Pale PRIDE heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko has an opponent for the Bellator Moscow most predominant tournament scheduled for Oct. 23 for VTB Enviornment in Russia.
“The Final Emperor” will face no. 2 ranked heavyweight contender Tim Johnson. The news used to be first reported by Russian media outlet TASS and later confirmed by several news internet sites.
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The 44-twelve months pale Emelianenko (39-6, 1 NC) remaining fought in December 2019, defeating Quinton “Rampage” Jackson by TKO within the first spherical within the Bellator 237 most predominant tournament. He used to be defeated in his previous day out by Ryan Bader within the Bellator Heavyweight World Tall Prix finals with the intervening time heavyweight belt on the line.
Johnson (15-7) fought for the Bellator intervening time heavyweight title in his remaining strive against shedding to Valentin Moldavsky by unanimous option at Bellator 261 in June.
Emelianenko has two fights left on his Bellator MMA contract. The bout with Johnson shall be his next-to-remaining except he decides to step away in Moscow.
