The team is represented by two fighters from Kazan. As Fedor says, he and his teammate Rim have a stronger motivation than all the other participants as they are hungry for wins and want to fight.
Fighters
Rim Khaziakhmetov
Country: Russia, Kazan
Age: 34 years old
Height: 175 sm
Weight: 73 kg
Basic style: combat sambo
Rim has been involved in sports since his childhood continuing a family tradition, because his father was a sambo wrestler. Dad brought him to sambo at the age of 10. At the age of 15, he began to participate in hand-to-hand combat competitions. Followed kickboxing, boxing, MMA – this is his path in sport. His pro record: 10 fights, 6 wins, 4 losses.
His biggest career achievement is getting the degree of master of sport in combat sambo.
The rule he’d like to change: make the weigh-in right before the fight.
Three greatest MMA fighters of all times: Fedor Emelyanenko, Khabib Nurmagomedov and Jon Jones.
A must-have song in the locker room before the fight: ‘He who flew will understand’ by Egor and Natalia Lansere
Fedor Russian bear Alekseev
Country: Russia, Kazan
Age: 28 years old
Height: 182 sm
Weight: 73 kg
Basic style: wrestling
Fedor is a candidate master of sports in combat sambo. He is the EURASIAN R.G.S.A champion in jiu-jitsu. This is the title he is most proud of. There are more than 30 amateur fights under his belt, his record on sharedog.com is 2-2.
His nickname is Russian Bear. He thinks that he has no weak sides.
His main goal is to make it to the UFC and win a belt.
Besides himself he also named Rasul Mamedbekov and Alexander Soldatkin among the greatest fighters of all-time.
The top all-time fight in his opinion: Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Conor McGregor.
A must-have song in the locker room before the fight: Leysan Boe ‘Make a step’