The world champion in the Bellator version in category to 84 kg 28-year-old Alexander Shlemenko — about the victory a knockout over Maykel Falkao, thirst of a revenge at Hector Lombarda, comparisons with Feodor Emelyanenko and a role of the manager in career of the wrestler.

The world champion in the Bellator version in category to 84 kg 28-year-old Alexander Shlemenko — about the victory a knockout over Maykel Falkao, thirst of a revenge at Hector Lombarda, comparisons with Feodor Emelyanenko and a role of the professional manager in career of the modern wrestler

— Wrestling with Falkao is included into the five of the best in your career?

— From the point of view of responsibility and the importance — yes. Even a duel with the Pawnshop I consider as less significant.

— Why?

— The public Russian television didn't show it. And all could see the last wrestling. However by other criteria I won't begin to allocate it. I was very well ready so Falkao didn't deliver me any problems.

— The Brazilian defiantly turned to you a back on "duel of views". This rudeness angered you?

— Naturally. It at all didn't shake hands with me, and it, I consider, scandalous disrespect. Very much I don't love when don't respect.

— In general often faced such behavior in Derek Chisora's style?

— Sometimes. I won against the Ingush wrestlinger a beginning of the career — and right there on me the big group of people attacked. It was necessary to beat off.

— The deposit after history with Falkao remained?

— In principle not. Wrestling — is war where some seek to come to success in all available ways.

— Achieved in the business of a ceiling the athlete often promptly loses motivation. In Bellator you reached a maximum. So, you risk "to start missing"?

— You know, such I am not afraid of anything. Yes, now I at Bellator top, but, want to trust, yet didn't reach peak of the opportunities. On the contrary, a champion belt — it only began. I consider, in wrestling with Falkao I gained spectacular — and at the same time easy — a victory. And therefore once again I understood: I should continue to wrestling.

— Before champion wrestling fans not unreasonably were afraid for your physical condition. The serious damages received a year ago in a car accident, any more don't disturb you?

— Thank God, it was succeeded to be restored completely. In August of last year I carried out intermediate wrestling to Sochi, but the pause all the same was given the quite long. The only thing that isn't pleasant — at this stage of career at me became less duels. I train as much, as before, and I wrestling редковато. For me the more wrestlings — the better.

— You somehow mentioned that at the beginning of career sometimes carried out on some wrestlings for one evening on purpose though to earn something. The fees which have increased over time beat off this need?

— For you very essentially to take a revenge from Hector Lombarda?

— So it turned out that since 2007 I work without the trainer. Certainly, lately I happened to make more than once mistakes with which now it is a shame. Wrestling with the Pawnshop — from their number. I very much want to close this defeat and to show everything that today I absolutely other, much stronger wrestler.

— This spring against the champion of Bellator in weight to Ben Askren's 77 kg your pupil Andrey Koreshkov has to carry out wrestling. It and Alexander Sarnavsky — the near future of the Russian MMA?

— Rather real — they after all already declared themselves. Both were brought into these sports by me, made of them professionals. Koreshkov and Sarnavsky needs to train only — about anything foreign the head doesn't hurt them. Responsibility, the good manager and the trainer — here three making successes in our business.

— With good sports managers in Russia — huge deficiency.

sure. Recently contracts with Bellator were signed at once by some strong Russians — Mikhail Zayats, Magomedrasul Hasbulayev, Akop Stepanyan, other children. Why they couldn't declare themselves earlier? Yes because had no strong manager. As until recently and our heavyweight Alexander Volkov. Alexey Zhernakov helped all of them, did enormous work. I consider him as the most competent manager of our country.

— You began the sports way with Greco-Roman wrestling. How you think, will expel her from the Olympic program?

— At all I don't support this offer the IOC. The Olympic Games and so to look not so interestingly and if also wrestling clean … Personally I always watch on Games only boxing and wrestling. Wrestling — only for hundred percent a man's sport. Silly to throw out it. It is sure, excessively after all won't reach. After all behind free-style wrestling there is America.

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