Posted on 01/26/2019 5:19:53 PM PST by Impy
It's finally here, the Heavyweight Title Fight between Fedor "The Last Emperor" Emelianenko and Ryan "Darth" Bader. On Paramount Network (Formerly known as Spike TV) at 9 Eastern, the main event should start around 11 eastern, the undercard is nothing to write home about.
Why is Fedor still fighting?
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Hell with it, I’ll take Fedor.
Money, ego, or both.
He was retried for a good 3 years and then Brett Favred it.
I’ll root for him, as he was always a great show in Pride.
Thanks for the reminder - Bader is a bruiser, but Fedor has that sneaky power punch. Might be good but brief.
He is a warrior at heart; he will fully retire when hes ready.
You really dont know much about Fedor, do you?
Fedor is still fighting because he knew he could beat everybody in Bellator MMA-—I presume you saw none of his build-up fight wins to finally get to tonight. He will WIN his $300,000 purse tonight. That helps for endless worldwide endorsements FYI, as he is a world-wide phenomenon to everyone who follows MMA. WHY indeed!
Toxic Masculinity - Fun!!
I have to believe that the GOAT is going to prevail over Ryan Bader.
No other pick can be made, I’ll take the GOAT.
Very brief.
Goldberg: “HOW. GOOD. WAS. THAT???!!!”
Actually Goldy, I was hoping for a little bit more fight there. :/
Welp, apparently I was wrong as f***!
Yeah, I was hoping for more than one punch. Fedor should really retire after that, I hope he got paid well.
because he and his brother grew up hunting bears with ‘bear spears’ and knives- a ‘traditional hunting method in russia’ apparently
As normal boys do...
Fedor can’t take a punch any more. But full marks to Darth Bader. He’s a better fighter at his natural weight than he was cutting to 205. The way he manhandled Matt “Meathead” Mitrione was amazing. Mitrione was the guy who KO’ed Fedor in his inaugural Bellator fight, which probably was the closest the world will ever see to a real “Rocky” finish.
I’ll take Bader! :)
Dude, u r in the news. Frozen City!
Sympathy!
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