Fedor Emelianenko lost his final mixed martial arts bout Saturday night when Ryan Bader stopped him halfway through the first round with a relentless ground-and-pound finish at Bellator 290.
Fedor Emelianenko, rights, listens to interpreter Georgiy Litvinov during an interview in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. Emelianenko says he is ending his trailblazing mixed martial arts career after he fights Ryan Bader for the Bellator heavyweight title on Saturday, Feb. 4. – Fedor Emelianenko placed his gloves on the canvas and then cracked a warm smile while nearly a dozen mixed martial arts greats behind him led the crowd in one last ovation.
“On the one side, I’m sad I didn’t deliver on the fight as I wanted to,” Emelianenko said through a translator. “But on the other side, I’m so happy that all these fans and all these veteran fighters are here cheering for me.” “It was bittersweet," Bader said. “I idolized him like every MMA fan and fighter coming up. He put the sport on his back. That is a legend right there.”
The slightly pudgy, slightly undersized heavyweight improbably recorded a long series of spectacular knockouts and submissions while fighting for the Pride promotion in Japan. He acquired mainstream attention when he began fighting stateside in 2008 while retaining the blank-faced earnestness and violent talents that made him such a favorite.
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