Kutselaba biography Ion

It was he who inspired me to class martial arts. It would be an honor for me to share a cage with him ”about the defeat of Magomed Ankalaev“ I flew 15 hours to this duel in order to show my level to the world, and the referee simply ruined everything ”about the choice of my opponents“ the more experienced my opponent is the better for me.

I respect each of them, however, the team and I do everything to win over anyone, regardless of their level ”The biography was born in Kishenya Chisinau, in a simple Moldavian family. The boy’s father monitored the development of mixed martial arts, and at the beginning of the zero, he always seated his son next to him, looking through the fights of Fedor Emelianenko in the Japanese promotion Pride.

At those moments, Ion heard from the head of the family the words that he remembers to this day: “Look how the man fights”, seeing the invincible Fedor on the TV screen, the young Kutselaba himself wanted to become like him. First, the guy went to the Greco-Roman struggle section, and then mastered the discipline more diverse in terms of the technical arsenal-judo and sambo.

As a teenager, Ion won the championship at the national level on these two martial arts, and after graduating from school, at the age of 19, as part of the Moldova national team, he went to the European Championship, where in category 90 kg he took first place in combat sambo - this was the end point before the start of a large path in the MMA. Literally after 2 months, his second duel took place, and again MSW in 25 seconds performed by Moldavin.

He takes the next couple of fights in his native Kishenev, also finishing the opponents in the first minute, but the 5th duel was not so successful. From the tough blow of the Kazakh fighter, Kutselab fell, however, already rising, he saw how the referee stops the battle - the judges admitted that it was a mistake of a person serving a fight, but they did not organize revenge.

In the next fight, the Hulk, and this is how his fans called his fans because of the dental style of fighting, lost to Mikhaal Andyshak with disqualification, inflicting attacks on the back of the head. But further the Moldavian fighter was waiting for real success. The development of a career and doping problems in the period from Kutselaba for the year issues 7 early victories, fixed in the top of the WWFC, after which the fighter’s management begins negotiations with the UFC and in the summer Ion debuts under the banner of this promotion.

The career in the Premier League was changeable, since the defeats went for victories and vice versa. In the first match, the Moldavian Hulk is inferior to Misha Kirkunov. After Jonathan Wilson wins, but after 2 months he loses to Jared Cannier, with whom they rolled the battle of the evening and received bonuses for 50 thousand. In the summer of the year, Ion issues a knockout for 22 seconds in a battle with Enrique Da Silva and he is approved for participation in the UFC room tournament, where he would go to Mikhal Olekseychuk, but they had a doping in the blood of Moldovan.

And the duel was canceled. Almost a year, the proceedings lasted, but it ended well, and in July, the athlete gave the public another beautiful victory over Gadzhimurad Antholov. The exit to the top division at the beginning of the GO, Ion Kutselaba gets the opportunity to fight Glover Teishera, but he does not succeed in passing a veteran-the suffocating Brazilian was performed perfectly.

The next “scalps” “Halka” list was Halil Rountry, whom he broke his elbows. And so, at the end of February, Kutselaba and Magomed Ankalaev came together in the octagon - everyone was waiting for this duel because he promised to be explosive. But already at the second, the referee stopped the fight, due to the fact that Ion missed several blows, it was staggering about the continuation of the duel, according to the judge in the cage, there was no question.

Nevertheless, Kutselaba was in order and later stated that he simulated a “staggering gait” in order to tease the opponent. Due to the early stop, the fighters were appointed an immediate revenge, which was transferred twice due to pandemic. Personal life Ion is married and he has a daughter. Despite the cruelty in the octagon, the daily life of Kutselaba consists of family walks, travels and outdoor activities in all its manifestations.

And he also fanatically refers to his figure, proper nutrition and loves to work in the hall. Video of fights.