Många fighters skulle vara ivriga över att få råd om MMA från den nu pensionerade ryske fightern Fedor Emelianenko, om de fick erbjudandet. Ryska fighters tackar dock nej till det enligt Emelianenko, som tror att det kan bero att hans landsmän tänker på sin stolthet.
Det här berättar han, via ”MMAMania”:
I can see that I could help many our guys. I can see the mistakes that Cain Velasquez and Junior dos Santos used to make. Of course, Velasquez is best in our time, but I see his flaws. Still, I can’t understand why our fighters can’t take what I could give them. Or they just don’t want to take it. Many of our fighters consider themselves to be seasoned and experienced fighters. They reject my help many times. So I am only left to work with newcomers. It’s easier to work with them.
Emelianenko vann sammnlagt 34 matcher under sin karriär, där 10 avslutade via knockout, 16 via submission och 8 via domslut.
