Aleksander Emelianenko, the brother of formerly ranked number one fighter in the world Fedor Emelianenko, has today blasted his brothers coaches following his first round knockout loss to Dan Henderson in Chicago, Illinois, so much so that he gave them two very fitting nicknames.Speaking via LifeSports.ru, Aleksander said:
“They sat like two amoebas, and did not know what to say. They were asked direct questions and would say, “It is difficult to say… we will see in the fight,” – what kind of a coach says that? Only one who doesn’t understand the sport. I just call them ‘Stopwatch’ and ‘Towel’. That’s as much use as they are, that’s it,”
“[MMA] is constantly improving, but ‘Stopwatch’ and ‘Towel’ have not changed anything in the program – just frozen in time and not been able to develop the base that Fedor already has. Fedor could train himself, he must take on it personally, to rethink many of the training points to learn and develop. Suffer and work!
“We’ll talk with Fedor – whether he wants to change something in his preparation. If he wants to, I will make the effort.”
Fedor has often been criticised for his training techniques, refusing to adapt to the modern ways and instead holds himself up in his homeland of Russia with the same group of coaches and training partners. Can his brother help bring this MMA legend into the twentieth century when it comes to preparing for a fight or will Fedor retire before he gets the chance?
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