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MMA fighter Goltsov: Fedor Emelianenko psychologically could not come close to a duel with Bader

MOSCOW, February 5 – RIA Novosti, Oleg Bogatov. Mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter Denis Goltsov told RIA Novosti that Russian Fedor Emelianenko’s defeat in the last fight of his professional career with Bellator heavyweight champion American Ryan Bader became one of the main reasons.

The competition was the main event of the promotion’s 290th tournament, which took place in Los Angeles. Emelianenko lost to TKO in the first round. This was the second match of the athletes, at the beginning of 2019, Bader knocked out Emelianenko in the first minute of the fight. On the eve of the match, the Russian repeatedly stated that his fight with Bader will be the last in his sports career.

Goltsov said, “I think something went wrong with Fedor in terms of concentration. It seems to me that Fedor did not manage to approach the fight in the most psychologically optimal way. He was somehow still and moved very calmly. Maybe it was. It was his last fight and it was more colorful than him. The fact that they were expecting a fight, I assumed it should have ended in the first round, had to escalate the fight as it was unprofitable for Fedor to delay it in the next rounds, let’s say he didn’t even manage to start the attack.

The agency’s source said, “He started missing tangent hits. It didn’t even seem like he was swimming very well to me. But he fell to the ground and it was already difficult for him to deal with the situation there.” I was surprised by this result but it should be noted that fighting at 46 is not uncommon in MMA, it is an exception to the rule. The main thing is that Fedor remains healthy. He will continue to be a student.”

Emelianenko said he wanted to coach after the fight. The athlete won 40 fights in his professional career and lost in seven of them.

Source: Ria

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