboxing, Vakhitov would be the favorite. Because it can be assumed that he is generally the strongest kickboxer in the history of Russia.
“I had the feeling that Mineev was not very happy with Artem’s mentions. How will he react if you tell him about this fight?
— It seems to me that this whole pleasant-unpleasant story has been blown out of proportion a bit. Yes, Vakhitov won and broke Vladimir’s nose. Well, there were people who, instead of taking this and making it a big business and mutually beneficial story, started to just engage in partisanship: in some nooks and crannies they said that Mineev was not a rival of Vakhitov, said .
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