Emelianenko gives approximate date of his fight with Mineyev

Alexander Emelianenko
Alexander Emelianenko

Russian mixed martial arts fighter Alexander Emelianenko said he plans to fight Vladimir Mineyev in December.

"The fight with Mineyev, most likely, will be in December. Some fighters of the invisible front in the fighting world are speaking out, giving their opinions. Why does the press ask them? They would come and ask me, they would ask Mineyev. This is deliberately done to cause confusion.

"I signed a contract with him, our fight will take place at the end of December. Now he will fight Magomed Ismailov, then he will prepare for me. The fight will be by boxing rules, I don't know who suggested those rules, but I agreed," Alexander said during a live broadcast on Instagram.

Emelianenko will fight against blogger Artem Tarasov on September 18. The meeting will be held by the rules of fist fighting, but with MMA gloves.