The American BEAST attacked Emelianenko, but the Russian fighter easily destroyed the giant!
- Posted by reder on Jan 13, 2024
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On May 25, 2013, a mixed martial arts tournament was held in Moscow on a grand scale under the auspices of the Legend promotion.
The main event of the tournament was the fight of Alexander Emelianenko. Which was presented in many media as his return to professional sports. After an unexpected loss to Jeff Monson at the M-1 Challenge 35 tournament in 2012, Alexander began talking about a possible retirement. The Russian fighter spent several months after this in the Athos Monastery in Greece. According to Emelianenko, it was the advice and blessing of the elders that pushed him to continue his sports career. And six months later he again entered the mixed martial arts arena.
But they chose a very odious and colorful opponent for him. Bob Sapp, nicknamed the Beast, had a loud and controversial reputation in the world of martial arts. A former American football player, he has been quite successful in the Pride and K-1 tournaments since 2002, where his monstrous appearance, charisma and ra