(All photos by Esther Lin for Strikeforce.com)
Fedor Emelianenko “The Last Russian Emporer” greets fans in Manhattan on Tuesday as part of Strikeforce/M-1 Global’s Fan Experience in downtown Manhattan.
All eight Strikeforce World Grand Prix heavyweights were on hand on Tuesday to meet with fans and to kick of festivities for the tournament which begins this Saturday. You can find more photos on the Strikeforce Facebook.com page by clicking the link.
Pictured from left to right are Fedor Emelianenko, Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva, Andrei Arlovski, Brett Rogers, Sergei Kharitonov, Fabricio Werdum, Alistair Overeem and Josh Barnett.
A few more photos after the jump
Strikeforce heavyweight champ Alistair Overeem hands out high five to fans who attended the event.
Rogers works out for fans in the makeshift cage provided for fans to catch a glimpse of some of the heavyweights in action.