Sergey Kharitonov is one of the most famous mixed martial arts fighters not only in our country, but all over the world. Since October 2003, when he appeared at the Pride tournaments, the image of a Russian paratrooper in a blue beret has become one of the most recognizable on the world arena. Without exaggeration, this fighter has become a real living legend, crushing many stellar rivals.
In recent years, everything for Sergei did not develop in the most unambiguous way. He experimented with performances in the boxing ring, performed in the now fashionable bare-knuckle fights. And at the Bellator tournaments, victories alternated with defeats. But each new fight of Sergey gathered a considerable portion of hype around him.
So it was this time. November 6 in Dubai, at the PaRus FC tournament, Sergei met with Brazilian drummer Fabio Maldonado. This fighter is well known to Russian fans for the battle with Fedor Emelianenko in 2016, after which he had a number of fights in Russia. Few people know that the Brazilian could make his debut in our country back in 2008, at the M-1 Challenge 2 tournament. Then a strong Brazilian heavyweight with a boxing base was considered as an opponent for Alexander Emelianenko. And along with him, another little-known Brazilian was supposed to come to fight Roman Zentsov. He was tall, had a good kick and bore the battle nickname Gypsy. Unfortunately, the negotiations were not successful, and the future UFC champion never ended up in Russia, but that's a completely different story.
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