Jaideep Singh has already signed a contract to fight Fedor Emelianenko on Dec. 31 for Rizin FF, however, that hasn't stopped the upstart promotion from searching for a new opponent for "The Last Emperor."
In fact, according to two sources with knowledge of the situation, Singh's chances to fight Emelianenko have now been dropped to approximately 5-10 percent.
Since MMAFighting.com reported that Rizin was targeting Singh vs. Emelianenko, Singh was booked to fight for the vacant DEEP megaton title on three days' notice versus Carlos Toyota earlier this month. Singh won the fight, which was set up in hopes of making him looking stronger before the Emelianenko fight, via second-round TKO, however, two issues alarmed Rizin officials following the fight, according to sources.