Great new Alexander Emelianenko interview.

"I'm ready. It doesn't matter with who or where. On foot or on horseback. With maces or poleaxes. To fight. To first blood or to death. It doesn't matter, I'm ready to fight." -- Aleksander Emelianenko (Pictures)

Living in the shadow of a big brother isn't easy.

When you are in the same profession and he's more accomplished and better known, it's hard to stand in the spotlight unobstructed, as your own man. Side by side, the achievements that you've worked your whole life for, that you've gone through hell for in order to become a better person are less dazzling, less impressive when compared to his. You have less say in your fighting future, less media attention when he's caught in a perpetual avalanche of flash bulbs and microphones. You're fighting on the televised undercard when he's headlining the pay-per-view.

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Part 2

Wow. Can you imagine the mindset of someone growing up like that?

I was really suprised by this interview. I had always pictured Alex very different from the way he comes off here, more of the gangster type image rather than the Litrature quoting, sporting activist we see. Lol at hunting bears with a knife though... Wow that takes some nice size cohones!