Shlemenko: Difficulties with Bellator kill my career

Russian MMA fighter Alexander Shlemenko wants to complete the contractual obligations with the Bellator organization. "Most of all I'm thinking about rewinding life back. I want to go back to the page and do it all differently. With all due respect to Bruno Silva, but I lost to myself. It was careless of the fact that he could punch. I'm worried about this. I think that I should have a chance to correct the mistake. If you've done something like this, it's been following you all your life.

“We offered a rematch to Silva on June 15, but he refused. For me, the second fight with him is not principled. It is more important to fight in Bellator. But the difficulties with this organization, I think, kill my career. They do not offer fights, the contract does not end...

“Going to the category below? Of course, this question is relevant. In Bellator, I think, I will not be given such an opportunity. But in the UFC I would try myself at 77 kg.

“In fact, I thought that I would be fired from Bellator after the defeat from Silva. But it would not upset me. Now I'm waiting for information on the final match in Bellator. But, to be honest, I'm not going to make a career there. Especially, I repeat, I want to go to 77 kg. And we already have Andrei Koreshkov speaking there.

“Probably, they want to give me an opponent, to whom I would lose. But there is no such thing in the roster. It turns out the situation from the category of "neither to myself, nor to people," said Shlemenko.