Fedor Emelianenko shocked MMA fans across the world this Saturday at the Strikeforce Heavy Weight Grand Prix tournament after a devastating loss to Antonio Silva. With his right eye swollen shut and his face badly bruised the legend Fedor Emelianenko announced that it may be time to retire.
“Yes, maybe it’s the last time. Maybe it’s high time,”
Said Fedor through an interpreter. With fans in the crowd clearly upset at what they were hearing Fedor went on to say.
“I spent a great, beautiful, long sport life. Maybe it’s God’s will.”
MMA fans around the globe are not ready to see their legend leave just yet. There may be hope that we haven’t seen the last of Fedor, Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker spoke about Fedor’s decision, saying he believes that Fedor will return and if someone falls out of the tournament he may get a chance as an alternate.
“You know how that goes. People get very emotional during a fight and we’ll see. My position is we have many more fights with Fedor and I think he’ll honor his contract,” Coker said.
“There’s absolutely a possibility that he could be a replacement. There could be an injury and we could get Fedor back in the tournament, but either way he’ll be fighting high-level competition.”
Another man whogives us hope Fedor is not finished yet is his manager and very close friend Vadim Finkelstein. Vadim feels Fedor is not finished yet and that fans have not seen the last of him just yet.
“I think Fedor was just really upset that he lost the fight because he was so, the way the fight finished, because he was so prepared for the fight. I don’t think it was a clear-cut loss. If it doesn’t get stopped by the doctor, we don’t know what would have happened in that third round. Because of that I think we will see Fedor return,” Finkelstein stated.
Finkelstein says ultimately it is Fedors decision but in his opinion fans haven’t seen the last of the Last Emperor.
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