Emelianenko Vs Matt Mitrione

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UNCASVILLE, Conn. –After accidentally throwing the brutal groin kick that brought his Bellator 215 headliner with Sergei Kharinotov to an anti-climatic end in just 15 seconds, Matt Mitrione weighed his future options.

If a vacancy opened at Bellator 216 the following day, Mitrione said in the post-fight press conference, he’d have taken it. But that being a long shot, Mitrione also welcomed a chance to compete in Chicago, where the promotion is set to land on May 11 with Bellator 221. As for his next opponent, Mitrione would be “100 percent down” for a do-over if Kharitonov was OK and willing.

This all, of course, makes sense. But, as long as we’re still in the realm of speculation, there was another possibility that elicited an enthusiastic response from Mitrione: A rematch with Fedor Emelianenko – enemy territory and all.

“If the GOAT ever wants to fight me again, I will fight him whenever he wants,” Mitrione told reporters, including MMAjunkie, at Mohegan Sun Arena.“If he wants to fight me on his home turf in Russia, Moscow, I’m down. Let’s get weird.

“I’d be so honored to fight him in Moscow. It would be incredible. So, Fedor, if you want to get down, man, let’s get down in Moscow. Let’s do it in your backyard so you don’t have to travel anywhere.”

It’s usually the losing fighter who rallies for a rematch, but may it serve as proof to Emelianenko’s legend that this is coming from the man who won. They met in June 2017 at Bellator NYC, and Mitrione (13-6 MMA, 4-1 BMMA) spoiled Emelianenko’s (38-6 MMA, 2-2 BMMA) promotional debut with a first-round knockout.

The result that appears on the official records, however, fails to tell the story of what happened just moments before the finish. Before Mitrione’s right hands sealed the deal, he had to survive a crazy double knockdown.

“It was luck of the draw,” Mitrione said. “I’d been brainwashed, and if I ever hit the button, get up and get going, from football, so it was just kind of sunk in. So I would love a chance to run it back; that’d be really dope.”

The idea isn’t crazy, as Bellator President Scott Coker has talked about having Emelianenko compete in both his native Russia and in Japan, where he solidified his legend status at PRIDE. The bad news for Mitrione is that, after Mirko Cro Cop’s win over Roy Nelson on Saturday, Coker seems to have someone else in mind for “The Last Emperor”

“I always said if (Emelianenko) wanted to do one in Russia or fight one in Japan before he moved on and retired, I think that would be something that would be a lot of fun to do for us,” Coker said on Saturday, after Bellator 216. “I know Mirko wants to avenge that fight; his management has asked me repeatedly about it. But it’s something I have to talk to Fedor about.”

To hear more from Mitrione, check out the video above.

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NEW YORK -- Basically, Fedor Emelianenko and Matt Mitrione simultaneously knocked each other out at Bellator NYC on Saturday night. But Mitrione managed to get up first.

In one of the crazier fights in recent memory, Mitrione (12-5) knocked out Emelianenko at 1:14 of the opening round inside Madison Square Garden -- just moments after both hit the deck from simultaneous right hands.

Mitrione, of Indianapolis, dropped to his seat but looked clear-eyed and quickly scrambled to his feet. Emelianenko (36-5) bent forward and tried to grab hold of Mitrione's lower body to slow him down. Mitrione postured, landed a hard right hand and then followed up with several more shots to earn the knockout.

'It's crazy. Right in the middle of the fight, he's so smart, he started looking at my hips and watching my feet,' Mitrione said. 'So I switched it up with him, and maybe I confused him. I engaged when he engaged.'

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It was a satisfying result to a fight that was supposed to happen in February. Mitrione was forced to withdraw from the original date just hours before the event due to kidney stones.

Rather than agree to a change in opponent, Emelianenko, of Russia, elected to reschedule the Mitrione bout. Before Saturday, Emelianenko, 40, hadn't fought in the U.S. since 2011.

'He's not arguably the great heavyweight of all time, he is the greatest heavyweight of all time,' Mitrione said.

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A former UFC veteran, Mitrione is now 3-0 since he signed with Bellator, with knockouts over Carl Seumanutafa, Oli Thompson and Emelianenko.

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Immediately after the bout, he encouraged fans to make a donation to the family of Tim Hague, a veteran mixed martial artist who died from injuries suffered in a pro boxing match earlier this month at age 34.