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Strikeforce Event Planned for July

Posted On Friday, March 25th, 2011 By admin

At a Strikeforce event planned for July, Fedor Emelianenko is supposed to fight an as-yet-unnamed challenger. The co-promotional stamp of Strikeforce partner M-1 Global will bear the event. Following the sale of Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker’s California-based promotion to the UFC, he is yet to talk with company officials. According Coker, Emelianenko is improbable to fight current Strikeforce light-heavyweight winner Dan Henderson. Since the challenger is yet to be pronounced, the betting odds for the Strikeforce event planned for July has not yet released. After knocking out Rafael “Feijao” Cavalcante, Henderson got his hands on the light-heavyweight belt. Strikeforce chief Coker feels Henderson might be “a little bit small” to face the heavyweight, although he has made frequent calls to take on Emelianenko. In the last fight Antonio Silva, Emelianenko weighed in at 230 pounds, while Henderson cuts hardly any weight to make his 205-pound divisional limit. At “Strikeforce and M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Silva”, Emelianenko (31-3 MMA, 1-2 SF) most recently competed this past month and endured the second true loss of his virtually unblemished career. He was ruled out to fight a third round with Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva by the doctors. At “Strikeforce and M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Continue Reading

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MMA Profile: Fedor Emelianenko

Posted On Friday, April 23rd, 2010 By admin

Fedor Emelianenko is a Russian heavyweight MMA fighter was born September 28, 1976. Previously the winner of Pride Heavyweight Championship and currently he is World Alliance of Mixed Martial Arts Heavyweight Champion. He also won in Pride 2004 Grand Prix, World Combat Sambo championship and also medaled in the Russian National Judo Championship. He was later by Vladimir Mihailovich Voronov and initially trained by Vasiliy Ivanovich Gavrilov. His greatest strengths are his perseverance and strong will power. He started learning Sambo and Judo techniques when he began fighting. In 1997, Fedor received “Master of Sports” title in Sambo and Judo and also earned a bronze medal in Russian Judo Championship. Under coach Alexander Vasilievich Michkov he studied to strike. He debuted in MMA for Japanese RINGS organization and was not allowed to make any head strikes. At 25 years of age as at that time he had no money, he started Sambo mixed martial arts in 2000. Emelianenko trains him two or three times a day, to improve his strength and skills. With sport specific training, Fedor is now trained in kickboxing, grappling and boxing. He works out by pull ups, crunches, dips and covers 7-9 miles, twice in a Continue Reading

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