Alexander Emelianenko decided to comment on the open letter of his brother Fyodor, which was published yesterday by "Soviet Sport".
If he pretends to be the righteous, let him stick to this, so that the halo above his head does not fade
- Are surprised by Fedor's reaction to your interview?
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Absolutely not surprised, that’s just the point. I was even pleased with it. In this letter he finally showed all his essence, all his inner being, and everyone saw that the shit in this man is greater than he weighs.
He called me Judas. If I am Judas, then who is he? Jesus Christ?
And the letter itself reminded me of the cartoon "Prostokvashino". Do you remember the characters from there? A slop cat, a shabby dog and Uncle Fyodor who wrote a letter to parents from the village. Here is his appeal from this series. He did not say anything new about me. Nothing that could shock or surprise, he also did not introduce.
Since we decided to communicate through the "Soviet sport", I can say: I have something to answer, and I know a lot about him. But I consider it beneath my dignity to pour dirt on him. I know about him as much as he does not know about himself. About his student years, for example, about his army service, but I’m not talking about it.
Finkelstein returned all the money invested in me, in battles in Ingushetia
- Let’s analyze the letter of Fedor on points. He believes that your criticism of Vadim Finkelstein is unreasonable. What do you say to this?
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He did nothing special for me. Vadim did not have a version of the fighting and he had to hype up M-1. When he tried to organize fights himself, he could not even return the rent of the hall.
With me, he had crowded stadiums. Finkelstein probably forgot how I introduced him to the President of Ingushetia, Yunus-Bek Yevkurov. I fought in St. Petersburg and invited Evkurov. Yunus-bek liked it, and he decided to conduct fights at home. And already in the following year, 20 thousand people came to Ingushetia, although they initially counted on 5 thousand people. And I remember how the road was blocked in the city. All because my participation caused a lot of excitement. After that, the tournament was held every year. And Finkelstein only with one event returned all the money that he invested in me.
The fact that my brother writes about my trip to Holland … So I went there to prepare Fedya as his sparring partner.
- Your brother asked me not to call him" Fedya "anymore, for you he is" Fedor "…
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Yeah, of course, Uncle Fyodor. He has too high opinion of himself, beyond the clouds. It’s time for him to go down to earth and start walking on it.
Fedya for some reason is silent that after China I was given a deserved master of sports
- In your interview you said that you did not have a coach. Why did your brother reproach you with this?
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Did not have. The fact is that he pleads for them there, for Voronov. I do not want to spoil the coaching staff. Simply through the "Soviet sport" I send greetings to Mychkov and Voronov. They perfectly understand the situation.
When Fedya fought with Monson, we then went to train in Holland. And the coaching staff arrived, also Dutch, I do not remember specific names. We sat, therefore, in the locker room, and then just Voronov and Mitchkov came in. Fedya is sitting warmed up and says to me: "Listen, come and tell Voronov and Michkov, let them go, I do not want them to take me out." I go up to Voronov and say: "Mikhalych, I’m sorry, Fedya wants to be taken out by the Dutch coaches, he does not want you to take part in it." Voronov understood everything: "Okay, I understood everything …". But Fyodor did not rest on this, again he said: "Sasha, tell them to leave this place at all …". And "Mihalich" remembers it, but then it turns out that Fedya has become their defender. Coaches he sees, but he does not like them in the soul.
- Fedor mentioned that you were never a judoka and were not a master of judo sport …
- The standard of the master of sports in judo, I fulfilled at 16 years old. When the competitions were held in Kursk, we went in group of five. I, three boys and Fedya. When we were there, Fedya disappeared with one of the comrades. I know where they were, just do not want to talk. They appeared in three days. We sat back and left.
Fedya, by the way, keeps silent about the fact that after China I had to be awarded the Honored Master of Sports, because I won a martial arts festival, which is equal in scale to the Olympic Games. And he did not say anything about it and never stated it anywhere.
If you say "a", then say "b". But he monitors the Internet, says all sorts of nastiness. Collects garbage.