The fight took place in the country's largest sports restaurant, which is located in the heart of the sports life of the country – the stadium "Olympic". The tournament brought together many good athletes. The guest of honor the tournament was Andrey Pushkar and Evgeniy Prudnik fought in two weight classes. We were able to pull out Evgeniy from his fans’ hands and write a brief interview.

Tell us, how do you feel after the fight at the World Championships? How's your hand?

"After the Worlds I started to worry about my right hand. According to the result of the fight, I concluded that it should be more "disciplined", it is necessary to fight more. This will help to accumulate technology, and endurance, and strength, which I had before the injury. I did not fight on the right hand for about a year, and she relaxed a little, forgotten how everything is done. Now I set a goal – to pull as much as possible in competitions".

So injury does not bother you?

 "When I pull, I still have discomfort, although I can fight. I think that just fight will help me to eliminate this unpleasant feeling. I have to load my hand from different angles, use different techniques with different athletes. Someone has quick start, someone has better endurance, and to me it is necessary. I need different hands and different athletes to bring my right hand back to normal".

Was this tournament, Olympia Open Cup, in your plans?

"Spontaneously I decided to take part at this event. The tournament was held in Kiev, the level of participators was quite high, good prizes. In addition to all this, as I said, I aim - to pull, so as soon as I learned about the tournament, I decided to try my hand on it".

It turned well (Evgeniy won the category up to 90 kg and 90+).

Has someone surprised you?

"I was surprised by Sergey Kalinichenko from the Poltava region. Prior to that, in my opinion, we did not fight with him, I do not remember what he showed at the Worls, but he is a strong contender. He is strong enough to fight in the hook and top roll, and most importantly - his style is perspective. He has good arms, good anthropometry, I think he has good prospects in the sport. When we fought with him, we had a slip, and he grabbed my wrist so good, that it was very difficult to get out, I did not expect this".

What are your plans?

"I'm not going to Zloty Tour because I am not quite sure in my hands. But if you go, you show good form and good results. When you are not ready completely, it turns out in injury. Therefore, in such serious events you should be well prepared to go in order to be 100% confident. At the moment, I have no confidence, and I do not know what to expect from my right hand. The left hand has shown well at the Worlds, but still I do not trust it. Next year I'm going to pull at the Zloty Tur and all serious events".

How about the national cup? (December 12-13)

"I will watch as it turns out to work. If  there would be no performances and rehearsals in the theater, I will participate".

We all look forward to open class at Zloty Tur. Who is your favorite?

"Now I look at Andrew Pushkar – he is in very good shape. Maybe in armfight Michael Todd could catch him. But Zloty Tur - it's not an armfight and Andrey is a clear favorite here. Although it is a sport and anything can happen".

Will you watch Zloty Tur?

"Oh sure!"

We wish Evgeniy quickly regain good form to please the audience with his performances at professional table on Zloty Tur next year.

And we invite you to join Evgeniy and watch Zloty Tour on November 19-20 at armbets.tv!