{"id":210815,"date":"2016-11-19T19:51:46","date_gmt":"2016-11-20T03:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=210815"},"modified":"2016-11-19T19:51:46","modified_gmt":"2016-11-20T03:51:46","slug":"breaking-fedor-emelianenko-vs-matt-mitrione-set-bellator-172","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/fedor-emelianenko\/breaking-fedor-emelianenko-vs-matt-mitrione-set-bellator-172\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING! Fedor Emelianenko vs. Matt Mitrione set for Bellator 172"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fedor Emelianenko will return to the cage on February 18 in San Jose, California when he squares off with Matt Mitrione at Bellator 172.<\/p>\n<p>Bellator officials just announced the news.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">THE EMPEROR HAS ARRIVED! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bellator172?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bellator172<\/a>: Fedor vs <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattmitrione?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@mattmitrione<\/a> | FEB 18 live &amp; free on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/spike?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@spike<\/a> 9\/8c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lSlMuwE48x\">pic.twitter.com\/lSlMuwE48x<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BellatorMMA (@BellatorMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BellatorMMA\/status\/800183111879266304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Fedor has won four fights in a row, his most recent being a highly controversial decision victory over Fabio Maldonado.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Matt Mitrione has gone 2-0 since joining the Bellator ranks, earning both of those victories by way of knockout.<\/p>\n<p>Who do you think wins this fight? 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