Following his win over Pedro Rizzo last week (June 21, 2012) at the M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Rizzo event in St. Petersburg, Russia, mma legend Fedor Emelianenko announced his retirement to the world. At the event a member of HDNet’s “Inside MMA” program, who interviewed the former Pride heavyweight champion following the post-fight press conference.
The video above is just a clip of that interview from Monday night’s “Inside MMA” program.
“People will accept my decision. They gotta understand that it’s my decision and I’ve got to go.You shouldn’t be disappointed that I’m leaving. Life is going on. I want to thank everyone who has supported me. Eventually the time to go was coming. My time has come. We’ll try to make some new MMA stars.”
When asked if he’d come back for a fight with a big-name fighter such as Brock Lesnar, ‘The Last Emperor’ responded by saying “I’m not promising, but anything is possible.”
Following his win over Pedro Rizzo last week (June 21, 2012) at the M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Rizzo event in St. Petersburg, Russia, mma legend Fedor Emelianenko announced his retirement to the world. At the event a member of HDNet’s “Inside MMA” program, who interviewed the former Pride heavyweight champion following the post-fight press conference.
The video above is just a clip of that interview from Monday night’s “Inside MMA” program.
“People will accept my decision. They gotta understand that it’s my decision and I’ve got to go.You shouldn’t be disappointed that I’m leaving. Life is going on. I want to thank everyone who has supported me. Eventually the time to go was coming. My time has come. We’ll try to make some new MMA stars.”
When asked if he’d come back for a fight with a big-name fighter such as Brock Lesnar, ‘The Last Emperor’ responded by saying “I’m not promising, but anything is possible.”
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Fedor Emelianenko Photo via MixFight.ruMixed martial arts icon, Fedor Emelianenko (34-4) earned the last victory of his career after finishing former UFC and Pride veteran Pedro Rizzo by knockout in the main…
Mixed martial arts icon, Fedor Emelianenko (34-4) earned the last victory of his career after finishing former UFC and Pride veteran Pedro Rizzo by knockout in the main event of M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Rizzo.
Emelianenko wasted little time by finishing Rizzo in the first with a right hand and following it up with several more strikes on the ground for a finish at 1:24.
Sometime shortly after the event ‘The Last Emperor’ announced his retirement from the sport to spend more time with his family (via LowKick’s Anton Gurevich).
– BREAKING: Fedor retires “There’s no ‘fantastic’ offer that could tempt me out of retirement. I’m retiring to spend more time with my family”
The event went down today at the Ice Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Check out the rest of the results for the M1 Global: Fedor vs. Rizzo event below:
Main Card
Heavyweight bout: Fedor Emelianenko def. Pedro Rizzo via KO (Punches) – R1 @ 1:24
Heavyweight title bout: Kenny Garner def. Guram Gugenishvili via TKO (Doctor stoppage) – R3 @ 5:00
Lightweight bout: Musa Khamanaev def. Daniel Weichel via Submission (Heel hook) – R1 @ 1:48
Heavyweight bout: Jeff Monson def. Denis Komkin via Submission (North-South choke) – R1 @ 1:58
Lightweight bout: Marat Gaifurov def. Mairbek Taisumov via Split Decision
Featherweight bout: Mikhail Malyutin def. Renat Gasanov via TKO (Punches) – R1 @ 3:16
Preliminary Card
Middleweight bout: Ramzan Emeev def. Albert Duraev via KO (Punches) – R1 @ 1:36
Featherweight bout: Vugar Bahshiev def. Jerome Bouisson via Submission (Heel hook) – R1 @ 2:48
Featherweight bout: Pavel Vitruk def. Radoslav Pehnik via Unanimous Decision
Heavyweight bout: Akhmed Sultanov def. Dennis Golcov via Submission (Heel hook) – R1 @ 1:28
Middleweight bout: Abdulmazhid Magomedov def. Davrbek Isakov via TKO (Punches) @ R1 @ 3:25
‘The Last Emporer’ Fedor Emelianenko hit the scales yesterday in St. Petersburg, Russia for his M-1 Global bout with former UFC vet Petro Rizzo. The two clash today at the Ice Palace in St. Petersburg.
The video of the two is in Russian and you can check out the full weigh-in results as well as video of the event weigh-ins after the jump.
‘The Last Emporer’ Fedor Emelianenko hit the scales yesterday in St. Petersburg, Russia for his M-1 Global bout with former UFC vet Petro Rizzo. The two clash today at the Ice Palace in St. Petersburg.
The video of the two is in Russian and you can check out the full weigh-in results as well as video of the event weigh-ins after the jump.
M-1 Global light heavyweight champion Vinny Magalhães has reportedly sold his belt on eBay for $100,000. The belt was up for sale over the past few days with bidding skyrocketing up to $100,000 when Magalhães declared it sold on Twitter (@VinnyMMA). – SOLD!!! @ebay #winning $100k http://twitter.com/VinnyMMA/status/202306348111773696/photo/1 The page has since been removed from the […]
Vinny Magalhães M-1 Global LHW belt
M-1 Global light heavyweight champion Vinny Magalhães has reportedly sold his belt on eBay for $100,000.
The belt was up for sale over the past few days with bidding skyrocketing up to $100,000 when Magalhães declared it sold on Twitter (@VinnyMMA).
The page has since been removed from the eBay site.
Magalhães and M-1 Global have been on the outs since last fall when the Brazilian defended his title against Mikhail Zayats at an event in Phoenix, Arizona.
Magalhães told MMAFighting.com that during his fight in October, M-1 Global exec Evgeni Kogan was actively cheering against him during the bout, which really opened the divide between both sides.
“I’ve never had a problem with M-1 as a company,” he said. “They always paid me for the fights they were supposed to. My only problem is with Evgeni Kogan, which was a personal problem. He was at in my last fight, he decided to root against me, and since that day things haven’t gone well.”
Magalhaes doesn’t regret making his complaints with Kogan public.
“I mean, when he rooted against me he didn’t do it behind the scenes,” Magalhaes said. “He made it public … He said I was an unemployed gigolo fighter, what does that even mean, is he calling me a prostitute?”
Since then Magalhães has been shelved by M-1 Global, waiting out the remainder of his contract which will conclude this summer, allowing him to sign with any promotion without restrictions.
Magalhães is hoping that he’ll get a chance to avenge a loss to UFC light heavyweight Ryan Bader at the TUF 8 Finale.
Russian heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko talks about his upcoming fight with Pedro ‘The Rock’ Rizzo. The two meet on June 21, 2012 in Russia. Fedor talks to German based GnP-TV in his usual demeanor saying little about his opponent except that “He is a very good and interesting opponent. It will be an interesting fight.” The big Russian also answers some questions on the difference between the M-1 Global and UFC promotions.
Russian heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko talks about his upcoming fight with Pedro ‘The Rock’ Rizzo. The two meet on June 21, 2012 in Russia. Fedor talks to German based GnP-TV in his usual demeanor saying little about his opponent except that “He is a very good and interesting opponent. It will be an interesting fight.” The big Russian also answers some questions on the difference between the M-1 Global and UFC promotions.
