Fedor (photo) will return to the ring at the turn of the year. Photo: Disclosure/Strikeforce
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The return to MMA Fedor Emelianenko, considered the greatest heavyweight of all time, caused great commotion and expectation among fans. However, long after the announcement that Fedor would return in “Rizin FF”, known as “New PRIDE”, the Russian remains without an opponent for the event. New Year's Eve in Japan.
After being speculated against the Brazilian Carlos Toyota and the Indian Jaideep Singh, both discarded by Nobuyuki Sakakibara's organization of the event, it was the turn of another possible opponent of Fedor to be cut from the list: Tsuyoshi Kosaka, 45-year-old judoka and the only opponent to beat Fedor at PRIDE, and who will face James Thompson at Rizin.
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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