It would be understandable if winning the Bellator heavyweight championship last November seemed commonplace for Vitaly Minakov . Already in his life he had achieved multiple gold medals in Sambo prior to joining MMA. Yet when asked about his achievement, Minakov expressed elation, because even though he has been a dominant force since joining Bellator, he has continued to have the same strong work ethic he always has throughout his sports career, and that night in November it paid off. “It was a feeling of deep satisfaction and a little bit of euphoria because the goal I had set up for myself many years ago, I finally achieved it,” Minakov told MMAWeekly.com through his translator. “So the words I would use to describe that moment would be: satisfaction and euphoria.” Now that he is champion, no one would begrudge him maybe taking things a little lighter in enjoyment of his status, but that’s not how Minakov works
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