{"id":198926,"date":"2016-07-15T08:55:38","date_gmt":"2016-07-15T15:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=198926"},"modified":"2016-07-15T08:55:38","modified_gmt":"2016-07-15T15:55:38","slug":"fedor-emelianenkos-win-over-fabio-maldonado-overturned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/fedor-emelianenko\/fedor-emelianenkos-win-over-fabio-maldonado-overturned\/","title":{"rendered":"Fedor Emelianenko&#8217;s win over Fabio Maldonado overturned by World MMA Association"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/fabio-maldonado\/fabio-maldonados-team-to-appeal-loss-to-fedor-emelianenko\/\">Fabio Maldonado&#8217;s appeal<\/a> to the World MMA Association has paid off! <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/highlights-fedor-emelianenko-defeats-fabio-maldonado2\/\">After losing via majority decision to Fedor Emelianenko<\/a> at EFN 50 last month, Maldonado began the appeal process to have the decision overturned due to a conflict of interest stemming from Emelianenko being the head of the Russian MMA Union.<\/p>\n<p>3 judges for the WMMAA ruled that the fight should be scored a draw at 28-28. As a result, the WMMAA has advised the Russian MMA Union to change Emelianenko&#8217;s win to a draw.<\/p>\n<p>That didn&#8217;t sit too well with Fedor Emelianenko&#8217;s friend, Russian MMA Union VP Radmir Gabdullin, who initially denied Maldonado&#8217;s appeal.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/tass.ru\/sport\/3458385\" target=\"_blank\">Tass.ru<\/a> to explain why the &#8220;result cannot be overturned.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;The WMMAA can express their views, but do not have the right to influence the judge&#8217;s decision on the Russian professional promotion. This situation I regard as an unfounded attempt to take away a well-deserved victory from Russian legend Fedor Emelianenko.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fabio Maldonado&#8217;s appeal to the World MMA Association has paid off! 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