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Leading Russian heavyweight will fight with the abuser of Fedor Emelianenko.

An unexpected turn took the story of the adventures of the retired veteran of UFC Antonio Silva in Russia. After losing to Ivan Shtyrkov in Yekaterinburg (video), the Brazilian has acquired so many admirers, about whom could not ever dream the pioneer of touring in the vast and mysterious country of bears, matryoshkas and balalaikas Jeff Monson. HAIP around a veteran who has become for casual fans not just a "huge man who beat Fyodor", but got the name, did not remain without the attention of the leading promotion company FIGHT NIGHTS, and today in Vitaly Minakov's Instagram appeared a video clip in which Silva promises to give Russian heat on Tournament on June 2 (later this information was confirmed to valetudo.ru by President of FN Kamil Hajiyev).

You can congratulate the domestic organization with the acquisition of an excellent asset, which will accurately draw attention to the upcoming show.

Silva (19-11, 1 NC) last won in August 2015, when he managed to knock out in the second round of Soa Palelei. This event strangely coincided with the ban by the US Anti-Doping Agency of the use of substitution therapy by testosterone fighters. Having lost the opportunity to legally use dope (the doctor suffering from acromegaly prescribed him a TRT), Bigfoot was no longer that impenetrable giant, whose skull was broken by the hands of every second rival. After suffering three defeats in a row with knockouts, he left the UFC without regret, and as it turned out, he did not fail. In the aforementioned duel with Ivan Shtyrkov, Silva earned a fee of the top athlete of the American organization - $ 500,000.

Minakov (19-0) in February rolled a "validol" fight with DJ Jetermanom (video). This confrontation has become the most difficult for Vitaly since his first champion defense in Bellator from Cheyk Congo, and no less a difficult test for his fans. All the previous victories, the native of Bryansk scored gently, on average coming to the finish in 2-3 minutes. Linderman also held out until the third round, in one of the episodes seriously chattering the Russian.