For the final time, the legendary Fedor Emelianenko made the walk to the cage on Saturday at Bellator 290, taking on heavyweight champion Ryan Bader. The event took place at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, Calif., and the fight card aired on CBS and Paramount Plus.
Bader scored a quick knockout win over Emelianenko in 2019, and it’s the one loss Emelianenko said that he wanted back. In their first fight, it only took Bader 35 seconds. In the rematch, it lasted 2 minutes and 30 seconds.
Emelianenko missed with a right hand. Bader connected with a left hand. Bader landed a left hand that knocked Emelianenko down. Bader unleaded multiple hammer firsts. Bader unloaded punch after punch and referee Herb Dead stepped in and stopped it.
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In the co-main event, undefeated middleweight champion Johnny Eblen put his title on the line against the streaking No. 3 ranked Anatoly Tokov.
Eblen came out pressing Tokov with jabs and leg kicks. Tokov…
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