Russian organizations can offer good financial conditions to the former Belarusian UFC champion Andrei Orlovsky for organizing fights according to boxing rules, Russian manager Vitaly Tarasov told .
Orlovski is 45 years old. The Belarusian lost to Slovakian Martin Budaj by split decision at UFC 303 last week, suffering his fourth straight loss. Subsequently, promotion head Dana White said Orlovsky would no longer compete in the league.
— This year Andrei turned 45. He is an outstanding veteran of martial arts who started fighting in the UFC in the 2000s. 42 cage fights in the best league in the world is a crazy statistic. And think about it: he went to fight a guy 13 years younger than him, who won four victories in five fights in the UFC. At the same time, we witnessed a very close fight. Yes, it can hardly be called spectacular, but here they expected more from Budai, and he could not offer anything to Andrey. The result was a split decision of the judges.
I saw several interviews with Orlovsky, in which he did not rule out continuing his career in Russia. I think that they could offer him good conditions here to play by the rules of boxing. Imagine, for example, a veteran’s rematch with Sergei Kharitonov 13 years later. This is a good story. And in any format – boxing or MMA. And the real information bomb is the second fight with Fedor Emelianenko, and also in the boxing format. These are fights that should bring good money. Among the media reports, there is a moment with Vyacheslav Datsik. Let’s see what happens. It is possible that Bare Knuckle will try to get him, “Tarasov told .
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