Mixed martial arts are gaining popularity every day. The best fighters become real sports stars of the first magnitude. However, in order to win a name for yourself, you need to meet with the strongest athletes, otherwise you will have to disappear into obscurity. Dmitry Sosnovsky, a fighter whose biography will be described below, is a prime example of this.
Guy from yalta
In 1990, one of the promising MMA fighters for today was born in the Crimea. Dmitry Sosnovsky was fond of martial arts since childhood, he was especially interested in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, exotic for the post-Soviet space. The young man achieved serious success and achieved the right to a blue belt.
The future fighter Dmitry Sosnovsky spent his childhood in Kharkov, where he was engaged in his favorite sport. He came to the world of mixed martial arts not so long ago, having started playing for the Ukrainian club Oplot. On October 13, 2012, he spent his first fight in MMA.
The rival of the fighter was Svyatoslav Shcherbakov, who did not last long against a native of Yalta. The fight was stopped by technical knockout.
In general, the first rivals of Dmitry Sosnovsky did not represent a serious force. Most of them had a negative balance of victories and defeats on their track record.
Career development
In 2013, fighter Dmitry Sosnovsky moved to St. Petersburg, where he signed a contract with the famous promoter organization Bellator. Nevertheless, before the famous match with Alexander Emelianenko, he did not often meet strong opponents. Only a few fights of the young athlete can be distinguished.
Igor Kukurudzyak was the champion of Ukraine in kickboxing and mixed martial arts. The fight against him could be a test for the beginner. However, the fighter Dmitry Sosnovsky from the first minutes crushed a more experienced opponent. Without letting Igor come to his senses, Dmitry knocked out one in the first round.
The fight against Jerry Otto was the first where a jujits specialist managed to show his wrestling skills. After a series of blows, an athlete from Germany was in the ring, then the fighter Dmitry Sosnovsky strangled him to surrender.
Victory over the brother of The Last Emperor
To date, the brother of the legendary Fedor Emelianenko Alexander is one of the strongest in the heavyweight mixed martial arts. According to the organizers of the tournament Coliseum FC - New History 2, the fighter Dmitry Sosnovsky was to become another defeated opponent of the Russian athlete. Dmitry himself was aware that in the upcoming match the favorite was the more experienced Emelianenko, who had more than twenty victories in his account.
The fight took place in January 2014. Everyone expected Sosnovsky to work in the rack. However, from the first moments of the battle, he decided to transfer the match to the ground. After receiving a cut, the courageous fighter refused to end the fight and again began to knock Alexander down. After an unsuccessful attempt to hold a painful reception, the fighter Dmitry Sosnovsky brought down a hail of blows on the opponent on the ground and forced the judge to intervene to stop the fight by technical knockout.
The victory over an experienced and eminent fighter became the brightest in the athlete's career. Not so long ago, he signed a contract with the UFC. Today he is one of the most promising MMA fighters, and everyone is waiting for his new fights with strong rivals.