Fedor Emelianenko retire – The Scores Report – The National Sports Blog https://www.scoresreport.com The National Sports Blog Fri, 25 Mar 2011 13:28:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.8 Fedor not retiring, will return to Strikeforce this July https://www.scoresreport.com/2011/03/25/fedor-not-retiring-will-return-to-strikeforce-this-july/ Fri, 25 Mar 2011 13:28:05 +0000 https://www.scoresreport.com/?p=55344 According to HeavyMMA.com, Strikeforce heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko is putting the retirement talk on hold and will return to action this July.

Despite hinting at walking away from the sport following his first round elimination in the Strikeforce heavyweight grand prix, Fedor Emelianenko is not ready to hang his gloves up just yet.

Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker told Sherdog.com on the latest “Beatdown” show that the heavyweight legend will return to action this July.

Emelianenko, who was touted as the best heavyweight in the world not long ago, agreed to participate in the eight-man tournament, joining the likes of heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem, Andrei Arlovski, and Josh Barnett, among others. But when he met Antonio Silva in the opening round, Emelianenko was dominated, losing to the Brazilian via technical knockout.

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