Fedor Emelianenko vs. Matt Mitrione Rebooked for Bellator 180 PPV Co-Main Event
Fedor Emelianenko and Matt Mitrione will square off in the co-main event when Bellator 180 comes to pay-per-view on June 24.
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Regarded as one of the sport’s top pound-for-pound fighters of all-time, Emelianenko enters the bout on a five-fight winning streak. “The Last Emperor” came out of retirement in 2015 to stop Jaideep Singh via first-round TKO at Rizin FF “Iza no Mai.” In his most recent outing, the 40-year-old Russian took a controversial majority decision over Fabio Maldonado at Eurasia Fight Nights 50 last June.
After a 14-bout stint in the UFC, Mitrione kicked off his Bellator MMA tenure with stoppages of Carl Seumanutafa and Oli Thompson in 2016. The 38-year-old known as “Meathead” owns an 11-5 career mark that also includes triumphs over the likes of Derrick Lewis, Gabriel Gonzaga and Shawn Jordan.
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