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Fedor: I don’t support women’s MMA

In this recent interview, legendary Russian fighter Fedor Emelianenko expresses his opinion of women fighting in mixed martial arts.

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Chris Palmquist
June 4, 2014 · 1 min read
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Fedor Emelianenko is one of MMA’s most respected heavyweights of all-time and since retiring has acted as an ambassador of the sport in his come country of Russian.

In this recent interview, Fedor expresses his opinion of women fighting in mixed martial arts:

“I respect the girls who defend the country’s honor at the Olympics, in wrestling, boxing… But I do not support female MMA. A woman must be a domestic goddess, raise her children and be feminine. There a lot of different sports which help her in that. But MMA is not one of them”

Thanks to UGer ‘touch’ for the translation!

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