In an interview with a socialbites.ca correspondent, organizer Vladimir Khryunov talked about the defeat of Russian mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Fedor Emelianenko against Ryan Bader at the Bellator 290 tournament.
According to him, the 46-year-old Russian deserved a different farewell to the big sport.
If all goes well, we can offer him a farewell match in Russia. For the audience to see another Fedor. Whether he will accept it is his own business, but I would definitely do it.
Now the time is not easy: look, the sky above Moscow is gray and people like Fedor can bring great joy to a large number of people, great motivation to live and love their homeland.
In any case, we should wish Fedor good luck to come together after this fight and do something more together, ”Khryunov told socialbites.ca.
The fight, which took place within the scope of the Bellator 290 tournament, ended with the defeat of the Russians in the first round. The referee stopped the meeting at the third minute.
In January 2019, the athletes met already in the octagon. Then the US representative won at 35 seconds.
“socialbites.ca” caused Online broadcast of the match.
Former warrior Kirill Sidelnikov declarationHe said that Fedor Emelianenko, who ended his career after losing to Ryan Bader, opened the MMA industry to Russia.
Source: Gazeta
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