After his bout with Fabricio Werdum and possibly a match with Alistair Overeem M-1 Global Fighter Fedor "The Last Emperor" Emelianenko may call it quits! But wait not so fast! Though the consensus No. 1 Heavyweight is running for political office in his home province of Belgorod, he is not retiring. There has been a lot of speculation the last few months surrounding the "The Last Emperor's" retirement plans with many assuming that following the final 2 fights of his contract he would retire. One of Fedor's representatives M-1's director of global operations Evgeni Kogan, stated, there is "no truth whatsoever to that [retirement] notion. He may run (for political office), that is true," Kogan said in an e-mail to USA TODAY. "But there is no truth to the retirement rumors." read more at... http://www.bjpenn.com/profiles/blogs/fedor-running-for-political-1
He is M-1 Globals cash cow! Those mobster scumbags will ride him until he breaks down if it puts so much as another ruble in their pockets. Personally I applaud every Russian athlete who gets the F#CK away from their corrupt, exploitative countrymen. The fact that Fedor supposidly owns 10% of this company is meaningless....
It may be the way to go. He'd be in his mid 30's and with a great record. Werdum and Overeem are the best outside of the UFC. If he ain't gonna mix it with the UFC then he might as well retire.
