Andrey Bazdrev assures that the best fighter of Siberia after a victory over Brett Cooper needs to retire.

In my personal personal list of fighters who needs immediately to finish career after these days off – the whole two replenishments.  This is Seth Mitchell to whom in soccer destroyed knees, and then in boxing – a jaw.  You hear?  Crackles!  It is a sound of the destroyed dream and unjustified expectations...  On beaten glass there is Chris Arreola, with the very unpleasant smile, with a terrible hairdress, nasty taturovka and ridiculous after match interviews.  Cristobal's value and his victories for boxing now the quite doubtful.  For everything the limit of its opportunities long ago is known, and it isn't able to change anything, not very well, it grows thin, gets fat or builds new working muscles...  it is impossible to fight as the Mexican in weight not for Mexicans.  Sooner or later and it too will start falling and riding in powerlessness on a ring flooring, as Seth Mitchell.

The second fighter to whom already it is time – Alexander Shlemenko. Certainly, all these flights, failures in organism work because of change of climatic zones and time zones – justify a little. Shlemenko claims that "is conscious "зарубался" with Cooper", but I don't understand, from where it has in that case so much contempt for Mikhail Zayats whom he for justifications after defeat called "person of no character".

And so, I consider, Alexander Shlemenko arrived as the person of no character. It is absolutely not best of all to justify after a victory, than to do it after defeat. And about what fans now respond as about fight of year – actually next striking example of reckless persistence, short-sightedness and tactical miscalculations. Over and over again Shlemenko was untwisted by the bekfist, was loaded on the rigid accented blows, missed, got – started being tired already to the middle of the second round, feet lagged behind hands... all this was unimportant, with such as Bret Cooper or left for few weeks before fight Dag Marshall, it has to consult without drawing special attention – for one and a half-two round. Instead of Shlemenko's indicative beating suddenly began to fail, categorically I didn't see хуки which were thrown occasionally into the purpose by the rival, and two times it was seriously shaken and went on a floor with "walking" knees.

As Shlemenko protected the title Bellator. Video

The best rukopashnik in мма with the perfected style and long-term experience of professional fights badly looked in a rack against the mediocre fighter at whom oxygen ended even earlier, than at Shlemenko – but the eminent fighter couldn't finish it. After fight it looked hackneyed, and after all at a ring his wife and the daughter sat. I don't know, I can guess only that forced it to arrange the third world war with the taxi driver emigrant. Perhaps I wanted to make impression on the native. Perhaps Koreshkov at it in a corner I prompted more to pass that people didn't think any more that for all times it had the worst plan for fight against Askren. Or perhaps Bjoern Rebni with Zhernakov came into a locker room before fight, asked TV men of Spike to cut out the cameras and told – "we put on that fight will take place all distance. Don't worry, we and your fee on it put all"...

Alexander Shlemenko arrived as the person of no character – absolutely not best of all to justify after a victory, than to do it after defeat

Then, I recognize, I and itself wouldn't find other way out and combated exactly so.  But the truth that the burden of leadership doesn't prolong successful career of the professional fighter, and the strong jaw and a hard blow don't promote development of tactical thinking.  And absence of the trainer still helped nobody with a corner.

Teddy Atlas was the mad white racist with criminal bents, but he knew the business.  He understood fighters.

"A big problem when the young fighter is able to beat. It is necessary on this ability and doesn't study all to the rest", – spoke to Teddie. Shlemenko relied on the blow and on feeling of the moment, gradually supplementing the style with any other elements, sometimes smothered rivals, sometimes them twisted, suppressed physical force... But, as well as many others, it left in a cage to be at war, staying in confidence that strength of mind is that main thing that brings victories. Internal force never brought it, it doesn't break after the passed blows, the lost rounds and continues to do that did.

Especially in Bellator he any more with whom can fight, lose to any, and to make a name it is possible unless having established a record on protection of a title. In his life professionally the fighter the motivation is always simple. While the body works and the promoter pays – it is necessary to earn money. But what will turn out at the exit?

The best rukopashnik in мма, the best fighter of Siberia, one of the best Russian fighters of the mixed style. Top athlete, star of world level? No way. But, despite everything – character. Once it was enough and in boxing, but now doesn't suffice. MMA moves in the same direction, and for Shlemenko it is very important not to wait for that moment when to it the worst news will come.

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Andrey Bazdrev