{"id":173186,"date":"2015-10-25T14:27:52","date_gmt":"2015-10-25T21:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=173186"},"modified":"2022-02-04T17:39:13","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T01:39:13","slug":"fedor-emelianenko-dodges-2-5-million-dollar-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/fedor-emelianenko-dodges-2-5-million-dollar-question\/","title":{"rendered":"Fedor Emelianenko dodges 2.5 million dollar question"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fedor Emelianenko shocked the mixed martial arts world when he announced his return to the sport earlier this year. The possibility of diehard fans finally getting the chance to see &#8220;The Last Emperor&#8221; in the world-famous octagon was exciting, but their hopes were crushed when he announced his signing with a new Japanese based promotion, Rizen Fighting Federation.<\/p>\n<p>Weeks after the announcement was made, Dave Meltzer reported that Fedor Emelianenko would be making $2,500,000 for his fight in Japan which will take place on New Year&#8217;s Eve in Japan.<\/p>\n<p>Parties close to Fedor Emelianenko have neither confirmed nor denied the report, but the man himself is now dodging the question. &#8220;I&#8217;m not going to comment on the various rumors from the press, &#8220;Emelianenko informed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.championat.com\/boxing\/news-2280836-f-emeljanenko-nazval-slukhami-informaciju-o-gonorare-v-2-5-milliona-dollarov.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Championat<\/a>. &#8220;Information on the fees for my own fight is something that only two people know &#8211; that&#8217;s Mr. Sakakibara and me. For more information on this and other questions, I&#8217;ll answer the official press conference.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Do you think $2.5 million is a bit too high of a price for Fedor&#8217;s return fight? Should Dana White have paid that price? Share your thoughts in the comment section below!<\/p>\n<p>Translated by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloodyelbow.com\/2015\/10\/25\/9610412\/fedor-non-committal-on-rumored-2-5-million-nye-fight-purse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Karim Zidan<\/a> of Bloody Elbow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fedor Emelianenko shocked the mixed martial arts world when he announced his return to the sport earlier this year. The possibility of diehard fans finally getting the chance to see &#8220;The Last Emperor&#8221; in the world-famous octagon was exciting, but their hopes were crushed when he announced his signing with a new Japanese based promotion, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2616,"featured_media":166900,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2681],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Fedor Emelianenko dodges 2.5 million dollar question | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Fedor Emelianenko shocked the mixed martial arts world when he announced his return to the sport earlier this year. The possibility... 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