41-årige ryske tungviktaren Fedor Emelianenko gjorde under nyår 2015 sine comeback i MMA efter 3 års pension när han mötte Jaideep Singh under Rizin 1, där han segrade via TKO. Han mötte sedan Fabio Maldonado under EFN 50 i juni förra året och gick då med sin andra raka seger via ett enhälligt domslut.
Härnäst kommer Emelianenko att möta Matt Mitrione under Bellator 172 i helgen, men detta kan nu komma att bli en av hans sista matcher. Den ryske MMA-veteranen ser att han kommer att avsluta sin karriär som fighter under kontrakt med Bellator.
Det här berättade Fedor via ’The MMA Hour’:
We had made great relations with Scott Coker. I received a very good offer from Bellator. In addition, Bellator invited my entire team. So all of the guys will be performing as well.
A lot of time you can be close, but then go around and around and never get to it. That’s what happened. There were some things that were not satisfactory for UFC, there were some things that were not satisfactory for me, and we never came to an agreement.
One of the main reasons was the ability to have my teammates to perform and the others were financial reasons, as well as some smaller things.
I would like to end my career with Bellator. I would like to work in accordance with my contract. Relations with people is of great importance with me. I value highly the relations with myself and Scott. So I do want to end my career with Bellator.
