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Alexander Emelianenko: "Everyone only asks about the battle, the form and Fedor"
May 5 Yekaterinburg hosted a tournament in mixed martial arts RCC 2, in the main match of which Alexander Emelianenko and Gabriel Gonzaga met. The fight ended in the second round - a Russian athlete won a technical knockout. In an exclusive interview with Alexei Safonov, Yemelyanenko, Jr., spoke about his own progress and growth of rivals level, attention to himself, annoying questions.
- I have not yet reconsidered the fight, but overall I am pleased that when I was in the ground from the bottom, Gonzaga's greppler, using his strongest strengths, could do absolutely nothing. I showed people that it is not so easy to beat a man lying down. And that you can fight with wrestlers in any position.
"Could you prevent translations?"
- Yes, I could, I just let him do it. From the translations did not go away. I knew what he would do. For the first seconds I saw that he was slower than me, that his legs were standing and that he was charged for one blow.
"Do you think the Gonzaga layoff in two years affected him?"
- I do not even know. I had a longer time off before that. There are many fighters who perform with a big break. What's the difference - six months or two years? He is a professional and must understand what he is doing, in what form. So this is not a question for me.
- How do you assess the growth of your opponents from fight to fight?
- I am very pleased that the organizers so choose opponents. I have a contract with the RCC League for three more fights and I know that preliminary agreements have already been reached with Roy Nelson and Mirko KroKop. And for the league it will be interesting fights, both for the viewer and for me, as a person who is gaining shape and growing.
- What attracted you to the RCC league?
- This is a completely new organization in the market of mixed martial arts. We sat down, talked and agreed. I saw that there are good, literate and nice people here. All negotiations were with Alexei Titov, we immediately found a common language. We agreed at once, without wringing each other's hands. I said: let's start small, show the benefits of cooperation and continue to look forward. From the very beginning I did not know about the scale of this league. And now I visited the opening of the Academy of Combat Sports in Yekaterinburg ... This is not something that is unique in Russia, I'm not sure that there is no such a thing in the world! I have not seen such an analogue. They have a very great desire to promote and develop martial sports. It's nice to work with people who unlike the majority of promotions do not sign a contract with the athlete to earn on him, but promote the correct and healthy lifestyle. The kind of sport every man, every defender must know.
- Further, as far as I know, your fight is in August at the WFCA, and then in September at the RCC. What do you want to do at this pace?
- Well. To me the most important thing is not to get hurt. Today I fought, it's just like an intermediate training with a lot of work. I will not rest now and literally on Monday I will come to the hall and continue to recruit the form. I do my favorite thing, why should I rest? Therefore, to make a failure with this rest, to lose what I gained with such painstaking work - I would feel very sorry.
- Nevertheless, it is not planned to fight until August?
- Yes. It is better to gain good conditions by August, so there already have two fights in a row.
