Fedor Emelianenko: Dana White never cut or fired me!

OK, here is the most recent VIDEO interview with the one and only Fedor Emelianenko. The interview was taken after Fedor's third loss in a row - to Dan Henderson.

I translated the main points for you, motherfuckers (not in particular order). The important parts are in bold.
My personal comments (are in Italic brackets and in red).
Enjoy what The Last Emperor has to say:

• - Fedor says he is feeling great.
• - Confirms once again that he thought the Henderson stoppage was EARLY. (tell me about it!)
  
• - Says he trained for Hendo the same way he trained for his other fights. Doesn't think his training camp was the reason for his loss. (he is pretty wrong about this)
• - Says he felt he could win at any moment in his last three fights. He felt he was holding the victory in his hands. But the victory slipped - it was God's will.
• - Has never felt grudge or anger against an opponent.
• - Not sure about rematch with Hendo, just wants to keep fighting. (good news!)
• - Gives priority to his new born child, says his focus is on his family now.
• - God is #1 in his life because God gave him life, family, etc. On earth, family goes first, though.
• - His relatives feel for him but keep supporting him and never told him he should quit.
• - When asked about his post-MMA future, Fedor answered: I will keep fighting for now. Eventually, after this will keep training youngsters but would like to do some work for the benefit of his country too (politics???).
• - Thinks there is no need to train with "import" sparring partners. Believes in the high abilities of the guys from his training camp. Says they did the best to prepare him for his fights. (de ja vu?)
• - Says Dana White never fired him because Fedor never had a contract with Strikeforce/Zuffa in the first place. Says his contract was with Showtime. Says that loud-mouthed statements like Dana's should be ignored. Says that Dana is just being typical Dana (i.e. - is talking bullshit)
• - Says his recent contract was very well crafted to avoid previous problems that he and his management team had with other orgs like Pride and Affliction
• - Doesn't think too much about who his next opponent may be. Says there are many worthy fighters in the Top 10 and the Top 20. (Top 20? damn...)
• - Would like to hang out and train a bit with Vovchanchin and Josh Barnett
• - Gives advice to young fighters: never think about the fight before the fight. Do not fight before the actual fighting has begun. Before fights Fedor prefers to listen to orthodox music, play chess.
• - Whe he is away from home, Fedor likes to relax by reading books. When he is home, he relaxes by being around his family, by going to Russian banya and by hanging out with friends.
• - Fedor always feels anxiety before fights. Not necessarily before the fight but during the day of the fight.
• - Asked about what he fears, Fedor answered: I believe in God, it's all up to him.
• - Says he became religious 3 1/2 years ago. His mindset changed after visiting a monastery (nunnery). Before becoming religious  he still tried to live a conscious life but sometimes his consciousness was broken by things he did. (for some reason the time he became religious coincides with the time he started to decine???)
• - He doesn't have dreams, just desires. His desire at this stage is to finish the building of his new house and move there with his family.

Fedor "loses" to Dan Henderson via TERRIBLE early stoppage ROBBERY

Fedor Emelianenko and Dan Henderson

So, Fedor just lost to Dan Henderson...This is what his MMA record will show from now on - a loss to Hendo. However, what his record will not be showing is the way he lost: via ref robbery!

The early stoppage in a nutshell:

Fedor loses position in the ground game and while on all four gets hit by an upercut from Dan Henderson, coming from behind his back and underneath his armpit. As a result Fedor suffers a flash knockout for about one second, he then recovers and starts fighting back immediately, but Herb Dean stops the fight in a great hurry.

What kind of bullshit is that???! Fedor was robbed.

When Brock Lesnar was flash KO-ed by Cain Velasquez and when he hit the ground face-first, the referee, Herb Dean, gave him all he time in the world to recover. But when Fedor got rocked by Hendo, the same damn referee, was in a bloody hurry to call the fight off!

BULLSHIT! BULLSHIT! BULLSHIT!

So, you bums don't think that Fedor deserves at least the same recovery time they gave to fucking Cheick Kongo when he got dropped by Pat Barry?
Don't you, punks, remember the Paul Daley vs Nick Diaz fight? Don't you? Are you telling me that when Daley flash-KO'ed Diaz and Nick did a faceplant and was out for a second, the fight should have been stopped? Don't you, morons, remember what happened when Diaz recovered from that short flash knockout? He freaking beat the snot out of Daley - the guy who just knocked his ass out for a second.
...Bloody teenage punk ass emos...

You know what?  Screw you, screw Herb Dean and screw Herb's closest friend - Dana White too!

Not to get too deep into conspiracy theories, but hey: you know what I mean? *wink*

Fedor's Sweater Is Back!

Fedor Emelianenko sporting the legendary sweater.

Few things in MMA have reached cult status. Fedor's legendary sweater is definitely one of them. And guess what: The Sweater is back and it is being worn by no oher but Fedor, of course.
It is great news that the cult piece of clothing is still in the possession of The Last Emperor.
For fuck's sake, Fedor, do NOT give the sweater to Ariel Shillwa... err, Helwani, like you promised in your last interview. The sneaky, big-nosed Zuffa shill should never be allowed to even touch The Sweater, let alone have it on his wall.
I wonder what happened to the promised release of fan shirts emulating Fedor's sweater pattern... wonder if they're out already.
I would fucking buy three of those and would wear them only on special occasions. Hurry up, Evgeni Kogan, the legend is back - just fucking print those shirts.

