Fedor Emelianenko Could Return to Strikeforce in October or November

Fedor Emelianenko Could Return to Strikeforce in October or November

Fedor Emelianenko Could Return to Strikeforce in October or November
Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker has begun negotiations with M-1 Global to plan the return of former top-ranked heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko, who could return to Strikeforce as early as October. Emelianenko isn't expected to immediately rematch Fabricio Werdum and could instead face Alistair Overeem, Antonio Silva, or Sergei Kharitonov next.

Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker has begun negotiations with M-1 Global to plan the return of former top-ranked heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko, who could return to Strikeforce as early as October.

“Hopefully we’ll have something put together in the next two to three weeks and we can make a big announcement when the next Fedor fight will occur,” Coker recently told Sherdog. “If it were up to me and it were a Strikeforce event, we’d have Fedor fighting before the end of the year. When you have a co-promotion, there are a lot of different needs to fill so to speak.&...


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