Russian MMA fighter Vyacheslav Vasilyevsky told that he would not be able to fight Vladislav Kovalev due to a ruptured Achilles tendon suffered in training.
Vasilevsky, a six-time world sambo champion, was scheduled to face Kovalev at the Ural FC 9 tournament on November 22 in Nizhny Novgorod. On Friday, information appeared on the organization’s social networks about the cancellation of the fight due to Vasilevsky’s injury. As the fighter himself said, he suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon while performing a shuttle run in training.
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— Actually, a cameraman from the FC Ural league came to film the entire training session, so even the moment remained. We shuttled back and forth. I ran straight backwards and, as I later found out, it turns out that this is a classic situation when you tear your Achilles tendon: you run backwards, then we make a sudden move forward. But I heard a loud bang, I thought maybe the weight had been hit, but I think there didn’t seem to be any weight behind me. Then I took a few steps and already realized that my leg was not listening, that there was no support for it. There are now two treatment options: either suture everything completely through one large incision, or they say they can make several small incisions. I will know soon,” Vasilevsky told .
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