Daring blogger against the legend: Emelianenko and Kovalenko are preparing for battle

The participants of the grand finale of the super series will also be in the same cage against each other ” Fight Club” this year. An uncompromising battle will take place on December 16, the viewers of our channel will see everything live. Eight athletes are preparing for fights according to the rules of mixed martial arts, a bright knockout can be expected from any of them. The culmination will be the confrontation between the legendary Alexander Emelianenko and Svyatoslav Kovalenko. A daring blogger challenged a much more experienced opponent, who is also much harder. Correspondent Oleg Baryshev explained why Kovalenko is not afraid.

Alexander Emelianenko enters the cage, the shots of other athletes subside. For many fighters, in these moments, a childhood dream comes true – to train alongside and learn from the legend of mixed martial arts.

“You didn’t even warm up and immediately dived into the cage,” – said the correspondent .

“A strong person does not need a warm-up, a weak one does not need a warm-up”– said Emelianenko.

Young gladiators have a hard time, but they like to repeat in the gym: it’s hard in training, even harder in battle.

“When I come here with him, the jitters, of course, are present. Not even a little, but present normally. He hit me in the jaw once, I could not eat for three days,” – said MMA fighter Armen Minosyan.

The future rival of Alexander Emelianenko is not up to piety. Blogger Svyatoslav Kovalenko dared to fight the eminent athlete, knowing that no one would feel sorry for anyone in the octagon. Kovalenko fiercely beats the pear.

“Do you represent Emelianenko at this moment?” the reporter asked.

“I represent anyone” Kovalenko noted.

Kovalenko is a head lower, a couple of tens of kilograms lighter, the difference in experience is an abyss. But the impudent fighter jokes: he is not going to carry Emelianenko in his arms, you just need to knock him down. Kovalenko demonstrated his abilities on our correspondent.

“I make a pass for you, you pull back. I’m hooked here. There’s nowhere to go. And that’s it, you fell,” Kovalenko says.

“Would it work the same with a person who weighs 110-120 kilograms?” the correspondent asked.

“Yes”, Kovalenko is sure.

Fun fact. When Emelianenko had his first professional fight, Kovalenko was in the seventh grade. At the same time, throughout his life, Svyatoslav received lessons in street fights with unenviable frequency, after which it’s not scary to fight even with a legend in a cage.

“There is a referee there, there are rules. It’s on the street that you were knocked out, it’s not known what they can do to you. And here the referee will stop, pump out, doctors will come out, help, rehabilitate. “I’m not afraid on the street, where it can be much worse, and even more so in a cage”– said Kovalenko.

Alexander Emelianenko is already used to unusual challenges. In the fight club ring he had already fought one of the strongest men in the country, Mikhail Koklyaev. Therefore, even now he believes that it is not like a gentleman to refuse a blogger. Someone needs to teach the internet bully a lesson.

“I never choose my opponents so that they don’t say: “Emelianenko chose a weaker or more comfortable fighter. I fight constantly. beat people – this is my job”, – said Emelianenko.

The conflict of generations in a fighting way. Who will win? Street hooligan or professional athlete. One wants to make a sensation, the other wants to put the upstart in his place.

The attention of both bloggers and athletes is riveted to this fight. Tickets to the stadium are becoming less and less. And those who want to see with their own eyes the denouement of an unusual story with bright characters should hurry up.

The duel between Emelianenko and Kovalenko will be the main event of the winter tournament and will be held in the format of “three rounds of three minutes”.

In the co-main battle, Vyacheslav Datsik and heavyweight fighter Pavel Shulsky will meet. Red-haired Tarzan went into a rage and is ready to deal with any opponent – in early August, he defeated MMA legend Jeff Monson in the octagon, and already in September outboxed Emelianenko.

Shulsky successfully performs in the pop-MMA leagues. In addition, in May 2022 at the tournament he coped with Bruce Khlebnikov – the owner of the title “The Biggest Biceps of Russia”.

Also, the audience will see two more fights. Professional mix fighter and video blogger Nikita Salonin will try to cope with Vyacheslav Vasilevsky, the holder of the M-1 champion title in the light heavyweight and middle weight categories, the champion of Europe and Russia among youth in kickboxing.

And fist fighter Timur Musaev, who also successfully performed on the domestic and international arena, will try to cope with boxer Alexei Melnikov, who has already fought 9 fights in pop MMA.

Viewers will be able to watch four fights according to MMA rules on the evening of December 16 at live on channel. This tournament will draw a line under the 2022 season in the project ” Fight Club. Super Series”.

The fights will take place in Moscow at the Dynamo volleyball arena – the start is scheduled for 19:00. Tickets for the Fight Club super series can be purchased at link.