Tarasov replies to Emelianenko about freak fights

Renowned blogger and MMA fighter Artem Tarasov commented on Fedor Emelianenko's words that freakfights should have been banned.

"These officials these days! They just want to say something, but in fact they don't do anything good for the sport. What is wrong with freak-battles? What's wrong with Vitaly Milonov fighting Nikita Dzhigurda? People fought for the entertainment of the audience, and for themselves they came out as men, they had emotions. People got aesthetic pleasure. But people for whom, as in the days of the USSR, everything is impossible, they are fixated on it. And Fedor Emelianenko too. Why is it not allowed? Oh, it supposedly corrupts society. How can the fight of deputy Milonov corrupt the society? If we remember the fights of Fedor Emelianenko, they can also be called freakish - for example, when he, six feet tall with a cap, fought with a Korean who was two and a half meters tall. Basically, the Pride FC fights were the toughest and most focused on the freakishness. And Fedor Emelianenko was one of the founders of that movement. And today, when he says that these fights should be forbidden, what does he mean by freak-battles? Two guys, more or less prepared, come out and fight according to the rules, according to the regulations. What's wrong with that?" Tarasov said.