In one of the more interesting twists from this past weekends loss by Russian heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko, one of his coaches is blaming the use of “forbidden psychological technology” as part of the reason for the former PRIDE champions loss to Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva.
No really.
In a statement to LifeSports.ru (translated by Fighters Only) coach Vladimir Voronov is putting the blame on ‘illegal’ use of psychics by “Bigfoot’s” camp to gain an edge of the Russian fighter on Saturday nights Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Silva main event bout.
“We believe that forbidden psychological technology was used… It seems to us that not everything was right, and that certain technologies were used. Not ones that could be seen by the naked eye but psychological technologies that worked on both fighters at a distance.”
“That is why during the fight Fedor was just not like himself. It seemed very strange behaviour from Fedor. He stepped into the ring and did everything exactly the opposite of what we practiced before the fight. We were all shocked! Fedor had never previously done such a thing.
“Now nearly a week passes, everything settles, and we understand why all this happened.”
Now reading another article, this one involving former UFC champ Rashad Evans, he says the big Russian was distraught because his Priest didn’t show up on time.
Speaking on PRO MMA Radio (FightLine.com), Evans cited a source working in the Silva camp who informed him of the situation.
“They said that Fedor was all upset because his priest didn’t come in. You know, he always has a priest for every one of his fights, and the priest didn’t come in or came in late, and it really messed him up mentally.
“When he came out, he seemed to be showing more emotion than he normally does. Normally he has a straight face, but he looked like he was mad, not like the typical Fedor we see.”
Well one of these situations seems more plausible over the other but who knows what goes on in Fedor’s camp, they seem to want to keep him isolated from the rest of the world at times.
Oh well only one thing to do in a situation like this, “Who ya gonna call…”