Fedor Knocks Out A Movie Stuntman

It looks like some funny shit happened at the set of  Fedor Emelianenko's first movie - "The Salamander Key".
In this video interview Fedor tells the story and I took my time to translate it for you, you MMA weirdos. Next time learn Russian just like I learned English, you punks. Transcription is below the video:

Fedor:
You know, I actually liked acting in a movie - it was interesting, but I feel that at this stage I should not be doing this because I am a sportsman and I have to compete. 

Fedor:
There was a curious and not very pleasant situation involving me and a stuntman. The scene didn't go the way we rehearsed it.

Journaist:
What happened?
Fedor (smiles):
He suffered a light knockout.

Fedor:
I wish that people started thinking a little bit more and always tried to do good things, it doesn't matter whether in a movie or in real life.

Dana White / Zuffa refuse to renew Fedor Emelianenko's contract?

Fedor Emelianenko

I was browsing the internet a second ago when I saw this fucking news. Let me start by saying that this most probably is a bullshit rumor but one that is worth analyzing.
It was posted on somebody's Facebook wall  - a link to a Russian sports web portal: http://lifesports.ru/news/54627

Basically, what the news says is that a "source" close to Fedor told the Russian news agency that the Zuffa guys have refused to renew Fedor's contract.
The source's commentary was that Fedor's price has dropped down dramatically after his latest back-to-back losses in Strikeforce. The Russian article says that Fedor was offered two options: to serve as a stepping stone to young fighters or to leave.
Hmmm.. That sounds pretty fucking phony, if you ask me.

I really don't know if this fucking news is true or not, but if it is true, let's analyze the reasons why Zuffa wouldn't want the former Pride FC heavyweight champion's contract to be continued. They may be more complex than it seems.
And before all you nutcases start ripping on Dana White & Co. for being a bunch of Fedor "haters", please be aware that Dana never takes things personally - he doesn't give a flying fuck about what a person or a manager has to say about him. Dana only cares about Zuffa's market, Zuffa's business and about the money this or that fighter can generate for Zuffa.

So, one reasonable explanation may be that Zuffa sees M1 as the new competition on the MMA market. Especially now, when M1 have a Showtime deal. So why resign and build up M1's most prominent fighter? Why not kill M1's cash cow and thus make them die off? Why not erase Fedor from history and in this way solve a whole bunch of potential problems in the future?
Sounds like a good business plan to me.

Or maybe it is that Dana made a market research and it showed that Fedor is not that big of a draw as the fans think that he is and therefore is not worth the money his management is asking?

Maybe all of sudden Dana cares about fighters' legacies and Fedor's 1:2 record in Strikeforce is the reason? Haha, not likely, I know...

We have a lot of "maybe's" going on here but whatever the real reason is, I am sure that it is not a personal thing. It is something money-related. As it has always been the case - business as usual.
Dana's dirty business.

One more time: let's not forget that this whole shit is not confirmed yet. It could be just a fucked up-rumor. And most probably it is.

So stay tuned for confirmation or disapproval of this shit.

Fedor Emelianenko's Movie Is Finally Out - 'The Salamander Key' (previously titled "The Fifth Execution")

Russian Poster for 'The Salamander Key'

The MMA community has been waiting for Fedor's first feature movie to come out for quite some time. Two years or so, if I'm not mistaken.
Don't know what took the movie crew so long to release the thing but it's great news that the film is finally going to see the day light with its Russian  premiere on the 24-th of March.

The name of the movie has been chaged from "The Fifth Execution" to "The Salamander Key". I like the new title better - makes things sound more mysterious and catchy. And this is a good thing even for an action movie - it's good to see they have dumped the dudebro approach, even though no body was going to complain should they've left the old title anyway.

Poster for the old title - 'The 5th Execution'

Just saw the new trailer (the old one was a 30-minutes long excerpt on YouTube) and it looked promising.
You can't go wrong with names like Rutger Hauer & Michael Madsen. The film is going to deliver lots of violence, firearm figths and explosions, all of this combined with a touch of female nudity. Sounds good enough to me. I'm gonna watch it.
And you know what, I think The Salamander key is a must-watch movie for every MMA fan. No body expects great acting from Fedor but hey, no body expects great acting from the whole cast anyway. Action movies are not meant to please the intellectual elite of the population, are they? All we want to see is the greatest MMA fighter of all time kick some ass in a movie. So go see the film, you chumps.

Scot Coker Speaks Up About The Zuffa Purchace of Strikeforce + Fedor's Next Fight

A great video interview with Scott Coker by the Inside MMA guys. Don't know how to comment on this. Just watch it.

Or maybe I'll just sum it up: 

- Scott Coker believes that the Strikeforce brand will not die off and will not get engulfed by the UFC.

- The relation between Strikeforce and the Japanese MMA promotion Dream remains intact.

- Women's MMA will be kept alive in Strikeforce.

- A Strikeforce / CBS deal is possible.

- Fedor has "multiple fights" remaining in Strikeforce and his contract is with the San Jose MMA promotion, not with Showtime.

- M-1 Global had to learn about the purchase from the news.

- UFC vs Strikeforce superfights will be happening. It is a matter of time.

- Looks like Dana White is not directly involved with Strikeforce. Lorenzo Feritta is.

 

Fedor Emelianenko's Latest Photo After The Antonio 'Big Foot' Silva Fight

Fedor's latest photo after the Antonio Silva fight. His eye still looks bad. Some serious hemorrhage is going on behind his iris. Damn, I hope he recovers soon. We all know that the greatest MMA fighter of all time will fight the loser of Overeem vs Werdum next. Wait, with the recent purchase of Strikeforce we actually don't know shit.

PS: Fedor's youngest brother is a huge Russian motherfucker. 

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Fedor Emelianenko