At one of the upcoming tournaments, two odious Russian fighters will come face to face – 51-year-old Jeff the Snowman Monson and 42-year-old Vyacheslav Ryzhiy Tarzan Datsik. The heavyweight fight will be held according to the rules of mixed martial arts.

Bookmakers give preference to Datsik – the odds for winning are 1.30 against 3.20 for Monson. However, this does not mean at all that there is no intrigue in the confrontation. Suffice it to recall the fight between Vyacheslav and the scandalous blogger Artyom Tarasov, when Red Tarzan, being the favorite, literally destroyed the opponent.

But the victory went to the YouTuber.

freak show

The duel between Vyacheslav Datsik and Artyom Tarasov, which took place in April 2019 in Moscow, was dubbed in the press as “the most freaky show of the year.” There was a considerable amount of truth in this – both rivals became much more famous in the media sphere, and their meeting seemed dubious from a sports point of view.

The red-haired Tarzan made a bright debut in MMA, knocking out the future UFC star Andrei Orlovsky, but his further career was not very successful. Moreover, before the fight with Tarasov, Datsik had not competed according to the rules of mixed martial arts for almost 13 years. During the forced downtime of his career, he had fun as best he could – he was treated in a mental hospital, fled to Norway, dispersed a brothel, was in prison.

Photo: © Pavel Kashaev, Pavel Kashaev / Global Look Press

Tarasov’s biography is poorer for unusual events. He had a number of successful fights and a sambo school behind his back, however, in the world of mixed martial arts, he was perceived primarily as a YouTube blogger, and not a fighter. And so the small number of viewers had to watch how this YouTube blogger of an athletic physique would confront a person with the richest experience for every taste and weighing one and a half centners.

It is worth noting that this “freak show”, which ordinary people did not have access to, was an official fight according to the rules of MMA, and its result is displayed, for example, on the well-known statistical portal Sherdog. So one could probably assume that the fighters approached the matter with full dedication and did not even allow the thought that they were participating in some kind of semi-humorous event for the amusement of the chosen public.

“Kill, dismember and bury”

Even before the start, the impression crept in that there would not be a fight according to the rules of MMA in the usual sense, but some kind of circus. Datsik appeared in public with a katana, but that was not so bad. Explaining why he needed edged weapons, Vyacheslav gave out a strange:

– Then, when we kill Tarasov, he will have to be dismembered and buried somehow.

Tarasov promised not to run from the opponent and “fight with all his might.” True, the difference in dimensions hinted that it would be a dubious sight – the blogger pulled out 75 kilograms on the scales, his opponent turned out to be twice as heavy. Could a serious rivalry be expected?

The starting seconds of the fight made me doubt the thesis that there is some kind of intrigue here. Datsik knocked Tarasov off his feet with the first blow. It seemed that Vyacheslav would now pounce on a defeated opponent and end the fight in a few seconds. But Red Tarzan generously offered the YouTuber to get up, thus giving him a chance to rehabilitate himself.

Soon the fighters were again on the floor – Red Tarzan on top, his opponent on the bottom. Here again, it would seem, it was possible to finish everything. However, for some reason, Datsik could not finish Tarasov – either there was not enough technical arsenal, or there was no desire to end the hyped fight in the first minute.

Artem Tarasov / Photo: © Pavel Kashaev, Pavel Kashaev / Global Look Press

Artyom also acted in a strange way – for some reason he tried to fight an opponent who clearly surpassed him in physical strength. These attempts ended monotonously – the fall of Datsik on his counterpart. In one of the episodes of the second round, Vyacheslav made an awkward attempt to make a submission on his arm, but after a few seconds, in some incredible way, he ended up on his back. From the outside, it seemed that the Red Tarzan was banally exhausted – during the micro-pause, he quite naturally collapsed onto the ropes. But in any case, Tarasov could not do anything even with such an opponent.

“I can not get up”

In the third round, Datsik slowly followed the fleeing blogger, but at the same time he was in no hurry to strike, passing himself. After some time, Tarasov found himself sitting on the floor and clearly could not get out of a difficult situation. I wanted to help the referee, who was going to move the fighters to the center of the ring, but in the end, for Artyom, the moment ended in terrible pain. In the interval between the referee’s command to suspend the fight and actually moving to the center, Datsik crushed the opponent with his knee, collapsing on the welterweight with all his weight.

– I can not get up. Give me a doctor,” Tarasov urged.

Datsik celebrated the victory, but in the end he received a warning, and the fight continued. Tarasov somehow miraculously came to his senses and from complete weakness returned to the position of a fighter running around the ring. Red Tarzan was warned that for the next serious violation he would receive a disqualification. And almost immediately, the heavyweight found this violation, collapsing with all his weight on the opponent before the judge allowed the fight to continue.

Artyom was barely dragged to the corner, he could not move on his own. Then the blogger was returned to the center of the ring to hear the verdict of the judges. After the words “in this fight due to numerous violations,” Datsik understood everything, sent the referee and went to deal with the organizers. He never achieved his truth, the victory remained with Tarasov, who after the battle looked far from being a winner. The red-haired Tarzan left the scene of the battle upset and rejected the offer of revenge in a harsh manner.

– Why? You saw it all. He surrendered several times in battle. He died. And the judges came up with all sorts of *** (garbage).

Having attacked the judges with accusations of being loaded on the tote and insulting insults, Vyacheslav admitted his victory and sped away in a car.