MMA heavyweight Alexander Emelianenko of Russia reacted to rumors that he consumed alcohol on the eve of his fight with Magomed Ismailov.
"When was the last time I drank alcohol? A very long time ago... I can`t remember. Is it true that I drank the day before the fight with Ismailov? No, it's not true. It's all lies. I don't know where these rumors are coming from. It's not true. A little too much before the fight, yeah. And a little bit of a wrong approach to the fight. I listened to my seconds a little bit wrong. I was getting on my feet a lot, which I shouldn't have done. I should have been moving easily on my feet, ripping Magu and hitting from a distance. And I sat down, it was very hard to move on half bent legs. I wasn't overexcited. It's just... Somehow that's it - the fight didn't work out," Emelianenko said.
Last July Emelianenko lost to Ismailov by technical knockout.
