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Alexander Shlemenko frustrated with Bellator
Due to a lack of fights with Bellator (3 in the last two years), and the fact that Bellator hasn't allowed him to fight elsewhere, Alexander is frustrated with how things have been playing out.
"It was a very, very difficult time for me," Shlemenko told MMAFighting.com through a translator. "It was extremely hard for me not to fight as often as I can. It was very disappointing for me. It was not my fault that I didn't fight for so long, so I hope in the future this will change and I will be able to fight more often and Bellator will provide me with such opportunities."
"I had to wait for the next tournament winner," Shlemenko said. "All this time I was sitting without a fight. It was [hard] for me. When I couldn't fight in Bellator, my manager, Alexei Zhernakov, he could arrange fights for me in Russia or some other country. But since I was a title contender, Bellator didn't allow me to do that.
"Of course I tried to do stuff to feed myself and my family. I did some seminars, I did some train work. However I can say that the situation was very difficult for me and I didn't like it at all. I really hope that Bellator will do everything to improve the situation so that it will never occur again."
"I represent Bellator now. I can say that I am one of the top faces of Bellator. And I, for myself, would like to fight as often as possible," Shlemenko said. "Fighting in the (November 2nd) pay-per-view, of course it would be great, because it would the first. A historical event, the first pay-per-view by Bellator, and a lot of exciting fights are going to there.
"I see myself as one of the most exciting fighters that Bellator has."
