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The teenage daughter of renowned Russian mixed-martial-arts (MMA) fighter Fyodor Yemelyanenko has been hospitalized after reportedly being assaulted by an unidentified man, an incident that comes amid the fighter’s standoff with Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov over MMA fights between children.

Russian media reported on October 12 that the assailant punched Yemelyanenko’s 16-year-old daughter in the chest late last week while she was walking on the street.

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