MOSCOW - Chechen strongman leader Ramzan Kadyrov sparked a row in Russia on Wednesday after his three sons aged between 8 and 10 fought in the ring in a brutal mixed martial arts contest in breach of rules. The head of the Russian Mixed Martial Arts Union, Fedor Emelianenko, condemned the holding of the children's fights during the Grand Prix Akhmat-2016 competition in Chechen capital Grozny. "I am really outraged by the fact that Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov was watching all of this," Emelianenko added. Often called "fight without rules" in Russian, the combat discipline of mixed martial arts allows blows with legs and hands. The Grozny tournament is named after Kadyrov's father, the previous Chechen leader who was assassinated in 2004.

Source: Bangkok Post October 05, 2016 21:00 UTC