The fighter of the mixed style Alexander Emelyanenko who prepares for fight with American Eric Prindl, visited Tobolsk. The athlete visited Abalaka, met the metropolitan Tobolsk and Tyumen Dimitrii, visited children from sports club. In interview to journalists the scandalous athlete known recently for the uproars and fights in a state of intoxication, admitted, without belief it is impossible to live. The repeated champion of Russia and the world on fighting sambo Alexander Emelyanenko began visit to Tobolsk with Abalaksky Sacred Znamensky's visit of a monastery. According to him, it reminded it of three-months stay in an orthodox monastery on the Mount Athos, we will remind after that the fighter became stronger in belief. "Everything has to be combined. And how? Without belief it is impossible to live. All have to believe, come to it and go to the temple, pray", - Alexander Emelyanenko admitted to the journalist of Broadcasting Company "Tobolsk time". After a prayer in a monastery and meals the athlete met the metropolitan Tobolsk and Tyumen Dimitrii, it was a question of wordly and spiritual fights. Then the fighter visited the children who are engaged in bases of army hand-to-hand fight in the Tobolsk sports club "Sibiryak". The coach on army hand-to-hand fight of Sibiryak club Andrey Sabarov noted, people of such level not often come to Tobolsk. "I told yesterday to children that we on a visit will have Alexander Emelyanenko. They had so many emotions. I think that all night long didn't sleep - waited for its arrival", - Andrey Sabarov told. After the athlete went to Tyumen, to continue trainings. In the Tyumen judo center on December 22 it will carry out fight with American Eric Prindl within the international tournament on the mixed single combats of MMA Tyumen Fight – 2. On tournament fights of athletes from the countries of Europe, America and Africa will be presented. Let's remind as wrote news agency "Actually" earlier, the athlete is mentioned recently in mass media only because of the scandals connected with drunk uproars. The last time journalists wrote about incident onboard a flight "Moscow-Tyumen". Allegedly the athlete drank during flight, offended the stewardess, smoked. Thus the Russian fighter of MMA Alexander Emelyanenko so commented on appeared information. "Today there was next "sensation" in mass media that I allegedly arranged the next uproar in the plane. I was tired already of these attacks of mass media and inflating of scandals", - Alexander in one of social networks wrote. In mass media even there was information that fight will be cancelled, however common language was succeeded to find managements of federation of MMA of the Tyumen region with Emelyanenko, the athlete refused alcohol and started trainings.

Natalia Ryabkova