Fedor Emelianenko Addresses Fans Following Bellator 214 Loss

Fedor Emelianenko has issued a statement following his knockout loss at the hands of Ryan Bader. Emelianenko went one-on-one with Bader in the finals of the Bellator Heavyweight World Grand Prix this past Saturday night (Jan. 26). Things didn’t g…

Fedor Emelianenko has issued a statement following his knockout loss at the hands of Ryan Bader. Emelianenko went one-on-one with Bader in the finals of the Bellator Heavyweight World Grand Prix this past Saturday night (Jan. 26). Things didn’t go Emelianenko’s way as he was flattened in just 35 seconds. Bader is the first fighter […]

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Highlights: Ryan Bader Runs Through Fedor Emelianenko With Sub-Minute KO

Bellator MMA has their first “double-champ” as Ryan Bader needed little more than 30 seconds to knock out Fedor Emelianenko and end the Bellator World Heavyweight Grand Prix. Bader, who already held the promotion’s light heavyweight title, did what most people expected him to do Saturday night at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif. The surprising […]

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Bellator MMA has their first “double-champ” as Ryan Bader needed little more than 30 seconds to knock out Fedor Emelianenko and end the Bellator World Heavyweight Grand Prix.

Bader, who already held the promotion’s light heavyweight title, did what most people expected him to do Saturday night at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif. The surprising part is it only took Bader 32 seconds to knock out Emelianenko.

Watch Ryan Bader knock out Fedor Emelianenko at Bellator 214 to win the Heavyweight Grand Prix and become the new heavyweight champion. (courtesy of Bellator MMA):

This is the best case scenario for the Viacom owned promotion. They to now have a certified “champ-champ” to rival the UFC.

That being said its unknown at this time if Bader will defend both titles going forward. When pressed about that very thing during his post-fight interview with John McCarthy, Bader said he would have to get with his team and see what Bellator President Scott Coker wanted to do.

Regardless Bellator MMA has their first “double champ” and his name is Ryan “Darth” Bader. Whether on not he defends both belts is another question entirely.

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Highlights: Ryan Bader Destroys Fedor Emelianenko To Become Bellator Double Champ

Ryan Bader has made Bellator history. In the main event of Bellator 214 tonight (Sat. January 26, 2019) from The Forum in Inglewood, California, Bader captured the promotion’s heavyweight title. Bader shared the cage with mixed martial arts (MMA)…

Ryan Bader has made Bellator history. In the main event of Bellator 214 tonight (Sat. January 26, 2019) from The Forum in Inglewood, California, Bader captured the promotion’s heavyweight title. Bader shared the cage with mixed martial arts (MMA) heavyweight legend Fedor Emelianenko. The pair earned their way into a fight for the vacant heavyweight […]

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Ryan Bader Beats Fedor Emelianenko Via 1st-Round Knockout at Bellator 214

Ryan Bader added the heavyweight championship to his Bellator resume Saturday with a first-round knockout of legend Fedor Emelianenko in the Heavyweight Grand Prix Finals at The Forum in Inglewood, California…

Ryan Bader added the heavyweight championship to his Bellator resume Saturday with a first-round knockout of legend Fedor Emelianenko in the Heavyweight Grand Prix Finals at The Forum in Inglewood, California…

Ryan Bader Beats Fedor Emelianenko Via 1st-Round Knockout at Bellator 214

Ryan Bader added the heavyweight championship to his Bellator resume Saturday with a first-round knockout of legend Fedor Emelianenko in the Heavyweight Grand Prix Finals at The Forum in Inglewood, California…

Ryan Bader added the heavyweight championship to his Bellator resume Saturday with a first-round knockout of legend Fedor Emelianenko in the Heavyweight Grand Prix Finals at The Forum in Inglewood, California…

Ryan Bader Finishes Fedor To Win Vacant Bellator Heavyweight Title

Ryan Bader finishes Fedor Emelianenko to win the vacant Bellator heavyweight title, which means that he made history as he’s now a two-division champion. This fight served as the headliner of Bellator 214 on January 26, 2019 at The Forum in Inglewood, California on Paramount Network and DAZN. In round 1, the light heavyweight champion […]

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Ryan Bader finishes Fedor Emelianenko to win the vacant Bellator heavyweight title, which means that he made history as he’s now a two-division champion.

This fight served as the headliner of Bellator 214 on January 26, 2019 at The Forum in Inglewood, California on Paramount Network and DAZN. In round 1, the light heavyweight champion dropped him with a left hook and Fedor was out on his feet. Bader followed up with a right hand for extra measure to win the heavyweight tournament final.

Bellator MMA finally crowned its new heavyweight champion, which has been expected for some time. Thus, the Viacom-owned promotion brought back a tournament to find their heavyweight champion.

The company had been without a heavyweight champion since the title was vacated by then-champ Vitaly Minakov. It all went down once Bellator decided to strip him of it in May of 2016 for failing to defend the title.

The main event of Bellator 207 (October 12, 2018) at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut saw Bader score a decision win over Matt Mitrione. This served as a heavyweight grand prix semifinal bout. Before this fight, Bader picked up a first-round knockout victory over Muhammed Lawal in the quarterfinals of this tournament at the Bellator 199 event on the Paramount Network at the SAP Center in San Jose, California.

On the flip side, Fedor beat Chael Sonnen on at Bellator 208 at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York by first round TKO. Before this, in the main event of the Bellator 198 event at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois, on the Paramount Network, the MMA legend finished former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir. It happenend through strikes in the first round. This bout served as the Bellator Heavyweight Grand Prix quarterfinal bout. Emelianenko is a historic figure in the history of the MMA game and no doubt an MMA Legend.

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