Yaroslav Amosov: MMA champion recovers world championship belt from Irpin home

By Matias Grez, CNN

Updated 1627 GMT (0027 HKT) April 2, 2022

MMA champion Yaroslav Amosov recovers belt from rubble of his Iprin home.

(CNN)Ukrainian mixed martial arts fighter Yaroslav Amosov has posted a video of himself recovering his world championship belt from a home in Irpin.

Bellator, the MMA promotional company that Amosov is signed to, announced last month that the 28-year-old had withdrawn from his May 13 title fight against Michael Page as he is «actively defending his home country.»In the video, Amosov climbs back up a ladder in a house carrying a plastic bag, which he opens to reveal the belt.«A belt with the great history,» he wrote in the caption. «Now I definitely won't give it away. My mom hid it well and it survived the bombing.»In the video, Amosov says he was «getting the belt for the second time,» while laughing. «It's in one piece and it's rescued,» he adds.Read MoreIn a separate post on his Instagram profile, Amosov is pictured holding the belt aloft while surrounded by a group in military uniform.READ: 'My soul belongs to the Lord and my body and my honor to my country,' says Oleksandr Usyk<svg width=«50px» height=«50px» viewBox=«0 0 60 60» version=«1.1» xmlns:xlink=«https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink»>/>View this post on Instagram

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At 26-0, Amosov currently holds the longest active unbeaten streak in all of MMA, according to Bellator, and was chasing Khabib Nurmagomedov's all-time record of 29-0. «Like the rest of the world, we've been shocked by the tragic events in Ukraine and the thoughts of everyone at Bellator MMA are with Yaroslav and all the Ukrainian people during this time,» said Bellator MMA president Scott Coker in a statement.«We wish