November,30 Moscow enjoyed the second edition of the Battle of the Champions dedicated to various sorts of the Martial Arts. Russian athletes competed with the top athletes from all over the world, some of the fights were for the title.
The event's status was validated by the attendance of Russian president, Vladimir Putin, who spent there about two hours.
The fights were under the following rules:
Tae Kwon Do, Jiu-jitsu, Ashihara-karate, Wushu, Shotokan, Kyokushin , Capoeira (female and male fights), Kudo (female fight), Sumo (female and male fights), Muay Thai. K-1, Combat Sambo and Kickboxing.
Fightclub Red Devil was represented by Alexander Emelianenko in the discipline of Combat Sambo who competed against Le Sang Su.
Alexander was pressing the action, punishing the opponent so that he was constantly backing away and Alexander just couldn't finish the fight early. Later on the fight hit the ground where Alexander delivered several blows to the head. The Korean was unable to go on and the referee called the fight.
Russian athletes won in every single discipling losing just once in capoeira. Since sumo and capoeira would be awarded 0,5 poin, the final result looks like this: 14,5 - 0,5 in favor of Russian team!
darrel wrote December, 5, 2007, 02:20
Nice to see Vladimir Putin show his support for the sport.