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Fedor Emelianenko appeared to announce his retirement in the cage after Bellator 237. The 43-year-old Russian knocked out Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson in the nights main event. Speaking post fight the heavyweight appeared to confirm his retirement via a translator, he said. “Unfortunately, and regretfully, I want to say that perhaps my career stops here on my win in Japan and thank you very much. That’s the end of my tour.” (Transcribed by MMA Fighting)

‘The Last Emporer’ had taken people by surprise as all the talk during fight week was about potentially fighting on after his Bellator retirement tour. During the post-fight media scrum Fedor confirmed he had in fact not retired and this was simply a translation error. Speaking to MMA Junkie, he said this was his last fight in Japan but he would like two more elsewhere.

“I’m doing my tour, and this is my final
fights, and I want to do a fight in Japan, I want to do a fight in U.S., and I
went to do Russia. So, Japan, it was my retirement fight in Japan. So, I’m not
retiring.”

The heavyweight legend also took some time to talk about his fight with ‘Rampage’. Despite being past his peak Jackson had not been knocked out in 14 years prior to last night. According to Fedor it was all to do with being faster than his opponent on the night.

“I thought the fight would end up on the ground, but as soon as I got into the cage, I started to feel that I was faster than ‘Rampage’ and I started to feel that edge. It would make no sense to go to the ground, so that’s why I kept it up.”

Emelianenko landed a picture-perfect shot to end the fight and send ‘Rampage’ face first into the canvas. The former UFC light-heavyweight champion took some issue with the stoppage but Fedor was confident the job was done.

“It was a good stoppage because I felt like I would just get on top of him and start to deliver very heavy punches. Right after my punch he just collapsed and went face down. There was no necessity to do more.” (Transcribed by MMA Junkie)

Who would you like to see Fedor Emelianenko face in his final two fights?

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Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson weighed in for his fight Fedor Emelianenko earlier today. The former UFC light heavyweight champion hit the scales at a whopping 265lbs, whilst ‘The Last Emperor’ came in at 240.5lbs. This is the heaviest ‘Rampage’ has ever weighed, despite coming in over 240lbs for his last four fights. This won’t come as a surprise to most MMA fans, as the coach of ‘Rampage’, Sam Calvita revealed this was all part of the plan. Speaking to MMA Junkie, he said. “My idea for someone in a weight class is to bring them in as big and strong as they can. We’re going to bring him basically around 260. He’s a big man. He’s come such a tremendously long way.”

The 41-year-old ‘Rampage is coming off a win over long-time foe Wanderlei Silva at Bellator 206. Jackson finished his opponent in the second round to pick up his first win since beating Satoshi Ishii in 2016. He has called his fight with Fedor a special moment in MMA history ahead of their clash in Japan.

The Russian is currently on his final contract with Bellator who plan to take the heavyweight legend on a retirement tour. Fedor has refused to commit to his retirement though. Speaking to MMA Fighting, he said. “That’s what we discussed, that’s what we agreed on, but let’s see how I feel. Right now, the plan is just like Scott laid out, there’s gonna be three fights and it’s kind of a retirement tour, but when the tour is over let’s see how I feel, we’ll go from there.”

See below for the full weigh-in results from Bellator
237

Fedor Emelianenko (240.5) vs.
Quinton Jackson (265)

Michael Chandler (160.7) vs.
Sidney Outlaw (160.9) –
160-pound catchweight 

Shinsho Anzai (172.9) vs. Michael
Page (172) – 173-pound catchweight 

Lorenz Larkin (173.5)* vs. Keita Nakamura
(170.2)

Ilara Joanne (125.9) vs. Kana
Watanabe (124.8)

Daron Cruickshank (155.1) vs.
Goiti Yamauchi (157.8)*

Lorenz Larkin and Goiti Yamauchi each fined 20 percent of their purse for weight miss.

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Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson has been talking up his fight with heavyweight legend Fedor Emelianenko. The pair will square off in the main event of Bellator 237 which takes places at the Saitama Super Arena in Japan on Saturday night (Sunday locally).

The former UFC light-heavyweight champion told media he believes his fight with Fedor is a ‘special moment’ for the sport and despite being past their peak, both he and his opponent are ready to put on a show. Speaking to MMA Junkie, he said.

“This is a special moment in MMA history
no matter what the naysayers say. The guys who are never going to do anything
in their lives, the never-has-beens who want to say about two old guys getting
in there – the true MMA fans are going to win because there’s not going to
be a loser. There’s not going to be a loser. No matter who gets their hand
raised, there’s not going to be a loser because when two legends get in there,
and do what they love, and put on a show, the fans win.”

‘Rampage’ has admitted he found it
difficult to prepare for Fedor due to his deep respect for the PRIDE legend but
insists it’ll be all business come fight night.

“It’s been kind of hard for me to mentally prepare and get ready for this fight because you guys know how I like to knock people out, my team’s like, ‘Oh, you got to knock him out, you got to knock him out,’ and me being a big fan of Fedor, I’m thinking that’s the last thing he needs is to get knocked out right away and stuff like that, but none of that matters because when I get in that cage, ‘Rampage’ don’t have no friends. I don’t even like that motherf*cker. Nobody likes ‘Rampage,’ ‘Rampage’ don’t like nobody, so it don’t matter.” (Transcribed by MMA Junkie)

Are you excited about Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson vs. Fedor Emelianenko

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