The reason for the refusal of the fight between Ismailov and Asbarov became

Russian MMA star Magomed Ismailov revealed the reason why he refuses to confront the champion of the Hardcore Boxing promotion Soslan Asbarov.

According to the athlete, it's not even that they often work out together in the gym and even arrange tough sparring.

“But to enter the professional ring and fight with your good friend is ugly and not normal,” said the fighter.

But with another Russian MMA legend, Alexander Shlemenko, they are just colleagues. Therefore, in the main event of the December RCC 13 tournament in Yekaterinburg, the fighters did not spare each other. But Ismailov turned out to be stronger by the decision of the judges.