Fight Nights Global President Kamil Hajiyev denied the words of MMA veteran Sergei Kharitonov, who spoke about the fight between Hajiyev and UFC fighter Adam Yandiyev. An interview with him on Sunday, November 15, was published by “Sport-Express”.
“This is some kind of whim. As I understand it, Sergey and Adam used to have some kind of friendship, and they discussed a lot of things, what was and what was not. For myself, I can say that no one has attacked me for 20 years <...> I don’t quite understand why Seryoga now remembers this at all, maybe he wants to attract some people to his side. With Adam Yandiyev, everything was fine with me, is and will be, ”said Hajiyev.
Earlier on Sunday, Hajiyev commented on Yandiyev’s attack on Kharitonov. According to him, the UFC fighter is “a restless guy.” The promoter also expressed confidence that the fight was over money.
The incident took place on November 13 at the Moscow Luzhniki Stadium. Yandiev first attacked Kharitonov’s friend Ruslan Abdo, and then the MMA veteran himself, as a result of which the latter received serious injuries: due to a broken nose, he needed an operation. Two criminal cases were opened against Yandiyev.
Later Kharitonov said that the reason for the incident was Yandiev’s debt, which is about 1 million rubles. He also restored the chronicle of events on the day of the fight with Yandiyev.
This scandal involving Yandiev is not the only one. In January 2016, a verbal skirmish occurred between him and another MMA fighter, Vladimir Mineev, over the latter’s doubts about the athlete’s readiness to fight.
In April 2017, a fight broke out in one of the Moscow restaurants with the participation of Yandiev. Several people helped the fighter’s rival, as a result, Yandiev was beaten, REN TV reported.