Russian heavyweight Alexey Oleinik, who sensationally lost by knockout to Briton Oli Thompson last Friday on the REN TV Fight Club show, was sure that he was participating in a fight according to MMA rules without any restrictions, and did not understand why the referee did not allow him fight an opponent.
The words “Udava” are quoted by the telegram channel “Ushatayka”.
“Before the fight, at a conference, Vladimir Khryunov told me that we have MMA and the fight is absolutely unlimited. Why during the fight the referee stopped, pulled away – the question is no longer for me, but for the referee “
According to what rules the fights were held that evening, not only the audience, but also the commentators of the event did not understand, one of which was the ex-world boxing champion according to the WBC version, Grigory Drozd, who is engaged in journalism and analytics in the field of martial arts.
After the tournament, information began to appear that the fights were held according to the rules of the WTKF league, established by the organizer of the show, Russian promoter Vladimir Khryunov, however, this did not appear officially anywhere, and the press releases talked about MMA fights in the format of three rounds of three minutes.
Recall that the heavyweight fight, which became the second most important event of the event, ended at around 2:28 of the first round after Thompson knocked out Oleynik with a right hand blow. The championship belt of the REN TV Fight Club was at stake in the match.
Source: https://fighttime.ru/news/item/31671-aleksej-olejnik-nazval-prichinu-svoego-porazheniya.html?rand=19907
