Popular Russian fighter Alexander Emelianenko, who visited the second most important Islamic shrine the day before, baffled his fans with talk of a name change.
The corresponding video appeared on the heavyweight’s social networks.
“You have to choose an Arab name too!”, – says the fighter’s interlocutor.
“Choose it, they give it to you,” replies Emelianenko.
“Abubakar how?”, – offers the interlocutor.
“I don’t see anything wrong with it, it’s a wonderful name. I’ll be Abubakar now,” says the heavyweight.
Last Wednesday, Alexander Emelianenko published a video from Medina, where he visited the Al-Masjid al-Nabawi mosque, which is the burial place of the Prophet Muhammad.
The heavyweight spent the last six months in the rehabilitation center “Iman” in Ingushetia, where he was treated for alcohol addiction. Earlier in the network there were rumors that the 42-year-old fighter converted to Islam, however, Emelianenko did not confirm this information.
Alexander Emelianenko’s last fight was in May last year on the regular show “REN TV Fight Club”, finishing blogger Evgeny Ershov with a kimura in the second round, and in a recent interview his manager, Nikita Burchak, said that his ward already has three fights planned for this year.
Source: https://fighttime.ru/news/item/33567-aleksandr-emelyanenko-vybral-arabskoe-imya.html?rand=19907
