MOSCOW, Jan 30. The head of the American promotion Bellator Scott Cocker said that MMA legend Fedor Emelianenko wanted to fight for the title with Ryan Bader if the American defeated Valentin Moldavsky at the 273rd numbered league tournament. heavy division. The next opponent of the American will be Cheick Kongo.
"We have been working on the Bader vs. Kongo fight for a long time. They fought a couple of years ago, a poke in the eye did not let them finish the job. We had a plan that whoever wins, whether it be Bader or Moldavian, in the next fight he would fight Kongo… Fedor said that he wanted to fight Bader if he beat Valentin. However, I replied that the winner would fight Kongo in a tournament in Paris. Let's see how everything goes — everything is changing rapidly in this business", the functionary said after the event in Phoenix (USA).
Recall that on October 23, Emelianenko knocked out American Timothy Johnson in the first round at the debut Bellator tournament in Russia . During his career in MMA, the 45-year-old Russian won 40 victories with six defeats. Another of his fights was declared invalid.