Two real giants and honored Russian fighters. Now they crush their opponents in the UFC and PFL arenas. Both have dozens of fights and championship belts of various organizations behind them. Both have crushed many foreign legends and stars of mixed martial arts on their way.
But once upon a time, 12 years ago. Alexander Volkov and Denis Goltsov were promising young athletes performing in the arena of one of the leading European and domestic promotions at that time, M-1 Global.
On April 28, 2011, at the Yubileiny Sports Palace in St. Petersburg, their paths crossed at the international tournament M-1 Challenge 25. At that time, Alexander Volkov was 22 years old, and Denis Goltsov was only 20 years old. And the first one still had 8 fights left to win the Bellator heavyweight champion belt, and the second one was still 6 years away from the title of Honored Master of Sports in Sambo. But both were eager to fight and understood that this fight could play a big role in their professional careers.

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