For Vendetta All Stars Armfight #46 we prepared six matches. Meeting of Khadzhimurat Zoloev and Chris Chandler did not take place due to unexplained reasons: Christian was frightened or he had serious injuries, it is hard to say. Everything happened very quickly and we could not solve this problem in a very short period. And if we put anybody else in a couple with Khadzhimurat Zoloyev, it would be not serious.

What can I say about the other five matches?

The most colorful, interesting and expected was meeting of Andrey Pushkar and Dmitry Trubin for a world title. The level of excitement around their struggle was so high that the audience was already ticking minutes before the fight. And even after losing of Dmitry Trubin, his fans didn’t leave but kept supporting and motivating for further struggles and for he continued to participate in the competition.

There were many other colorful moments.

For example, a fight Oleg Zhokh – Christian Binnie. Many did not give the slightest chance to Christian, but some experts have argued that he can not lose at home. What happened we all seen. The result was 5:1, but in fact – 6: 0, because Oleg in the second round made two errors and raised his elbow. But Oleg had enough strength to win.

Another match was more unpredictable, but an interest to it was not very high. From fight of Vazgen Soghoyan and Hristo Delidzhakov spectators did not expect anything. Expert opinion was divided exactly in half. But it was one of the most colorful and memorable fights and some of its points will be included in the so-called "jokes elite ", e. g. when Hristo and Vazgen fought under the table. They hung on their hands, but for normal fight, they needed foot support and guys were looking for it under the table. Vazgen constantly knocked Hristo’s feet from the racks.

The third match – Tim Bresnan and Dmitry Silaev. Dmitry Silaev is the champion of Russian nationals in 2016.

He received our offer to compete with Tim, referring to the fact that at Złoty Tour 2015 he easily defeated Bresnan. However, Vendetta is different from the usual tournament, it needs a different preparation. Dima wanted to show his power lightly, but he was not able to impose his struggle and lost 6: 0. For Tim it was the fourth win in a row.

Duel of Denis Tsyplenkov and Michael Todd was so expected, so unpredictable. All have been waiting for the return of Denis to performances; all watched him in other sports disciplines. He returned with a very interesting proposal. We knew that Michael Todd would be a very difficult opponent for Denis, the more they had some unsolved questions from the Arnold Classic. This fight was so dramatic that at some point I left my attempts to photograph, walked away from the table, and said, "All right, probably Todd will win". But Michael made a few mistakes. With the score 4: 2 Michael Todd conceded defeat. We've been talking to him after the fight, and he decided that he wanted revenge. But most likely not this year.

Back to the title fight Trubin – Pushkar. In recent months, Dmitry Trubin become more active in social networks, he published his trainings, different exercises, thus he created an aura that he will win Andrey Pushkar. Moreover, the situation at Złoty Tour 2015 was mixed; I can tell that if Dima and Andrey struggled at the moment, the most likely Dmitry would have won.

Andrey Pushkar worried about this fight. A few months before he injured his hand so he could not train properly. A couple of months ago we did a test and results were inconclusive. Perhaps the most important factor that Andrey was alarmed that he participated five times in title fights and all five times lost. However, at that time it did not happen and the title of world champion and champion’s belt travel to Ukraine!

So now we start working with pairs on Vendetta in Vegas Armfight #47, we have identified September,24.