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Interview with former Russian Top Team coach Nikolai Pitkov:    • Как Федор Емельяненко стал Последним импер...   Fedor Emelianenko began his MMA career with Russian Top Team. In 2003, he left for Vadim Finkelstein, greatly upsetting his former teammates. We met with the man who coached Fedor's striking – Andrey Byldin. He was always close to Emelianenko for three years (2000-2003). They even shared a sofa in the Tula meat-packing plant dorm. In an interview with Sport-Express, Byldin revealed many previously unknown facts about the best heavyweight of the first decade of the 21st century. He truly has something to say about Fedor. Text version: https://www.sport-express.ru/martial/... This is the first part of a candid conversation with Byldin. The second part is about Alexander Emelianenko and Sergei Kharitonov:    • ФЕДОР МНОГО РАЗ ВЫРУЧАЛ АЛЕКСАНДРА / Откро...   Fedor Emelianenko, 43 years old. Bellator fighter, former Rings and Pride heavyweight champion. MMA record: 39 wins, 6 losses. What is Russian Top Team? The team was formed at the turn of the 1990s and 2000s. The team's director is Vladimir Pogodin, former vice president of the All-Russian Sambo Federation (he died in a plane crash in 2008). Russian Top Team fighters competed in leading Japanese promotions, RINGS and Pride. According to coach and manager Nikolai Pitkov, the name Russian Top Team was coined by the Japanese. The core of the team consisted of Fedor Emelianenko, Alexander Emelianenko, and Sergei Kharitonov. The coaches were Pitkov, Andrey Byldin, and Alexander Skripnikov. They were assisted by Magomedkhan Gamzatkhanov (Wolf Khan), Mikhail Ilyukhin, Andrey Kopylov (all three were former fighters themselves), Alexander Fedorov, and Nikolai Zuev. #FedorEmelianenko #AlexanderEmelianenko #Emelianenko