Emelyanenko lost to Henderson in the first round

In Chicago, the STRIKEFORCE & M-1 Global martial arts tournament ended in the Mixed Martial Arts, in the main event of which there were two MMA legends: Russian Fedor Emelianenko and American Dan Henderson. The battle lasted only one round and ended with Henderson’s victory with a technical knockout.

In the debut of the battle, Henderson looked better in the rack, and the fighters spent most of the five -minute in Klinch. At the end of the first round, Emelianenko held a good attack, ended up from above, but the enemy managed to get out of this position and deliver a strong blow from the bottom, which shocked the Russian. The American rushed to finish and after several strokes of the referee decided to stop the battle.

In a post -match interview to the question of whether he could continue the battle, Emelyanenko replied that yes, in his opinion, the battle was stopped several prematurely, but he was not going to dispute and recognizes the result of the battle, according to allboxing.ru .

Recall that the previous two fights of the Russians also ended with his defeat - in June 2010 in the first round, he lost to Brazilian Fabrisio Verdum, and in February in the third round lost Antonio Silve also representing Brazil.

After two knockouts in a row, Emelyanenko thought about the end of his career, but still decided on four more battle. However, according to unofficial data, in the contract for this series of fights there is a item that allows it to break it in the event of a third defeat of the Russian.