MOSCOW, May 19. Former champion of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Khabib Nurmagomedov stated that he wants to organize a duel between Russian Fedor Emelianenko and Brazilian Junior dos Santos under the auspices of his organization Eagle Fighting Championship (Eagle FC). «If Junior wins (Yorgan De Castro), I want to organize his fight with Fedor. I want to talk to my friend Scott Cocker (president of the Bellator organization), because Fedor is under contract at Bellator. I don’t know what they are planning, but we could talk about it and create an interesting story, «Nurmagomedov said at a press conference before the Eagle FC 47 tournament, the video of which was published on Twitter of the promotion. During his career in mixed martial arts (MMA), Fedor Emelianenko won 40 victories with six defeats. Another of his fights was declared invalid. Under the current contract, 45-year-old Emelianenko has one fight left under the auspices of Bellator. Dos Santos is 38 years old. He took part in 30 fights, won 21 victories and suffered nine defeats. On May 20, in Miami, the Brazilian will make his debut match in Eagle FC against the representative of Cape Verde, Yorgan De Castro.
