Viacheslav Datsik attained some degree of fame in the mixed martial arts community, due mostly to his dramatic knock-out of future Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski at the MFC World Championship on 9 April 1999, and, in part, to his wild fighting style and notorious in-ring antics.
15 Facts About Viacheslav Datsik
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Viacheslav Datsik was sympathetic of the Slavic Union white supremacist organization.
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Viacheslav Datsik reportedly had obsessive antisemitic and anti-Christian views, while exalting Slavic paganism.
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Viacheslav Datsik was first locked in a high-security mental institution for therapy but he was transferred to a low-security psychiatric clinic in July 2010.
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Viacheslav Datsik's lawyers are of the opinion that Russian authorities made up the psychiatric diagnosis and that Norwegian authorities on that ground must allow Viacheslav Datsik to remain in Norway.
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Viacheslav Datsik has twice attempted suicide in Norwegian detainment due to being isolated from the other prisoners, but he was again isolated after shouting racist remarks from his cell window.
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Viacheslav Datsik had been placed in solitary confinement for four weeks despite the court's order being limited to one week.
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The Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet writes that Viacheslav Datsik has allegedly told the police that he wants his girlfriend to come to Norway for family reunification.
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Viacheslav Datsik has since asked the court to give him the maximum sentence, as he has said that it would help him live a healthier life, while announcing that he is "too raw for humanity".
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Viacheslav Datsik has told the Norwegian media that he wants to compete in mixed martial arts under the flag of Norway.
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Viacheslav Datsik was deported from Norway on 18 March 2011.
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In December 2011, rumours surfaced from Russia, that Viacheslav Datsik had been killed in a prison fight.
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However Alexander Zubov, Head of Press Service of the Federal Penitentiary Service management for the St Petersburg and Leningrad region, dismissed the reports, claiming that Viacheslav Datsik is well and healthy.
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Viacheslav Datsik had been imprisoned for 9 years, apart from a one-month stint of freedom, following his escape.
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Viacheslav Datsik is father to two children from a former relationship with Xenia Efimova.