According to MMA Weekly, Fedor Emelianenko will not be fighting on a New Year's Eve in Japan, like Fedor Emelianenko's recent public letter hinted.
“No. It’s not going to happen,” said M-1’s president and CEO, Monte Cox, of the proposed fight.The same article gives us some other information as well.
“There was an offer. We looked at it. We tried to see if it was possible,” he admitted. “But in the end, there just wasn’t enough time to pull it off.
“It wasn’t a bad idea. It was kind of planned to be a sort of goodbye to Pride fans for Fedor.”
According to Tatame.com, an offer had also been extended to Ultimate Fighting Championship veteran Pedro Rizzo (16-7-0) to oppose Emelianenko in the bout.
Although M-1 is still working on putting all the pieces in place before it announces a definitive date for its first event, Cox said that the plan currently stands for Emelianenko’s next fight to be at M-1’s U.S. debut.
“We’re tentatively thinking February (for M-1’s first event and Emelianenko’s next fight). Obviously things can change, but that’s the plan,” stated Cox.
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