World-renowned MMA (mixed martial arts) heavyweight fighter Fedor Emelianenko has been elected the president of Russia’s MMA Union on Tuesday, according to a TASS correspondent.
Emelianenko secured the majority of votes against his closest contender in the elections, Radmir Gabdullin, who had been at the helm of the Russian MMA Union since 2018.
The MMA Union Conference was held in the Russian capital if Moscow on Tuesday. Radmir Gabdullin was elected a vice president of the organization on Tuesday.
Emelianenko, 45, currently boasts an official MMA record of 40 wins (16 by KO/TKO; 15 by submission and nine by decision) and six defeats (five by KO/TKO; one by submission) and he is still active on the line for more bouts.
In late April this year, Emelianenko told TASS that he intended to hold a bout in August this year to wrap up his fighting career with a battle for the Bellator championship belt.
Emelianenko has been fighting under Bellator promotion since 2017 having held six fights, chalking up four wins and two losses. In late October 2021, Emelianenko defeated 35-year-old Timothy Johnson of the United States with a KO win in the opening round of their Bellator 269 tournament fight in Moscow.
