Two weeks out from the RIZIN New Year’s Eve card, the promotion finally announced the opponent for Fedor Emelianenko. The previous talk of Fedor facing Jaideep Singh (1-0 MMA) fizzled out after initial reports, but it was announced that Singh is, in fact, Fedor’s opponent.
RIZIN announced the match late Thursday at a news conference.
From MMA Junkie:
The 6-foot-6 Singh most recently fought in MMA in June 2013 at Super Fight League 19. He stopped Alireza Tavak with a first-round TKO at that event in India. The 28-year-old Singh has more than 50 kickboxing matches in his career in that sport, but in a fight against Emelianenko, it will be one MMA bout of experience against nearly 40 for “The Last Emperor.”
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What are your thoughts on the RIZIN fight featuring on of MMA’s legends and a rather new name to the sport? Will you be tuning in to watch on New Year’s Eve?