MMA recognized as an official sport in Russia

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I was reading on a MMA forum that Russia has made MMA an official sport. I think that is great and definitely think this will be good for Kudo and Combat Sambo fighters looking to go Pro after their amateur careers. Russian Fighters are very exciting and tough. They are fun to watch because of their amazing striking. These fighters are breaking into the US market in promotions like Bellator. Fighters like A. Shlemenko and A.Sarnavsky. Here's the link if anyone is interested.
www.championat.com/boxing/article-138649-mma-priznany-vidom-sporta-v-rossii.html

[italiantank]

Here's a HL video of Alexander Shlemenko.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vR0WWJYJw0