Huge news. Massive. Just received an email from a very reliable source from Russia that Fedor will be running for a congress seat in Russia for the pro-Kremlin party 'United Russia'. The party is dominant in the country and holds around 80% of the seats in the senate and Fedor will be representing his region. That's a fact. Just wait for the official announcement which will probably come at the end of this week if not in the next few hours. Now the accompanied rumor is that after Fedor fulfills the last two fights in his Strikeforce contract, he will retire from MMA.

I know all of this sounds bonkers. Trust me, even I can't believe I'm writing a 'Fedor retirement' article on a Thursday night. You're skeptical, I know. Keep in mind that we did break the news that the winner of Josh Koscheck vs. Paul Daley will be the new TUF 12 coach. We even got it right when we broke the news that Shaquille O'Neal is an unlockable character in UFC Undisputed 2010.

Once the news breaks (and I'm absolutely sure it will, perhaps within hours), remember where you read it from first.

Update: Remember that one time when I said the official announcement will come in the next few hours? Check out the English translation of the M-1 Global press release:

The regional political council of the party "United Russia" approved the list of candidates for internal party elections - the primaries. In the list of 58 candidates. No less than 10 000 United Russia vote will determine the best, and who will receive the first place in the party list in the upcoming October elections in the Belgorod Regional Duma.

The list of early voting have 24 newcomers who have never participated in elections to the legislature. One of the achievements was the inclusion in the list not only members of United Russia, but also simply to party supporters and even non-party candidates. This is for example the managing director Combine KMA Ruda Vladimir Tom and CEO JBK-1 Yuri Selivanov. They are not only members of the party, but also by working in obldume fourth convocation, not included in the United Russia Duma faction.

Among the most notable candidates, in addition to the deputies (Anatolia Zelikow, Victor Filatov, Vadim Cage, Valeria Skruga, Ivan Kulabuhova, Vladimir Kulikovsky) - a famous athlete Fedor Emelianenko, the new director of Belarusian State Technological University Sergey Glagolev (by the way, non-partisan), director of the Institute of Public and municipal government BSU Alexander Mamatov.

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-3 # Guest 2010-06-03 20:34

lol the next chael sonnen!

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0 # goatdaddy77 2010-06-04 09:53

Quoting the next emperor:

lol the next chael sonnen!

I think he and Chael do have alot in common, they both have the heart of a lion and they believe that fighting isn't everything. If Fedor does retire soon I won't be too dissappointed. He's an incredible fighter and he'll be an incredible Senator. He'll be doing all he can to help the Russian people and they are a great people. Fedor is the man, officially now!

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-3 # Jonnycaz 2010-06-04 12:14

I say good riddance, its time we put an end to this nonsense and forget about this BS P4P status myth and go on with life. Beautiful career with unlimited potential that was degraded to a Russian farce imo.

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-9 # Guest 2010-06-03 20:42

Well like they always say, 'when the going gets tough, change professions.'

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+8 # Azar 2010-06-03 21:01

My world just crumbled around me.

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+2 # Guest 2010-06-03 21:09

You know... I wish I could say I was surprised but I've been expecting a retirement post to pop up legitimately somewhere this year. Regardless, though... thanks for ruining my night haha

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+10 # Face_Breaker 2010-06-03 21:10

He's going to rule his region with an iron fist. Or an anaconda choke if he gets bored. But it will most definately be iron.

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+12 # Guest 2010-06-03 21:10

good luck to him - he's had a great career

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-27 # Guest 2010-06-03 21:13

what a pussy... he's afraid to fight in UFC

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+8 # connertreffry 2010-06-03 21:24

Quoting FedorBasher:

what a pussy... he's afraid to fight in UFC

you are such a fucking ufc whore. you realize fedor has not just beaten two past ufc champions, but destroyed them. fedor is a god among mma, get off dana whites nuts and stop hating

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+1 # Guest 2010-06-03 21:56

Quoting connertreffry:

Quoting FedorBasher:

what a pussy... he's afraid to fight in UFC

you are such a fucking ufc whore. you realize fedor has not just beaten two past ufc champions, but destroyed them. fedor is a god among mma, get off dana whites nuts and stop hating

I'm a Fedor fan but to be fare one of those UFC champions got knocked out in like 13 seconds by a retarded punch drunk pro boxer that was submitted by Kimbo Slice... all and all I look forward to seeing Fedor vs Overeem

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-8 # Guest 2010-06-03 22:25

Lol your an idiot.

Fedor beat washed up UFC rejects after they had been beat by the up and coming UFC heavies.

Why don't you get off fedors nuts. YOu really think Dana has that many fans? Fedor was good not anymore he was smart to never come to the ufc that way idiots like you would always think he was the best, even though he never fought anyone good after pride.

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-3 # Guest 2010-06-03 22:51

Thank you!!

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+1 # Guest 2010-06-06 05:43

lol really? The up and coming UFC heavies huh? Let's see, Tim Sylvia lost to Nog and Couture...lol truly "up and coming" guys right there. AA lost to..well, he lost to Tim Sylvia but obviously you can't count him right? Plus he won his next 4 or whatever in the UFC after Sylvia and actually left on a winning streak.

So, UFC nuthugger, tell me which "up and coming" guys beat these two. Obviously you mean these two when you say UFC rejects.

By "up and coming" you probably mean Cain or Carwin, hell maybe even Brock. These guys claim to fame are beating old men like Randy or each other, or maybe Mir, who is everyone's bitch and would lose to Fedor too.

