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Fedor Emelianenko announced his return to the ring
Mixed martial arts fighter Fedor Emelianenko decided to return to the ring. Now he is negotiating with companies that arrange fights. “As soon as agreements are reached, information about the date of the fight and the opponent will appear,” said Emelianenko.
According to the athlete, for the last three years he has been in shape, but is not yet ready to participate in battles. Recently, Emelianenko began to train hard.
During my work in the [sports] ministry, I managed to work on the development of martial arts, worked closely with the presidents of sports federations, got to know the problems of sports from the inside, tried to solve them to the best of my ability. But now I feel it's time to get back in the ring.
- Fedor Emelianenko is the most famous Russian fighter in mixed martial arts. The athlete spent his last fight on June 21, 2012. He knocked out the Brazilian Pedro Rizzo. After that, Emelianenko left to work as an adviser to the Minister of Sports.
- In total, Emelianenko spent 40 fights in mixed martial arts and suffered only four defeats. In addition, he won 13 Russian championships in combat sambo.