Shlemenko: "Khabib made an offer I can't refuse"

Former Bellator middleweight champion Alexander Shlemenko talked about how his next fight was negotiated. On October 17 in Sochi "Storm" will fight against Artur Guseinov as part of Khabib Nurmagomedov's Eagle FC promotion.

"Sergey (Zhatkin - note) wrote to me from Khabib. That's how we started to make some progress. On Tuesday, they sent me an offer right away, and I was happy with it. Today we had a final call with Khabib. We discussed the date and the opponent. We are 100 percent sure about that. On Tuesday we talked hypothetically. He made me an offer which I could not refuse, because everything was professional and decent. Today they already called and said that Artur Guseinov is ready, and that there is a date and place - October 17 in the city of Sochi", - said Shlemenko.