"Emelianenko will apparently fight Choi as part of a show being organized by the promoters of the Japanese professional wrestling organization Hustle. Several of Hustle’s employees were involved in operation of the now defunct Pride Fighting Championships.
Emelianenko was the final Pride heavyweight titleholder and is currently ranked as the No. 1 heavyweight fighter in the world by MMAWeekly.com.
M-1 Global officials did confirm that there would be a press conference concerning Fedor Emelianenko’s future to be held on Wednesday, Nov. 21 in Tokyo."
thats the reason he'll fight that hong-man because the japanse retards love to see godzilla type fighters... makes you wonder how interested they are in the sport aspect when they rather go for freakshows like that... with ufc its the opposite, even having a weight limit.
If you can believe it, pro-wrestling is actually much bigger than MMA in Japan. Also, the Japanese tend not to come to events unless there's at least one Japanese fighter involved (Choi, I believe is Korean, but I guess that's close enough). So, from the promoters standpoint, this is the type of event that will pack a Tokyodome or Saitama Super Arena, as it has a combination of pro-wrestling (The Giant) and MMA appeal.
As for Fedor, I guess it's just a big payday. Let's face it, even with the MMA "explosion" hardly any fighter is making big money. So, I can't blame him for taking, what, I guess, is a seven-figure fight.
