35-year-old Fenin becomes the face of a new project from the Oktagon MMA organization, which will offer viewers another interesting story. The former footballer will become an MMA fighter who, after several months of preparation, during which he will move from absolute basics to more advanced techniques, should really stay in the cage. The green side will be replaced by a rounded cage, where there will be no escape.
“I’m not afraid, but I’m nervous. It’s a great opportunity,” Fenin is aware. “My wife, she said I have to try. I want to show my wife and daughter that I am still a professional athlete and that I can be,” he continued in the cage of the Festhalle in Frankfurt.
Everything was officially confirmed at the Octagon 36 tournament in Frankfurt, Germany on Saturday. A symbolic moment, in short, to announce that the former Eintracht Bundesliga player will dedicate himself to a new sport. And that Fenin was truly destined for a stellar career as a professional footballer. The former representative was also once observed by representatives of Arsenal or Real Madrid, but diametrically different things crept into his life, which started years of suffering.
Fenin began to struggle with lifestyle and alcohol problems, and even ended up in a psychiatric hospital. The 35-year-old from Cheb has tried multiple times to resume his career afterwards, but his footballing steps led in the wrong direction and it all culminated in the end of his career in 2018. Paradoxically, the most successful signing was the very first. , in Teplice, for which he scored fifteen goals. He also scored fourteen more goals for Bundesliga side Frankfurt and even scored a hat-trick during the first.
The former striker is now racing in a different direction, but he certainly doesn’t have an easy path that should lead him an artificial path to fame in a new role. On the contrary. A preparation lasting several months should transform Fenin into the skin of a fighter who could fully show himself in the cage as early as next year.
