The Bellator MMA championship battle between Heavyweight between Fedor Emelianenko and Ryan Bader closed with the predicted scenario. Fedor Emelianenko, who was like the strongest MMA boxer of all time, could not fight his age when he stepped on the radio at the age of 46. He lost to Ryan Bader right in the first half.
“Of course I am sad because the match results do not happen as I want,” Fedor Emelianenko shared after the event. He said he would retire, regardless of the results of this stretching match. “The last emperor” added: “But I am happy because everyone has come to cheer, there are also boxers who have accompanied me for 2 decades.”
On the side of Ryan Bader, he not only successfully protected the Bellator MMA championship. This boxer also became the only one who won twice before Fedor Emelianenko, and those were all victories in the first half. This is a unique achievement, although Bader fights Fedor Emelianenko when he is no longer at the peak.
Talking about the victory of Fedor Emelianenko, Bader said: “I feel sad and happy. Like many MMA fans, many other boxers, I am a fan of him. Fedor is the life legend of the martial arts.
Fedor Emelianenko closed his professional MMA career with 48 matches including 40 wins (16 no, 15 submission), 7 defeats and 1 non -recognized match. He is noted as one of the best MMA boxers in history, even can be considered the greatest person.
For more than 2 decades of MMA, Fedor Emelianenko defeated 7 UFC champions. He was recognized by Mr. Dana White as “the only contract I felt regretful because I could not recruit success”. Fedor announced his first retirement in mid -2012, but then returned to play at the end of 2015.