MMA fighter Alexander Emelianenko arrested for seven days for hooliganism

A court in Anapa has arrested Russian MMA fighter Alexander Emelianenko for seven days under the hooliganism article. This was reported by sources of TASS, Interfax and the publication Kubanskiye Novosti .

According to one of TASS's sources, Emelianenko violated public order at the Sport recreation center in the village of Supsekh near Anapa. Kubanskiye Novosti writes that the athlete was drunk and "behaved inappropriately." According to Interfax, the police are considering opening a criminal case.

Emelianenko came to Anapa for training. On April 3, he was supposed to fight Magomed Ismailov at the Absolute Championship Akhmat tournament in Moscow.

• In March 2019, Alexander Emelianenko was detained in Kislovodsk for drunk driving and an accident. He was given ten days of administrative arrest for disobeying the police. The court also fined Emelianenko 30 thousand rubles and deprived him of his driver's license for a year and a half.
• In May 2019, Emelianenko was detained in Moscow for drinking alcohol in a public place.