Throwing dumplings will not help the ‘Axe’ to win over the ‘Big Papa’
✏ Alexander Maksimov, correspondent of the News department
What a REN TV's Fight Club Super Series tournament has turned out to be, held in Moscow on April 29. Sport-express review on the fight of Denis Vildanov ('Big Papa' - ed. note) vs. Maxim Shcherbakov (the ‘Axe').
Their first fight - a bare-knuckle fight in the 'Fist' promotion - was won with a knockout by Denis Vildanov (aka 'Big Daddy') . The second one, at the REN TV Fight Club tournament in Samara, was won by Maxim Shcherbakov (aka Max the ‘Axe’) with a knockout at the very beginning of the fight (the 180-pounder Vildanov fell down so hard that he injured his leg).
The third encounter didn't last all that long either. But first - about their curious face-to-face before the fight. The ‘Axe’ punched 'Big Papa' with the packet of dumplings. Vildanov, in response, pushed Shcherbakov off the platform, after which he fell exaggeratedly. They looked into each other's eyes, and when face-to-face ended, the ‘Axe’ collected the scattered dumplings.
The fight lasted 40 seconds. Vildanov dashed forward, Shcherbakov fell, got up, then fell again (after taking a counter-punch with his left) and then lay on the mat for a long time. In the comments to the broadcast, the ‘Axe’ was accused of simulation, of giving up the fight, etc. There was something similar at the end of January when Shcherbakov was defeated by Maxim Novoselov: strange falls and suspicion of a fixed deal.
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