“The fight is real,” Klimenko said in an interview. “The MMA Herald.”. “First of all, he’s dependent on Jacare right now. We are waiting for conditions, waiting for some kind of agreement on a possible match. If it doesn’t work out, we’ll look further. Right now everything is in process. I can’t declare it, but I can’t deny it either.”
If this fight takes place, it will be a rematch – in April 2006 at Jungle Fight 6 in Brazil, Jacare finished the Russian with an arm-triangle choke in the first round.
Alexander Shlemenko, 39, had two early wins last year when he finished Brazilian Alex Oliveira with a guillotine choke and a technical knockout of Serbian Aleksandar Ilic.
In the spring of 2021, 44-year-old Ronaldo Souza suffered his fourth consecutive defeat when he lost to Andre Muniz with a swollen elbow before being fired from the UFC, where he had fought for eight years since being absorbed by Strikeforce.