Every time Alexey Kudin enters the ring or cage, there is a tangible feeling of an approaching brutal knockout in the arena. A five-time world champion in Thai boxing and a two-time world champion in kickboxing, he inspired respect and fear in his opponents in the arena of mixed martial arts. After all, twenty of them went to a knockout under the mighty blows of the Belarusian giant. Today we will go to 2014 in Krasnodar, to the PRO FC 55 tournament, where Alexei Kudin fought in the main fight of the evening. His opponent was the powerful German fighter Andreas Kraniotakes, who, for his impressive size and great strength, bore the nickname "Big Daddy". By that time, he had already competed in mixed martial arts for 9 years, traveled up and down all European promotions and collected a decent collection of titles. He was not at all averse to cutting himself in the standing position, since there were about a dozen knocked-out opponents behind him, and all this promised the audience a very