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Fedor Emelianenko fights stateside on cable television for Bellator MMA this Saturday in San Jose, California. Georges St. Pierre is on the verge of officially coming back to the Ultimate Fighting Championship. No, it's not 2007 again; it's another reminder that star power has a remarkable half-life in combat sports.
It was five and a half years ago that Emelianenko last fought stateside, as he was punched out by Dan Henderson in the Strikeforce cage in four minutes of chaos.