SAN JOSE, Calif. – Just as he had following each one of his astonishing
27 consecutive victories, Russian heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko entered the night’s post-event press conference with little
visible emotion.
Despite the fact that the MMA world had been turned on
its head following Emelianenko’s 69-second loss to Fabricio Werdum, “The Last Emperor” remained his usual
stoic self as reporters tried to dissect how and why the sport’s
greatest heavyweight had been so quickly deposed.
After all, as Emelianenko explained, how could he be disappointed at
what was obviously God’s will?