Two powerful and titled heavyweight striker met in an intriguing duel, from the moment of which has passed already 10 years. Especially for our viewers, this battle, together with Dmitry Bobtsov, was commented on by the People's Artist of the Russian Federation Mikhail Boyarsky.
On April 28, 2011, an international tournament M-1 Challenge 25 took place in the Ice Palace in St. Petersburg. The winner of the M-1 Selection of Eastern Europe Grand Prix Maxim Grishin was to meet in revenge with the Polish fighter David Baziak. And especially for this fight, together with Fedor Emelianenko, he trained at a training camp in Holland with the best Muay Thai masters.
However, at the very last moment, the Pole withdrew from the tournament for family reasons, and the Russian heavyweight Vladimir Kuchenko was urgently replaced. A true heavyweight weighing 130 kg, who held the title of Eurasian pankration champion and was the winner of several international K-1 tournaments. This good-natured big man lacked stars from the sky, but had a powerful blow and had a huge number of fights with top rivals. He was always ready to fight with anyone, anywhere and anytime, and rolled out truly spectacular battles.