Alexander Shlemenko – about the defeat by Tokov: “I treated Tolya very well, and it ruins me”

The famous Russian middleweight Alexander Shlemenko is sure that in 2018 he lost to Anatoly Tokov at the Bellator 208 tournament, because he was too kind to him.

“I did as I always said, that is, I missed Tolya and gave him a way, let him go. If there is an opportunity, and tomorrow they will offer me a fight, then, of course, I would agree. I think now I would treat this fight by to another, not like the first time. I treated Tolya very well, too kind. This is destroying me. Therefore, I do not want to fight with Russian fighters.

In 2020, I thought, revisited some points. Now I’m going to go far, the peak is visible, I’m standing under it. But someone constantly pulls me down and tries to throw some challenges there in order to throw me a rope, and I pulled him up. I don’t want to pay attention to this, ”Alexander Shlemenko said in an interview with the Ushatayka: Sport-Express YouTube channel.

We will remind, Shlemenko also said that he could fight in the UFC last year on short notice.