If Chael Sonnen was hoping to ruffle Fedor Emelianenko’s feathers ahead of their contest at Bellator 208 he doesn’t sound interested in maintaining any hostility now that their fight is in the books. The ‘Last Emperor’ put a swift beating on the former UFC title contender in their heavyweight Grand Prix semifinal match, TKOing him with ground-and-pound just 14 seconds before the end of round 1.
In the time since, the ‘American Gangster’ has been frank about what went wrong – notably his “rope-a-dope” strategy to GnP defense – and about his true feelings toward the man he called a “dumpy dwarf” that made his legacy in a “fixed” PRIDE organization.