PFL heavyweight Sergey Bilostenniy has a special connection to his opponent this Thursday at the PFL World Tournament in Orlando as he faces Valentin Moldavsky.
Bilostenniy (13-3) has trained with Moldavsky’s team which is lead by MMA legend Fedor Emelianenko. The Russian doesn’t think the relationship will suffer when the two heavyweights collide.
“I do appreciate and respect their team. Fedor obviously has a great team around him. A lot of heavyweight and that’s great always training or practicing. We don’t have that many heavyweights in Russia,” Bilostenniy said.
“Maintaining that relationship with them is great. I didn’t train with them after the last fight specially when I knew I was going to fight Valentin, but overall we have nice relationships.”
Fighting an opponent whose part of a team you’ve trained with before could be an issue, but Bilostenniy believes both men are professional enough to do their work and leave feelings outside of it.
“No I don’t see big problem with that. For me it’s just work and you have to prepared for anything. We just get out there. This is the epitome of our work,” he said.
“When we go (into) the cage that’s when it happens. You just get in there, you be professional, and you get out.”
Watch the entire media day scrum with Sergey Bilostenniy above. He takes on Valentin Moldavsky at PFL World Tournament this Thursday night.
