{"id":181172,"date":"2015-12-31T08:17:13","date_gmt":"2015-12-31T16:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=181172"},"modified":"2015-12-31T08:17:13","modified_gmt":"2015-12-31T16:17:13","slug":"is-fedor-bellator-bound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/is-fedor-bellator-bound\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Fedor Bellator bound?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this morning fight fans witnessed the impressive return of Fedor Emelianenko.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The Last Emperor&#8217; managed to <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/must-see-fedor-mauls-singh-in-his-return-to-mma\/\">pick up an impressive 1st round TKO win over a much larger Jaideep Singh.<\/a>  Of course after the bout the MMA community as well as <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/fighters-react-to-the-return-of-fedor-emelianenko\/\">most of Twitter went wild<\/a> with talks of &#8220;Fedor&#8217;s back!&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>One interesting thing that we noticed however, is that many Bellator MMA fighters were promoting Fedor&#8217;s fight on Twitter, all of them using a very similar Tweet.  <\/p>\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is how I will be watching <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BreakfastWithFedor?src=hash\">#BreakfastWithFedor<\/a> tomorrow morning at 10am\/9c on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/spike\">@spike<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SambazonAcai?src=hash\">#SambazonAcai<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hFcLlAzoDy\">pic.twitter.com\/hFcLlAzoDy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Royce Gracie (@realroyce) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realroyce\/status\/682264669021577216\">December 30, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Who\u2019s waking up early on NYE to watch Fedor fight? I can\u2019t wait for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BreakfastWithFedor?src=hash\">#BreakfastWithFedor<\/a> Thursday\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ch7vAeKVbC\">https:\/\/t.co\/ch7vAeKVbC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Josh Koscheck (@JoshKoscheck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoshKoscheck\/status\/682082116352512001\">December 30, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It&#39;s almost time!! The Last Emperor is back!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BreakfastWithFedor?src=hash\">#BreakfastWithFedor<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0at 10am\/9c on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/spikejones\">@spikejones<\/a>\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kJeNwZrBcp\">https:\/\/t.co\/kJeNwZrBcp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bobby Lashley (@fightbobby) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fightbobby\/status\/682572363020382208\">December 31, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rise and grind! Fedor is back Thursday morning at 10am\/9c on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/spike\">@spike<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BreakfastWithFedor?src=hash\">#BreakfastWithFedor<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WYaNDcnDys\">pic.twitter.com\/WYaNDcnDys<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Josh Thomson (@THEREALPUNK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/THEREALPUNK\/status\/682429798958919681\">December 31, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Last Emperor is back! Set your alarm for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BreakfastWithFedor?src=hash\">#BreakfastWithFedor<\/a> this Thursday at 10am\/9c on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/spike\">@spike<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Lz1RUVihqa\">pic.twitter.com\/Lz1RUVihqa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tito Ortiz (@titoortiz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/titoortiz\/status\/682285529623232512\">December 30, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Who\u2019s waking up early on NYE to watch Fedor fight? Must see <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BreakfastWithFedor?src=hash\">#BreakfastWithFedor<\/a> Thur. at 10am\/9c on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/spike\">@spike<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cuPGLdqOJB\">pic.twitter.com\/cuPGLdqOJB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; KEN SHAMROCK (@ShamrockKen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShamrockKen\/status\/682216591392681986\">December 30, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Coincidence? Or could it be that Bellator MMA is going to sign Fedor now that he has successfully made his return?<\/p>\n<p>It isn&#8217;t out of the realm of possibility given Fedor&#8217;s relationship with Bellator MMA President Scott Coker, which dates back to the days when Fedor fought in Strikeforce.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/fedor-open-to-fighting-in-the-ufc\/\">Fedor left the door open for more fights after this one in an interview prior to this fight.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this morning fight fans witnessed the impressive return of Fedor Emelianenko. &#8216;The Last Emperor&#8217; managed to pick up an impressive 1st round TKO win over a much larger Jaideep Singh. 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