Who made news after defeating Fedor Emelianenko in Combat Sambo last November?
Widely considered as the world’s number one MMA heavyweight, Fedor Emelianenko suffered a rare defeat at the hands of Bulgaria’s Blagoi Ivanov at the weekend’s 2008 World Combat Sambo Championships. Fedor was beaten on points by the Bulgarian wrestler in the semi-finals of the over 100kg division which saw Emelianenko lose with a 8-5 deficit. Fedor, a World Combat Sambo champion the past three years, went home with the bronze medal. The fight video is available on YouTube (not the best quality): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqke_ETJ3fk Sources: http://www.fightchat.
His next scheduled opponent is Blagoi Ivanov, who made world-wide news after defeating Fedor Emelianenko in Combat Sambo last November. … Sources: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct2=us%2F0_0_s_1_0_t&usg=AFQjCNG5e3Iv8LqORbTiKIh935cIImvqrg&sig2=M6EyXuGeehAswA6AweM8xg&cid=0&ei=p4B2SojtPJOQ9QSczMq7AQ&rt=SEARCH&vm=STANDARD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbleacherreport.