Salamu Abdurakhmanov: “What Ismailov did with Emelianenko in battle, I did with Alexander in training”

ACA middleweight champion Salamu Abdurakhmanov does not believe that Magomed Ismailov is one of the strongest middleweights in Russia.

“Ismailov, when he was in the ASA, did not fight with the best. The fact that he beat Emelianenko does not mean that he is one of the strongest in our weight class. I sparred with Emelianenko and did the same thing with him that Ismailov did in the fight. There were no problems, everyone knows that Emelianenko is very weak in the fight, ”Abdurakhmanov said in an interview with the MMATika YouTube channel.

Ismailov knocked out Alexander Emelianenko in July 2020. On December 17, Salamu Abdurakhmanov will fight with Magomedrasul Hasanov at the ACA 135 tournament in Krasnodar.