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Fedor Emelianenko and Matt Mitrione found their distances at the same time in the fight as theyboth knocked each other down at Bellator NYC. Mitrione just recovered faster to finish Emelianenko off with brutal ground-and-pound. Pro fighters were shocked on Twitter.
The GOAT now! What an honor to see Fedor on the @BellatorMMA cage! #BellatorNYC
— Patricio Freire (@PatricioPitbull) June 25, 2017
How people still love Fedor is fascinating!
— Ben Askren (@Benaskren) June 25, 2017
I'll take mitrone in this one.
— TJ Grant (@TJ_Grant) June 25, 2017
Everyone in the MMA world wants Fedor to win. Even Mitrione's friends. #BellatorNYC #ThugjitsuThoughts
— Yves Edwards (@thugjitsumaster) June 25, 2017
Let's go @mattmitrione only way to become a legend is beating one! Let's do this @henrihooft @CombatClubMMA @BellatorMMA @CoachGJones
— GILBERT BURNS (@GilbertDurinho) June 25, 2017
NOOOOO!!! #Fedor !!
— Julianna Peña (@VenezuelanVixen) June 25, 2017
What just happened?
— Jake Ellenberger (@EllenbergerMMA) June 25, 2017
What just happened?
— Jake Ellenberger (@EllenbergerMMA) June 25, 2017
Hate this sport.
— Al Iaquinta (@ALIAQUINTA) June 25, 2017
Well damn!!!!
— Daniel Straus (@DanielStraus) June 25, 2017
What did I just witness! Lol omg!!!! That was awesome!
— Erik Jon Koch (@NEWBREED04) June 25, 2017
We're all upset now! #BellatorNYC
— Yves Edwards (@thugjitsumaster) June 25, 2017
I called it! #BellatorNYC (the almost double KO, I couldn't call though, that was fun!)
— Vinny Magalhães (@VinnyMMA) June 25, 2017
TBH a double ko would've completed this weird series of events night!
— Derek Brunson (@DerekBrunson) June 25, 2017
Wow... well done @mattmitrione .... I was pucker'd up the whole time
— Ian McCall (@Unclecreepymma) June 25, 2017
Sad to see a great fighter lose like this. But Fedor is still the greatest. @BellatorMMA #BellatorNYC
— Patricky Freire (@PatrickyPitbull) June 25, 2017
Definitely didn't see that coming. Great scalp for Mittrione to have. #BellaatorNYC
— Aljamain Sterling (@FunkMaster_UFC) June 25, 2017
Are you kidding me?!? @BellatorMMA ?
— Nathan Quarry (@NateRockQuarry) June 25, 2017
Double knockdown. O my goodness. Congrats @mattmitrione
— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) June 25, 2017
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