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Russian fighter Artem Tarasov explained his feud with Iranian MMA fighter Ali Heibati with open questions. He stated this during a press conference dedicated to the tournament. ” Fight Club. Super Series. Vitaly Minakov VS Oli Thompson”.
“From love to hatred there is one step, so Ali Heibati and I have such, it seems to me, both enmity towards each other, and love from some kind of fighting side. Well, it seems to me so, I feel a person. But what “We have unanswered questions, that’s true. We all just have different situations in life, and we all always react differently.”said Artem Tarasov.
Ali Heibati responded to this to his opponent by calling him a hypocrite. The Iranian also believes that Tarasov did not show and continues to show no respect for him.
“This man, I had my first fight with him out of respect, with his coach, out of respect, we agreed with him, we’ll have a fight, two months passed, and I came to one conference and Tarasov, when I didn’t expect it, he pushed me like that, that my neck hurt, and insults and filth began from him”,” noted an MMA fighter from Iran.
Let us remind you that on March 29 in Moscow in the main fight of the super series “Fight Club “ Vitaly Minakov and Oliver Thompson will perform. 39-year-old professional MMA fighter Vitaly Minakov has many titles under his belt: former Bellator champion, four-time world champion in sports sambo, master of sports in judo. It is no coincidence that he is called one of the best heavyweights in MMA.
His opponent is 44 years old. Thompson currently competes in the heavyweight MMA division. In 2006, he won the title of Britain’s Strongest Man. Viewers “Fight Club “ he is already well known, since in May 2023 he sensationally won a fight with Alexei Oleynik, and in the first round. In the past, the Briton competed for such major organizations as UFC, Bellator, KSW and BAMMA.
In the co-main fight of the evening, viewers will see the fight between Sergei Khrisanov and Sergei Romanov. The former recently defeated Marcel Khanov, and Romanov won a fight with Maxim Fedorov.
Also viewers will see a hot fight between Artem Tarasov and Ali Heibati. The 33-year-old blogger and MMA fighter has impressive experience behind him – he has performed in the ring several times “Fight Club”, met there with Svyatoslav Kovalenko, as well as Mikhail Koklyaev. Artem also repeatedly found himself in scandalous chronicles and was a participant in trash talk. Now he runs his own fight club.
Ali Heibati is the same age as Tarasov. Today he lives and trains in Makhachkala. The fighter also has experience in performing and has already met with Tarasov, and also fought with Yuri Ryaby, Ivan Emelianenko, Alexey Meshkov and other pop MMA fighters.
In addition, the evening will be enhanced by the performance of two Grand Prix semi-finalists “Fight Club ” weighing 80 kg. Victor (Fighter From Morgue) Boronin will fight Artem Rofal, and Faizali (Taran) Makhmurodov will fight Yakov Bukin.
The tournament will be held in the format of “three rounds of three minutes”.
You can purchase tickets for the tournament “Fight Club . Super Series. Vitaly Minakov – Oli Thompson” on TicketLand.
Source: Ren
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