Major Korean MMA Promotion Announced, Aleksander and Ivanov Attached
It's been 8 months since the last Spirit MC show was held and Korea has been in a serious drought with regards to professional MMA. But that'll change soon, according to Kamipro.
Fighter Mania Championship (FMC) announced its formation via Korean news site MFIGHT on Thursday, along with plans to hold its first event in Seoul this September. FMC said it aims to be to Korea what PRIDE was to Japan and the UFC is to America, and plans on holding events throughout South Korea every 2-3 months. The promotion apparently already has verbal commitments from Aleksander Emelianenko, Mu Bae Choi and the man who beat Fedor in Sambo, Blagoi Ivanov. Furthermore, FMC plans to hold amateur events beginning in July to build up its domestic talent pool.
The Kamipro article also has an unattributed quote stating that FMC is interested in negotiating with Jerome Le Banner, Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic and Mark Hunt - all top stars under the FEG/K-1 brands. They are also in talks with Fedor and Aleks' younger brother, Ivan Emelianenko, regarding his MMA debut, and would one day like to have all three Emelianenko brothers fighting under their banner.
An interesting development to say the least. Stay tuned...
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According to SK Absolute
5’10", 246 lbs.
by Chris Nelson on Apr 19, 2009 12:55 PM EDT up reply actions
You know he got bullied by his brothers
Here’s hoping we don’t have another Baby Fedor on our hands.
by Derek Suboticki on Apr 19, 2009 3:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh my bad, I thought you were talking about Ivanov.
Ivan Emelianenko isn’t nearly as big as his brothers. He competed at 82kg in sambo, so I guess he’d be a LW or WW.
by Chris Nelson on Apr 19, 2009 3:24 PM EDT up reply actions
82kg = 180lbs
probably closer to MW. Either way, thats small compared to Fedor and Aleksander.
by Gunslinger20 on Apr 20, 2009 11:29 AM EDT up reply actions
Don't feel bad...
I had to go to a pound to kilogram conversion calculator on Yahoo to find out myself…. you’re still MAGICAL Chris :)
by Gunslinger20 on Apr 20, 2009 1:12 PM EDT up reply actions

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