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Scott Coker says Fabricio Werdum signing in Bellator is up to Fedor Emelianenko if the Russian wants the rematch. Recently, Coker met with Werdum’s manager, Ali Abdelaziz, to discuss bringing in the former UFC champ to rematch Emelianenko. Yet, a…
Scott Coker says Fabricio Werdum signing in Bellator is up to Fedor Emelianenko if the Russian wants the rematch. Recently, Coker met with Werdum’s manager, Ali Abdelaziz, to discuss bringing in the former UFC champ to rematch Emelianenko. Yet, according to the Bellator boss, he says the Russian still isn’t sure if he wants the […]
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Fabricio Werdum has revealed he is edging closer to a rematch with MMA legend Fedor Emelianenko. The former UFC heavyweight champion, Werdum snapped a two-fight losing skid by submitting Alexander Gustafsson at UFC Fight Island 3 earlier this year before deciding to leave the promotion to explore free agency. Immediately after his release from the […]
Fabricio Werdum has revealed he is edging closer to a rematch with MMA legend Fedor Emelianenko.
The former UFC heavyweight champion, Werdum snapped a two-fight losing skid by submitting Alexander Gustafsson at UFC Fight Island 3 earlier this year before deciding to leave the promotion to explore free agency.
Immediately after his release from the UFC Werdum spoke with excitement about rematching the Russian under the Bellator banner. The Brazilian submission specialist previously submitted Emelianenko in 69 seconds at a Strikeforce show back in 2010.
In an interview with Canal Encarada, Werdum revealed a fight with Emelianenko is creeping closer although nothing is official yet, he said.
“(The talks) really are advanced. Ali went there last week, had the talk, and now it’s a matter of Fedor accepting. And he said the other day in an interview that he wanted to do this rematch as well. Since I have a huge respect for Fedor, I’d definitely give him a rematch — not only for that, but also the financial side, the promotion, the whole history we had.”
Werdum has great respect for his heavyweight rival but believes a rematch between the pair will go pretty much the same way the original match-up did 10 years ago.
“In my opinion, I still think Fedor is the greatest of all time, you have to respect the man,” Werdum said. “He’s done a lot of things for 10 years, he beat the best, so I think it would be a fight that everybody would like to see in Bellator, a superfight, a main event. I think it would sell a lot.
“If Fedor accepts, if he really wants to fight me one more time for this rematch… And, with all due respect, I firmly believe I will submit him again. I have no doubt. It’s not me being cocky, it’s the reality. That’s what I imagine. It will be a tough, of course. People think the other fight was easy, but how about the one before? Fighting Fedor, the expectation, nobody believing in me, everybody against me and chanting ‘The Emperor’ in the arena. It was tough, of course, because of everything that surrounded it.”
“And who knows, I don’t know if it could be the last one,” Werdum said. “When Fedor retires, I retire, we have a tequila together and it’s over, you know? [Laughs] I don’t know if it could happen.” (Transcribed by MMA Fighting)
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Bellator president Scott Coker has expressed an interest in signing Brock Lesnar who is currently a free agent after opting against re-signing with the WWE. Coker is hoping to match Lesnar against heavyweight great Fedor Emelianenko who is currently on his retirement tour. News about Lesnar becoming a free agent broke late last night and […]
Bellator president Scott Coker has expressed an interest in signing Brock Lesnar who is currently a free agent after opting against re-signing with the WWE. Coker is hoping to match Lesnar against heavyweight great Fedor Emelianenko who is currently on his retirement tour.
News about Lesnar becoming a free agent broke late last night and it has excited fans, fighters and promoters who all seem to want a piece of the superstar. Jon Jones has already called for his heavyweight debut to come against the 43-year-old.
According to Ariel Helwani Bellator are interested in signing Lesnar. The veteran MMA reporter made public his conversation with the promotions president Coker, he wrote.
“Asked Bellator President Scott Coker if he has interest in Brock Lesnar, and he replied: “Yes, if he’s truly available. Fedor vs. Brock is interesting. It’s the fight that never happened!””
Lesnar hasn’t fought since picking up a win against Mark Hunt at UFC 200 in July of 2016. Post-fight the eight-time WWE world champion failed a drug test. His win over Hunt was overturned to a no-contest and he was slapped with a $250,000 fine as well as a one-year retroactive suspension from active competition.
The former UFC heavyweight champion is currently 5-3 with one no-contest in MMA. Lesnar picked up UFC gold in just his won the UFC belt in just his fourth professional fight when he fight legend Randy Couture by knockout. He made two successful defences of his heavyweight strap against Frank Mir and Shane Carwin before losing his belt to Cain Velasquez and suffering another defeat at the hands of Alistair Overeem.
Emelianenko was last saw in action when he took out Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson who made his heavyweight debut at Bellator 237 in December 2019. Prior to that Fedor lost his belt to Ryan Bader in the Bellator heavyweight grand prix final.
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Fedor Emelianenko announced over the weekend that his coach and father figure, Vladimir Mikhailovich Voronov, has died. Emelianenko took to Instagram to pay tribute to his late coach. “My coach Vladimir Mikhailovich Voronov died,” Fedor wro…
Fedor Emelianenko announced over the weekend that his coach and father figure, Vladimir Mikhailovich Voronov, has died. Emelianenko took to Instagram to pay tribute to his late coach. “My coach Vladimir Mikhailovich Voronov died,” Fedor wrote on Instagram (via Google Translate). “From childhood, Vladimir was part of a family, a demanding mentor. He was always […]
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Scott Coker knows where he wants Fedor Emelianenko’s final fight to be. Entering this year, the plan was for Emelianenko to go on his farewell tour. Yet, the COVID-19 pandemic derailed those plans as he has yet to fight, and many not fight at all…
Scott Coker knows where he wants Fedor Emelianenko’s final fight to be. Entering this year, the plan was for Emelianenko to go on his farewell tour. Yet, the COVID-19 pandemic derailed those plans as he has yet to fight, and many not fight at all in 2020. Although the farewell tour will not happen in […]
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Fabricio Werdum is interested in two rematches as the former UFC heavyweight champion enters free agency. The Brazilian enters free agency coming off a first-round submission win over Alexander Gustafsson. Ahead of the fight, he made it clear he would …
Fabricio Werdum is interested in two rematches as the former UFC heavyweight champion enters free agency. The Brazilian enters free agency coming off a first-round submission win over Alexander Gustafsson. Ahead of the fight, he made it clear he would be testing free agency and most likely signing with a new promotion. Immediately, many called […]
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