2017 MMA fight – Fedor Emelianenko vs Matt Mitrione – full fight Video Bellator 180

Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-06-24, great start between Fedor Emelianenko and Matt Mitrione: it gets three stars.

The 40-year-old former Pride and world combat sambo champion Fedor Emelianenko (two years older than Mitrione) entered this fight with a pro mma record of 36-4-0 (75% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.29 heavyweight in the world. ‘The Last Emperor’ suffered three consecutive defeats between 2010 and 2011, against the former #1 Ufc Hw champion Fabricio Werdum, Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva (=Silva vs Emelianenko), and Dan Henderson (=Henderson vs Emelianenko), but then Fedor has won five bouts beating Fabio Maldonado in 2016 (mma Fight of the Year candidate, Fedor vs Maldonado).
His opponent, the black belt in karate Matt Mitrione, has a record of 11-5-0 (91% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he entered as the No.21 in the same weight class. He lost twice between 2015 and 2016, against Ben Rothwell (=Rothwell vs Mitrione) and Travis Browne (= Browne vs Mitrione), but then he has won over Carl Seumanutafa (=Mitrione vs Seumanutafa) and Oli Thompson (=Mitrione vs Thompson). Fedor Emelianenko vs Mitrione is on the undercard of Chael Sonnen vs Wanderlei Silva – Bellator 180. Watch the video and rate this fight!

Event: Bellator 180 NYC: Sonnen vs Silva

Date: 2017-06-24

Where: Madison Square Garden, New York, USA

Division: heavyweight (265 lbs, 120 kg)

Bellator 180 fight card (main fights):
Chael Sonnen vs Wanderlei Silva
Fedor Emelianenko vs Matt Mitrione
Michael Chandler vs Brent Primus
Aaron Pico vs Zach Freeman
Douglas Lima vs Lorenz Larkin
Phil Davis vs Ryan Bader 2

Fedor’s previous fight: Fedor Emelianenko vs Fabio Maldonado

Mitrione’s previous fight: Matt Mitrione vs Oli Thompson

Mitrione’s next fight: Roy Nelson vs Matt Mitrione 2

Fedor’s next fight: Fedor Emelianenko vs Frank Mir

Fedor vs Mitrione Fight Video:

(Free embeddable video hosted on Youtube and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz-KRNLJACw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdwQ2HTwysk

Official video (USA)

Official video (full event)