{"id":181743,"date":"2016-01-05T15:22:50","date_gmt":"2016-01-05T23:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=181743"},"modified":"2016-01-05T15:22:50","modified_gmt":"2016-01-05T23:22:50","slug":"ray-sefo-says-he-turned-down-fight-with-fedor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/rizin-ff\/ray-sefo-says-he-turned-down-fight-with-fedor\/","title":{"rendered":"Ray Sefo says he turned down fight with Fedor"},"content":{"rendered":"

For quite some time leading up to Fedor Emelianenko’s MMA return on New Year’s Eve there was speculation as to who ‘The Last Emperor’ would be fighting.<\/p>\n

While he ultimately ended up fighting and defeating Jaideep Singh<\/a>, the first man who was named as Emelianenko’s opponent, apparently the fight was offered to retired kickboxing legend and WSOF President Ray Sefo.<\/p>\n

He wrote on WSOF.com<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe opportunity to fight him was actually offered to me, I think five weeks out from the actual New Year\u2019s Eve fight. I was honored, but I told the guys, \u2018Listen, that fight, I would love to have. He\u2019s a legend in this sport. Win or lose for me, it would be amazing to get in there.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cBut at the same time, I said, \u2018Five weeks is not enough for me to prepare for someone like Fedor. He\u2019s a guy that I don\u2019t want to just jump in there. That\u2019s disrespectful to him and disrespectful to myself.\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While Sefo hasn’t competed since his 2012 loss to Mirko Cro Cop, a fight between Sefo and Emelianenko would have been an iconic one!<\/p>\n

It is worth nothing that it was announced that Fedor would be fighting again in April. <\/a><\/p>\n

Do you think we could see an Emelianenko vs. Sefo fight then?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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