Towards the end of 2016, the club's management decided to develop mixed martial arts (MMA) along with boxing.

[6] Alexey Yatsenko, the former head of the Russian fighting organization Tech-KREP FC, became the president of the newly united promotion.

[7] In July 2017, HBO's Real Sports released a documentary that revealed how Kadyrov uses the club to train members of the Kadyrovites although only a handful of them went on to become professional fighters.

[8] In 2021, a Siberian journalist, Andrei Afanasyev was attacked outside his apartment by unknown assailants after investigating the club.

[9] In 2022, the club was mentioned in a Telegram post by Ramzan Kadyrov that was addressed to Elon Musk stating he is offering to train him there to fight Vladimir Putin.