Fedor announces return at event led by former president of Pride

F. Emelianenko (photo) marked his time in the now-defunct PRIDE. Photo: M1 Global/Disclosure

The mystery is over! The legend Fedor Emelianenko announced his return to MMA on the stage that made him famous. The greatest heavyweight in history revealed during Bellator Dynamite, in the early hours of this Sunday (20), that he will make his comeback fight in Japan. But it won't be in the UFC, how there was speculation in a superfight with Anderson Silva, or not even in Bellator. He will be the attraction of a new event led by Nobuyuki Sakakibara, president of the extinct Pride, which has not yet been named.

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The leader revealed that he will hold a major event in Japan, during New Year's Eve in the Land of the Rising Sun. The Russian has not yet defined his opponent. The show will be held in partnership with Bellator and broadcast live in the US on Spike TV.

At 38, Fedor Emelianenko has a professional record of 34 wins, four losses and one fight without result. PRIDE heavyweight champion from 2003 until the end of the event in 2007, Fedor maintained one of the longest undefeated streaks in history, after going without being defeated between 2000 and 2010. The “Last Emperor”'s unbeaten streak came to an end with the surprising submission suffered in the first round for the Brazilian Fabricio Werdum in Strikeforce, to this day one of the biggest upsets in the history of MMA.

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