“It was too bad for him.” Datsik – about the victory over Emelianenko

Datsik and Emelianenko began their conflict in 2010. The weather was so funny that Vyacheslav wrote an appeal to Emelianenko on the background of a flag with the motto of the SS, and Emelianenko lived in St. Petersburg and said that he asked the athletes he knew to inform him immediately if they met Vyacheslav.

More than ten years have passed, and Emelianenko met Datsik in the ring. The encounter lasted 13 seconds. Emelianenko missed and the referee didn’t even count. Additionally, Emelianenko’s second Ivan Shtyrkov ran into the ring even before the fight was officially called off. Ivan was in a hurry to help Alexander recover.

Vyacheslav Datsik’s post-fight interview turned out to be 38 times longer than the fight itself.

– You trained in the highlands with international masters of the sport. Which of these did you use in 13 seconds?

– Everything that has been practiced: a quick and technical “pass to the hands” with step by step, work on side impacts. Of course, I did not have time to work on the liver, because we trained, but it should have been after the peak, and after the peak Sanya had already fallen.

– Heavily invested in the blow with which they fell?

– I don’t know, they weren’t powerful blows, they were light and fast technical blows. As in a power strike, I did not invest in it.

– It seemed that because of your relationship history, you wanted to stretch this fight a bit?

– Yes, I planned to hit him in the body, in the shoulder, show him pain and then hit him in the liver. The first round – I wanted to torment him into sinking into his breath, slowing down, dying and stopping. And in the second, I thought about knocking him out. But he came out, remembered what Sanya told me, and just like that, it exploded. And, in short, 13 years turned out to be a teardown in 13 seconds.

– Were you afraid that Alexandre wouldn’t get up when they watched him fall?

– Yes, he got back into shape, and I didn’t give him such a powerful blow that I would break his head. It was a light, technical, high-speed strike.

– Look at the lie Alexander Emelianenko – what are you thinking at the moment?

“I even felt sorry for him. In such a short time, no amount of medicine will help you recover. This fight is the best example of an anti-alcohol campaign in the country. Because alcohol brings athletes to such a state that even when they get in shape, they lose their reaction. Coordination is lame.

What did you say to him when he was sitting on the chair?

“Work out and stop drinking.”

And what did he tell you later?

– He said he hoped for a rematch, he would prepare and he would like to fight again.

Are you interested in a rematch after 13 seconds of fighting?

– I certainly don’t, but if Sasha wants to, if he gets fit, if he wins against someone else … He wanted to punish Bigfoot (Antonio Silva) there for his brother , but it is unlikely to overtake Bigfoot, even if it [Антонио Силва] And he’s not in great shape. Bigfoot hit me: his blows were hard, but he never hit me.

– Can we say that your conflict is settled?

– Yes, in principle, everyone has seen everything. Sanya promised to show me the pain… But it didn’t work, I really didn’t show him the pain either, he just fell asleep.

– There were a lot of words before the fight. At least at one point, it was difficult for you to hold back and not go wild? Don’t do anything unsportsmanlike.

– Well, of course, sometimes old bullshit pops up, I want something tyk-kick there, but I have a brake – my wife, she slows me down. Yes, and Sanya already understands, he has spent more than a year, he feels that all our antics are fraught with rest behind the fence, where you have practically no opportunity to practice.

– Did you feel that Alexandre became more dangerous as the fight approached compared to the state he was in when you signed the contracts?

– Of course, he got in shape, but it is difficult to regain speed. It was funny, because I want to tell everyone who believed in Sanya, watched how he worked on his paws and said how he would hurt me – comrades, you saw everything, everything you wrote, you can refer to your address .

– You said your fight is anti-alcohol propaganda…

— I would like to send a big hello to the team of Alexander Shlemenko for their support and for his anti-alcohol campaign. It is clear that Alexander [Емельяненко] did not drink these four months, he had a staff of coaches, a staff of doctors. Naturally, they somehow tried to bring him to his senses. Yes, he can work on his paws, he has started to look like a man. It has even become more technical. And maybe he’s even CCM for leg work, but that’s not enough for a fight, for a real fight. Maybe not for a technical fight, I myself am not a technical boxer, but for a fight you still need speed, and it is killed by alcohol.

– There are your friends who regularly bet on you, earn money. And now there were such stories?

– We tried to make money on raffles, but such small sums were accepted there. It’s even “beloved” (wife, Victoria. – “”) will not lie – we were even kind of sad to put on.

– They say the next is your fight with Magomed Ismailov. Do you want this fight?

– Maga volunteered for the winner of our fight, but, naturally, I would like to take revenge on Jérôme Le Banner. That would be cooler, by all rules.

– They say that Ismailov can relax the opponent with his humor and good attitude before the fight.

– I don’t know who can relax me, I myself relax quite well. Everything changes in the ring. There are no friends there.

– Would you like to sit down to drink tea with Emelianenko?

– Why? Sanya has his own situations now, he needs to recover.

– Do you think he will not go on a spree after such a defeat?

– Next question.

– You said that revenge was possible if Emelianenko got back into shape. Do you believe he can have it?

– If you train normally, do not drink, then you will be fine.