“On the secret line, we were informed that Vyacheslav Vasilevsky was withdrawing from the fight against Marcio Santos - he fell ill. How did you get sick? Find out from him. It seems to me an inflammation of the cunning. This is bad news. But there is also a good one - Alexander Emelianenko comes out to replace him. Tireless, restless, ready to help out the organization and all the fans,” Gagzhiev said in a video posted on his Instagram.
40-year-old Emelianenko spent the last fight on September 18, defeating Artem Tarasov on points in a bare-knuckle fight.
As for Santos, the 32-year-old Brazilian had his last fight in August against Artur Huseynov. The meeting ended in a draw.