Vadim Finkelstein says Fedor's eye injury "is just a swelling"
Posted on February 14, 2011, 07:23 AM by Anton Gurevich"We didn't ask for medical assistance. There's just a severe swelling, and no real damage to the eye. Doctor put an ice pack on it, and now Fedor is resting. I think that the ring doctors made the right decision to stop the fight because Fedor couldn't see anything out of his right eye, and who knows what kind of consequences could hide behind the swelling. But fortunately, everything is alright."
Emelianenko's right eye started to swell at the end of Round 2 in a fight against Antonio Silva, what looked like a typical broken Orbital Bone swelling. However, M-1 Global CEO Vadim Finkelstein revealed Fedor's Orbital Bone is not damage, and that "The Last Emperor" did not require any special medical assistance after the fight.
Speaking about the outcome of the fight, Finkelstein seemed to be in a surprisingly positive mood:
"Fedor didn't lose this fight. He won the first round, survived the second, and if not that eye swelling, who knows what could have happened in the third. Fedor was ready to continue the fight."
Finally, Vadim Finkelstein also related to Emelianenko's retirement talk, simply saying: "Fedor was simply caught in excitement. It's too early to write him off". Fedor will now return to Russia, as he's expected to announce his final decision during the next months.
Source: Championat.ru
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your words in God's ears...
Sho is that between Kos and Fitch? He looks so familiar.
I think it is Antonio Margarito.
yeah it is, after fighting Manny Pacquiao last year
yeah pac man jab the crap out of him!
i think its Antonio Margarito
It is Margarito after 12 rounds with Paquiao...
I am glad that he isn't hurt too much.
LMAO IS THE IDIOT IN DENIAL? FEDOR DID LOSE THE FIRST ROUND AND HE BARELY GOT OUT OF THE SECOND ROUND AND THE SAME THING WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IN THE 3RD FEDOR FANS ARE IN DENIAL HES DONE!
Turn off your caps lock! Sounds to me like you could use some valium and a nap
Whoever won the first (the judges had it for Fedor) just edged it out. He did get dominated in the second but he ended with a solid submission. If not for the eye he could have won.
couldv, wouldv, shouldv. fedor got dominated, people need to stop making excuses for him: "he won the first round, he was close to submitting him, he wouldv knocked him out in the third round". imo fedor lost the first and got completly dominated in the second (10-8 round). the ankle lock thing he had on silva was nothing, silvas kneebar was way closer. people who say fedor was seconds away from submitting silva are completly dilusional and need to get over him already. and people say he showed great heart, sure he didnt tap to strikes, but i wouldnt say he had so much heart in this fight, he lost confidence right from the begining when he couldnt get his timing down, and i never saw complain about the stoppage, in fact its almost like he told them he couldnt fight nemore, which i think he did.
You are not understanding. No one is making excuses for him losing. It was a legit loss. What I and others are doing is refuting the arguments of people such as yourself who are writing that he is done, gave up or never was. If you don't think looking for a submission after that beating shows heart then you are not being honest. Speaking of honesty, If Silva's knee bar was closer, Fedor wouldn't have locked in his.
YOUR CLEARLY DELUSIONAL.
The truth lies somewhere inbetween...
IChokePeople, you and I have had disagreements before but that was pure awesome. I hope that kid read it, you just cleared all the air and hopefully a few auto-haters will too.
Thanks, and we will disagree in the future ;) BUT it's the interwebs and it is all too easy to get carried away and go overboard when there is no eye contact. What is really disheartening is that some people aren't even arguing about facts, they are as you said "auto-haters" who just take their cues from Dana White or some other talking head.
Truth is the nearbar was never really close, Frank Shamrock that little fruit was right, he had it below the knee, it was doing nothing. The ankle lock was close though, you could see it in Bigfoot. But he was not close to submitting him, even if the ankle broke i dont think big foot would have tapped.
Tap or no, he wouldn't have been able to fight with no wheels.
I would have to agree that he won the first round... and could've won the fight.
Regardless, show me any 135 pounder that could even survive a round with a 185 pounder. Bigfoot had 50 lbs on Fedor on fight night. That is just insane.
MMA needs a super heavyweight division starting at 250 lbs.
not 250. it should be 265 and up. Fedor in the past would definitely have tko'd silva but he's gotten older and he just can't handle the big dudes as well anymore. the same could be seen in the rogers fight, but he did manage to come back in that fight and get a ko punch so really nobody knows what would have happened in a 3rd round..still even remaining competitive against guys that weigh so much more was impressive enough, no shame in fedor's loss.
John Fitch reminds me of Johnny Depp a bit for some reason in the pic.lol.
i had it 20-17 and with impaired hand-eye coordination it would've been extremely lucky to land a flush haymaker
not asking for medical assistance is outrageous, probably didn't want to pay the medical bills for him..
Vadim Finkelstein had Fedor ahead by two rounds in his scorecard...
After that second round everyone was positive Fedor was going to lose that fight but with the heart he showed in that round anything could have happened in that 3rd as Fedor ended that round attempting a Sub who said he couldnt have locked that same Sub in and made Silva tap in the 3rd, but Big Foot did a great job putting a beating on Fedor and making the doctors call the fight.
im so sick of hearing how much 'heart' he had. he mentally broke after the first two mins of the fight. how did he show heart? by not taping to strikes? these days no one taps to strikes and if they do theyre considered a pussy. yea hes tough, thats because hes a profesional fighter, if your not tough you wont make it in mma. and going for a halfassed ankle lock in the last few seconds of the round when silvas foot was dangling infront of his face, how is that heart? it was just a desperate attempt of someone whos getting there ass kicked.
Im not really going to get into it with you "jesse", ive seen you trolling around the site the last few days. I have my opinions towards the fight and ill let you have yours.
They let Josh Koscheck continue...Why not Fedor?
title fights usually get to "stretch" the rules jus because mores at stake. a prime example was carwin vs lesnar. if that was a normal 3 round fight it would have been stopped in the first but since it was a title fight, the ref let it go a little further jus cuz brock wasn't completely out.
I knew he didn't have anything broken. It's just the exterior soft flesh coating that gets damaged...inside there is a heavy duty carbon-fiber adamantium coated exoskeleton...
Wow... Thanks doc....
GSP 2 out of the 4...enough said. Would love to see him take AS, but Anderson's stand up is just at another level.
I didn't think Fedor won any of the rounds in that fight. Still one of my favorite fighters to watch.
thats funny, i didnt know having ur back against the cage and losing every punching exchange in the entire round and a horribly failed kimura attempt was viewed as "winning" a round. u guys must have thought nam pham lost his fight too right? i like fedor, hes one of the greatest of all time, NOT THE greatest of all time but hes a legend and no disrespect but the level competition is much greater now when bob sapp and heath herring arent considered the best. great for his time, just good for ours.