Vener Galiev: Age of Victory is not a hindrance

Venus Galiev, nicknamed Bashkir - the most experienced Russian soldier of mixed martial arts, performing in light weight category. Successfully combines combat sambo, pankration and Greco-Roman wrestling. He has more than 80 battles, including 34 in professional organizations.

Venus Galiev - a fighter with his own style, which successfully combines hand-to-hand fighting and wrestling. Bashkir fights equally well in the stance and in the stalls. He prefers to use combat sambo (he has the highest achievements in this single combat). He achieved excellent results in hand-to-hand combat, Greco-Roman wrestling and MMA. Twice he became the best sambist of the planet. At the same time, Venier Galiev is one of the most adult fighters of mixed martial arts. He is already over 40 years old, but age did not affect the effectiveness of battles.

Fighting biography Venira Galieva

By nationality, Galiyev is a Bashkir born in Sterlitamak. His family was quite ordinary, father and mother - workers. At a fairly young age, the boy went to the section of combat sambo and Greco-Roman wrestling. It's pretty tough sports. Combat sambo is characterized by high intensity of training, terrible painful techniques and strong blows. Greco-Roman wrestling requires a student of high physical strength and dexterity.

Strong training at a young age gave excellent results. In 2002, Venier Galiev took second place in the European Championship in universal combat, in 2003 and 2006 became the champion.

He was nicknamed Bashkir not only for his nationality, but also for demonstrating patriotism. At competitions the soldier leaves with attributes of Bashkortostan - for example, in a national suit or a headdress.

Features of style

Usually representatives of the MMA are divided into 2 categories: those who are trying at all costs to knock out the opponent in the first rounds, and those who act cautiously, gaining points. Bashkir is equally good in both elements. He has a powerful blow (11 career victories are won by knockouts), but excellent endurance allows you to feel confident even in the final rounds, when the enemy can no longer do anything about fatigue.

The athlete is well protected from transfers to the ground - only 3 defeats in all his career. An interesting fact: all 3 times the opponents won it by the same method - "lever of the elbow."

According to personal preferences, Galiyev fights in the rack, but in some cases he transfers the duel to the flooring or uses strangulation in the rack (usually this is the "guillotine").

Career

The sportsman works in the road-patrol service of Ufa, has the rank of lieutenant. Repeatedly participated in competitions in hand-to-hand combat of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. In 2009 he achieved the highest result in this sport. Many times I took prizes. In combat sambo he had 16 fights, and no one managed to defeat him.

Career in mixed martial arts began in 2001, becoming the champion of Eurasia. In 2005 he won the second place at the World Championships in pankration. He won many domestic and foreign tournaments: "Peresvit Star", FightFORCE, Fight Festival. Regular participant of the tournament Battle of Champions, where he represents the style of kudo.

Analysis of lesions

Venus Galiev is a representative of the combat sambo - universal style, in which there are receptions for the stance and the stalls. However, even a real master can be outwitted. Several times Bashkir lost a technical knockout (including a doctor's stop). Three times he missed the victory because of the reception of the "lever of the elbow", when the rivals turned out to be the best wrestlers.

One of the most vexing defeats Galiev suffered in 2017, fighting with the Brazilian Diego Brandão. Brandão is one of the most experienced rivals in the career of Bashkir. Once he successfully fought in the UFC, the best league of the planet, but was fired from there because of problems with the law. The Brazilian is known for his aggressive style of fighting and the ability to instantly catch the enemy on the slightest error. For example, in the previous battle with the fighter Murad Machayev, he won by using the rarest reception helicopter armbar, although before that everything went to the victory of the Russian.

Brandão managed to catch Galiev on error at the 39th second of the first round. It was worth Bashkir slightly to reduce the protection, as a Brazilian fist found a weak spot and knocked out a Russian fighter.

In any case, Vener Galiev remains one of the most experienced and loved by the public representatives of mixed martial arts. Despite his age, he still has many victories ahead of him.