In the UFC (leading promotion of mixed martial arts)come fighters from different countries. Some of them achieve success and love of the public. There was no exception for Albert Tumenov, whom the fans called Einstein. The young fighter impresses the audience with a bright style, the desire to fight in front and complete it ahead of time. Albert is now fighting outside the UFC. As of summer 2017, he is the champion of the ACB organization. By nationality, Albert Tumenov is a Kabardino-Balkarian.
Carier start
In childhood, the future fighter was engaged in Kyokushin karate and achieved considerable success in it. Albert Tumenov won several youth tournaments and received a degree of 6 kyu, which corresponds to the yellow belt.
Затем Альберт записался в секцию армейского hand-to-hand combat - more rigid and “realistic” combat. The results were also impressive: a victory at the 15th Russian Championship, participation in the junior national team of Kabardino-Balkaria and much more. Throughout his career, Tumenov tried himself in boxing and combat sambo, but made the final choice in favor of mixed martial arts. As it turned out, for good reason.
Features of style
Kabardino-Balkarec is a bright "drummer",who instead of fighting prefers to defend himself against transfers to the ground. Shock power helps him knock out opponents in the early rounds. It prefers punches, but can use legs.
The main problem of style is weakness against really strong fighters. Being transferred to the ground, Albert is very uncomfortable and cannot offer serious resistance.
UFC Career
The first fight in the leading promotion of the Russian lost.The opponent was the Brazilian Ildemar Alcantara. Opponent Tumenov chose the right tactics. He used the style of "ground-and-pound", time after time translating Tumenov to the ground and striking with his fists and elbows. Already in the first round, this led to the appearance of a cut on the face of Albert Tumenov.
In the second round, Alcantara chose an even safer manner - he pushed the enemy onto the floor and held him there. The fight turned out to be relatively boring. According to the results of the judges gave the victory to the Brazilian.
In the UFC, there is a rule according to which the losing two fights beginners leave the organization. Rehabilitation was needed, and Tumenov was able to get his way.
The second bout was against American Anthony Lapsley. The 34-year-old rival spent a large number of fights in various promotions, but did not achieve much success in the UFC.
Einstein was preparing to fight in the US, in the club K-Dojo.The main purpose of the training was the development of protection against transfers to the ground floor. The tactic was right. First, the men moved neatly around the Octagon, trying to provoke each other to attack. The first to attack was an American, who attempted a takedown. Did not work out. A more overall Russian successfully stopped the opponent's attacks and moved much faster. At one point, Einstein caught the American's leg and hit him twice in the head. The enemy fell to the floor, and it was clear that his fighting spirit decreased significantly.
Knockout happened at the end of the first round. Left hook Tumenova overtaking the opponent. Even finishing is not needed.
Second defeat in the UFC
После победы над Энтони Лэпсли Туменов выиграл four more times, including the rather strong Alan Juban and Lorentz Larkin. It is time to move into the "big league" and fight with the best of the best. Gunnar Nelson, an experienced Icelandic wrestler, was chosen as the next opponent. Almost all of his victories Nelson won the surrender of the enemy.
The fight showed that to battle with excellent wrestlersAlbert Tumenov is not ready yet. The Russian tried to knock out an Icelander, but he calmly stopped the attempts and carried out transfers to the pit without any problems. The fight ended in the second round - Kabardino-Balkarian lost by strangling from behind.
After it was a battle with Leon Edwards, whichpassed approximately the same scenario. Opponent again went into a comfortable position and held a strangulation from behind. The second defeat in a row led to the dismissal of Tumenov from the UFC and the transition to the Russian ACB promotion. There he won a knockout victory over Ismael de Jesus.
Albert Tumenov: rating
Despite 2 defeats, the Russian fighter remainsat a fairly high level. His main disadvantage is relative weakness in front of experienced wrestlers. Especially good are the spectacular knockouts that please the viewers Albert Tumenov. Photos of the best moments will certainly diverge in the hundreds of martial arts resources. Perhaps in the future the Russian will return to the UFC or make a bright career in ACB.
