PFL heavyweight Valentin Moldavsky is taking on someone he considers a friend at PFL World Tournament this Thursday night in Sergey Bilostenniy, but it’s a part of the job that he knows must be done.
“I don’t like so many fighters from Russian because Sergey (Bilostenniy) is my good friend, but it’s sport. Maybe we must fight,” Moldavsyk told reporters including Cageside Press on Tuesday.
“Now (or) maybe next fight we fight with Oleg Popov. It’s a sport.”
Moldavsky (13-4) is part of the Red Devil Sport Club lead by Fedor Emelianenko which has been friendly with Russian fighters like Bilostenniy. They may be friendly, but the job is the job. Moldavsky spoke on why Fedor’s team is so important to him.
“We training with Fedor and the whole team. With Vadim Nemkov, Victor, Oleg Popov. Fedor came to our training like a coach,” he said.
Emelianenko is an MMA legend in his own right, but Russia has produced some very high level fighters. Moldavsky had a short list of the top 5 in his mind.
“Fedor Emelianenko, Khabib Nurmagomedov, Vadim Nemkov, Vitaly Minakov,” he said.
“And that’s all I think.”
Watch the entire media day scrum with Valentin Moldavasky above. He takes on Sergey Bilostenniy at PFL World Tournament on Thursday night.
