Three and a half years have passed since Fedor Emelianenko announced his retirement from big-time sports in the summer of 2012, and the Last Emperor has finally decided to resume his career. And it is quite symbolic that his return took place on New Year’s Eve in Japan, which revived the tradition of New Year’s fights with Fedor’s participation.
The fight took place at a tournament of the Rizin organization, which planned to become the ideological successor to the legendary Pride FC.
Fedor’s opponent was the two-meter Indian kickboxer Singh Jaideep. By that time, he had 40 victories in professional kickboxing, the J-Network champion title, two victories under the rules of mixed martial arts and a knockout victory over Sergei Kharitonov in a fight under the rules of K-1