RIZIN FF News

Russell Ess - January 25, 2016

An intriguing matchup has been buzzing amongst the MMA community of a potential fight between Fedor Emelianenko and Tito Ortiz. While other rumors have been circulating of Fedor potentially fighting King Mo, Wanderlei Silva, and even Brock Lesnar, no word on an official fight has been released. Russian website World of MMA reported the following (translated with Google Translate):

bjpenndotcom - January 22, 2016

[ooyala code=”R5ZzQ4MDE6NH2U_tUDL_xSOt_Lldg5u9″ player_id=”631143aa3982447caf394a185941cb69″ width=”1280″ height=”720″ auto=”true” autoplay=”true”] When Fedor Emelianenko made his triumphant return to MMA on New Year’s Eve at Rizin FF, the MMA world went wild with possibilities as to who Fedor could fight next. It was announced that Emelianenko would be looking to take another fight in April, likely under the Rizin banner once again, however no opponent was given.

bjpenndotcom - January 21, 2016

Following the triumphant return of Fedor Emelianenko on New Year’s Eve it was announced that ‘The Last Emperor’ would be looking to fight again under the Rizin banner sometime around April. Immediately there were speculations as to who Emelianenko would fight, however since the announcement we’ve heard no further details regarding the fight.

bjpenndotcom - January 19, 2016

Heading into Fedor Emelianenko’s MMA return on New Year’s Eve at Rizin FF there was much speculation as to who Fedor Emelianenko’s opponent would be.. Ultimately, Emelianenko fought and defeated Jaideep Singh, in the very first round of their main event scrap. Following the bout it was revealed that WSOF President and kickboxing legend Ray Sefo was offered the fight, as well as former UFC champion Randy Couture.

bjpenndotcom - January 5, 2016

For quite some time leading up to Fedor Emelianenko’s MMA return on New Year’s Eve there was speculation as to who ‘The Last Emperor’ would be fighting. While he ultimately ended up fighting and defeating Jaideep Singh, the first man who was named as Emelianenko’s opponent, apparently the fight was offered to retired kickboxing legend and WSOF President Ray Sefo.

bjpenndotcom - January 5, 2016

https://youtu.be/GqhvwSeiiXg After a three year hiatus from MMA,  Fedor Emelianenko came back to competition with Rizin against Jaideep Singh.  A mauling of Singh in the first round proved too much as the “The Last Emperor” devastated his opponent with unanswered shots.

bjpenndotcom - January 5, 2016

King Mo vs Fedor…..In the @bellatormma cage….on @spiketv…..in Dallas, TX — King Muhammed (@KingMoFH) January 5, 2016