Fedor Emelianenko will not be retiring from Mixed Martial Arts

Fedor Emelianenko suffered his second straight loss under the Strikeforce banner on Saturday night, at the hands of Antonio Silva. Speaking immediately after the fight was stopped due to a severe swelling under the right eye, the Russian hinted at retirement from the sport. However, when arrived today in Russia, Emelianenko had a different state of mind:

‘‘I rushed to declare my retirement. I will fight more. Possibly I will return to the Heavyweight-Grand-Prix. I am capable of having a few more fights. I didn’t make any analysis yet on why I lost. I need to recover, I can’t see very well yet.”

Despite the MMA community being turned upside down over the talk of his possible retirement these past few days, it looks as if ”The Last Emperor” believes he has one more run left in him. Fedor currently has two (and one optional) fights left on his current Strikeforce contract, and according to Scott Coker’s recent interview to MMAFighting.com, will likely take on the loser of the April 9th clash between Fabricio Werdum and Alistair Overeem. 

Fedor’s coach Vladimir Voronov also shared his thoughts:

”It’s very nice that Fedor still has fighting spirit, he is ready to rip everyone apart right now. Yes, his eye is swollen, but it will heal. Most importantly for him is not to have any psychological pressure. After this, he will train with triple effort.” 

So with the Russian Legend in high spirits, don’t write him off just yet. It looks like there’s still more to come from “The Last Emperor”.

HT: LifeSports.ru | Translation: ValeTudo.ru