Two real heroes and honored Russian fighters. Now they are crushing their opponents in the UFC and PFL arenas. Both have dozens of fights and championship belts from various organizations behind them. Both have crushed many foreign legends and mixed martial arts stars along the way. But once upon a time, 12 years ago. Alexander Volkov and Denis Goltsov were promising young athletes performing in the arena of one of the leading European and domestic promotions at that time, M-1 Global. On April 28, 2011, at the Yubileiny Sports Palace in St. Petersburg, at the international tournament M-1 Challenge 25, their paths crossed. At that time, Alexander Volkov was 22 years old, and Denis Goltsov was only 20 years old. And the first still had 8 fights left to become the Bellator heavyweight champion, and the second was still 6 years away from becoming an Honored Master of Sports in Sambo. But both were eager to fight and understood that this fight could play a big role in their professional car