The two future legends of mixed martial arts met each other in the final of the M-1 European Championship, which took place on April 9, 2000 in St. Petersburg.
You could watch the semi-final fight between Andrey Arlovsky and the Dutchman Michael Tielroy on our channel just recently. And Roman Zentsov forced Gennady Matsiguru to surrender in two minutes.
For the Russian fighter, this was the debut tournament in mixed martial arts, while the Belarusian returned to action after the battle with Vyacheslav Datsik. Both Roman and Andrei were very young guys and at that time had not yet acquired their formidable military nicknames. But both the future Russian Hammer and the future Pitbull were determined to throw a tough fight and take the champion belt.
20 мар 2021
