Vitaly Minakov, of course, is one of the strongest Russian heavyweights in the world history of mixed martial arts. In addition to the Bellator heavyweight title, he was also a four-time world champion in sports sambo, as well as a master of sports in judo and freestyle wrestling. With such a powerful wrestling-grappler base and experience, he made his debut in mixed martial arts. And in parallel, he began to master the striking technique and, characteristically, most of the victories in his busy career were won by knockouts. Today we will see his fight against the two-meter Spanish heavyweight Juan Espino, the former champion of Spain in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and European champion in Thai boxing. Their meeting took place in 2011 at the S-70 league tournament. After this fight, the Spaniard will end his career for a long time, but after a six-year break, he will return to mixed martial arts, win a number of victories, win the 28th season of The Ultimate Fighters and sign a contract with