They were on his shoulders I thought?
On his shoulders, he had stars that (amongst other things) symbolize a high rank inside the bratva, that he covered with those little clouds; I remember the threads about the cover up, we used to talk about Aleks tattoos way too much on Sherdog ^^
IIRC he got them covered because he got them super young to look badass, without understanding that he could actually get killed for it.
These tattoos were one of the reasons Datsik talked so much shit about him and called him a prison rooster and a wannabe.
Aleks still has his swatikas on his knees, which symbolize an anti-fascism sentiment/never getting on your knees in front of nazis (actual antifas, not like the pussies who claim that name today).
He should give a try to fight Sergey Kharitonov again, that is the only fight that can sell tickets in Russia
I don't know, a rematch with Crocop would still be pretty big I think, thank Fedor our dear Mirko is retired for good now, with all that milleage on his body I could see Aleks catching him.
I remember when Aleks had a AMA live internet thing in which he pulled a Woody Harrelson and would talk about nothing but a Crocop rematch, good time.
There even was a official banner for the rematch and all.
Aside from that, he could fight Datsik. Our good "Red Tarzan" fought Jérôme Lebanner in kickboxing just laster year, I'm sure he'd be cool with a boxing/kickboxing/MMA bout with Aleks...
Their feud was legendary, much better than the Sergei one; Sergei just looked like a jealous ex talking shit all the time about the Emelianenkos bros for leaving RTT, and was always butthurt that he got brutally KO'd after taunting Aleks with his chin out.
Sergei is another huge waste of potential, but he was really dumb during that fight.
Aleksander "The Scranton Strangler" Emelianenko
400 × 400
1200 × 628