What happened in battle
Russian Fedor Emelianenko battled American Ryan Bader for the Bellator heavyweight championship belt. Fedor is 46, Bader is 39. In the FightMatrix world heavyweight rankings, Bader was ranked 10th. In comparison, two heavyweights on today’s UFC main card, Marcin Tybura and Blagoi Ivanov, were 12th and 15th.
– In the morning I felt good, there were small experiences, but all that before the warm-up. I was warned late that the fight would start later, I started warming up earlier. But these are only trifles. Then I had to listen for a long time, – Fedor will say at a press conference, when it’s all over.
The fight between Emelianenko and Bader lasted 2 minutes 32 seconds. How was it :
From the details – Fedor didn’t look shocked, he got up on his own and could theoretically continue the fight. The stoppage was down to passive defending and a potential big hit for one of the fighters. Sometimes this decision of the referee provokes protests from the losing athlete, but in this case the judge is more focused on the possible development of the situation.
what was in the cage
Ryan Bader remains with the Bellator Heavyweight Championship. His statistics against Fedor’s team are 3:1 (only Vadim Nemkov could beat Bader). Most likely, the winner of the fight Valentin Moldavsky – Linton Vassell (March 10) will fight with Bader.
League chief Scott Cocker assembled an incredible selection of veterans who stepped into the cage to see Fedor off. The composition of the participants was supposed to illustrate all the possible options for crossing Fedor as an athlete. There was Mark Colman, who lost to Fedor twice, and Dan Henderson, who won against Fedor; Josh Barnett, who disrupted the fight against Emelianenko, and Randy Couture, who has long been considered the Russian fighter’s most desirable opponent; were UFC stars Chael Sonnen and Chuck Liddell; there was even Renzo Gracie, who put on a T-shirt with Alexander Emelianenko . Probably, Gracie wanted to support the photo editors of all sports publications in this way, which was so difficult all these years.
– You saw today that the whole room was sick, and I hope I deserved this audience with my performances. Not with chatter and some kind of statements, these are the words of Emelianenko when it was all over.
Fedor took a group photo and around 7 a.m. Moscow time put the gloves on in the center of the cage. Emelianenko’s career spanned 22 years, 8 months and 15 days; 40 wins, 7 losses, 1 fight declared a draw.
What Fedor said
– Age. I feel like the injuries get worse from fight to fight. My body no longer supports the loads it used to support. I’m glad I fought in America, we discussed with Scott that I should have three fights: in Japan, in the United States and in Russia (Emelianenko’s last three fights really took place in these countries. – ” MatchTV”).
So Fedor was asked if he was satisfied with his financial situation at the end of his career. Emelianenko took the longest break of the entire press conference:
– Thank God I’m fine, but money is such a thing that today they have it, but not tomorrow. As they say, don’t give up the sack and the jail. But I have arms and legs, and a head too. I can work…
It’s good that many modern fighters and champions say “I grew up on your fights” or “thanks to you I started doing sports”. But I was surprised when 8-10 years ago, bearded men came to me and said “I grew up with your fights”. And I thought, “Am I really that old?”
– Who has influenced you the most during your career?
– I do not even know. In the ring, they all feel the same when he arrives. I had a boxing trainer early in my career, he said don’t pay attention to the punches. Even when heavy blows rained down on me, he gave such advice. Thank God I learned that.
– Do you regret having wanted to do something during your career and not having been able to?
“I could have beaten Ryan Bader, but I didn’t. I’ve said before that I would like to be remembered as a believer. I accept everything as it is: wins and defeats, thank God for everything.
Texts on Fedor:
Source : MatchTV
I am Ashley Ortiz and I am a professional journalist working for Athletistic. My specialty is in sports journalism, particularly boxing. I have written articles for some of the most renowned publications on the subject, and my work has been featured across both print and digital media platforms.
