Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov has revealed when Fedor Emelianenko will hold his next fight. “Sport-Express”.
“I spoke to Bellator President Joe Cocker about this. It seems to me that Fedor will fight at Bellator at the end of the year. If I’m not mistaken, I think this is Japan,” he said.
In total, the Russian athlete spent 47 fights in MMA, during which he won 40 victories and suffered six defeats. In the fight against American Timothy Johnson at Bellator 269 in October 2021, Emelianenko won by knockout in the first round.
Formerly Emelianenko to be president Russian MMA Association. He was elected by majority vote. As a competitor, he opposed Radmir Gabdullin, who has led the organization since 2018. Andrey Terentyev was also supposed to participate in the elections, but withdrew his candidacy in favor of Emelianenko. Earlier, he refused to nominate his candidacy.