Personally I think Ubereem would wipe the floor with Fedor and the entire UFC HW division, but facts are facts, Fedor's got the most quality wins and the UFC HW division sucks right now.

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0 # OB. 2010-06-03 21:27

Not surprising. He'll beat Steroid-eem then retire as the GOAT!

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+3 # Guest 2010-06-03 21:38

im sad :(

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+1 # ManilaIce 2010-06-03 22:31

wtf...

Pacquiao

Sonnen

Lindland

Fedor

fighters need to fight, not play congressman

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+4 # sukotsuto 2010-06-03 23:50

Cro Cop actually became a good politician, and so did legendary Russian olympic wrestler Alexander Karelin. At least these dudes and Fedor may be intelligent enough for politics, unlike Pacquiao lol

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+1 # sukotsuto 2010-06-04 00:05

Although it's also interesting to note that Cro Cop didn't really stop fighting when he became a politician.

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+2 # Combo_Breaker 2010-06-03 22:39

1,000,000+ Comments later...


NO FEDOR JUST 6 MORE FIGHTS GIVE US JUST 2 MORE YEARS OF THE GOOD STUFF PLEASE NO!

Let it be a Fedor Farewell Tour, Have him fight 6 or just 3 more fights up against top competion(give him the nasty and hardcore)and promote each fight like its a movie.

Hes the best of the best and he deserves it. Hes one of the real legends in the sport and a real icon to aspiring fighters and fans.

Hes a robot, but hey robots need love and farewell tours.

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+8 # Guest 2010-06-04 00:02

Calm down!!! I'm from Russia. I have read news about plans of "ER" for Fedor in Kommersant paper (it is very respectful paper). It's usual political trick. He will be in the list of primaries. It is trick for attracting people to ER party ('United Russia'). It is not for first time. It was once with Fedor in 2003 and again in 2006. And he still fighting after that.

So. Calm down everybody.

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-11 # Guest 2010-06-04 00:57

middleeasy, I'm disappointed in you. What's the shit you write and it's not the first time, just because of more users?

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+2 # Zeus 2010-06-04 07:35

Quoting Reader with a Brain:

Oh and if you were to actually read the entire article you lifted from Mixfight.ru and ran though google translate. You would realize this isn't even and M-1Global press release.....You read taht right........NOT A PRESS RELEASE. The original article...yes article not press release is property of Bel.ru . and reprinted on Mixfight.ru the same way UFC.com might promote a USAToday article if it promoted one of their articles. http://bel.ru/news/policy/46761.html

Quoting Chute box:

middleeasy, I'm disappointed in you. What's the shit you write and it's not the first time, just because of more users?

Trust me bud. The amount of viewers I get with an article titled 'Fedor may retire' PALES IN COMPARISON to the amount of viewers if the title read something like 'Brock is riding a unicycle in the middle of New York'.

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+2 # prhavc 2010-06-04 01:15

To tell the truth I'd rather see him retire than loose...
But no I don't think he will...

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+1 # minotauro 2010-06-04 01:16

Fedor for president? Oh god were all going to die

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0 # Guest 2010-06-04 02:20

Dear God, your reading comprehension is garbage. He's on a list of potential write in canidate and you somehow turn that into a retirement post.

If I put you on a write in Ballot for dog catcher, will you retire this type of sensationalism?

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-2 # prhavc 2010-06-04 05:36

I agree, nothing says he is gonna retire anywhere. I'd believe it if I saw him in a video saying he's retireing.

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+1 # Zeus 2010-06-04 06:46

Quoting Reader with a Brain:

Dear God, your reading comprehension is garbage. He's on a list of potential write in canidate and you somehow turn that into a retirement post.

If I put you on a write in Ballot for dog catcher, will you retire this type of sensationalism?

Hold up there Cowboy.

Perhaps you should re-read the article.

I said the rumor (which is a strong one) is that Fedor MAY retire and the FACT is that Fedor will be running for senate.

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0 # Guest 2010-06-04 02:21

Good work ZEUS. This site is P4P.

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-3 # Guest 2010-06-04 04:37

I agree with "Reader with a Brain".

Your reading comprehension sucks BALLS.
Or you did this on purpose just to raise buzz and get more traffic to your site.

For that I'll give you a big "fuck you very much".

Ass

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+1 # Zeus 2010-06-04 10:19

Quoting Reinhardt:

I agree with "Reader with a Brain".

Your reading comprehension sucks BALLS.
Or you did this on purpose just to raise buzz and get more traffic to your site.

For that I'll give you a big "fuck you very much".

Ass

Reinhardt,

What part of the article is false?

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0 # Joe O. 2010-06-04 13:46

Quoting Reinhardt:

I agree with "Reader with a Brain". Your reading comprehension sucks BALLS.

blah blah blah

For that I'll give you a big "fuck you very much".

This article says that Fedor is running for some Russian political seat and the rumor (strong rumor) is that he may retire if he wins that election.

What's the problem? Why the strong language? Nowhere in the article does it say "Here's a fact: Fedor is going to retire after his contract is up." so if anyone needs to work on their reading comprehension, take a look in the mirror.

Same goes for the so-called 'Reader with a brain'. Re-read the article but this time instead of getting all worked up, make sure to include the words that come before and after 'Fedor' and 'retire'.

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-4 # Guest 2010-06-04 04:58

Oh and if you were to actually read the entire article you lifted from Mixfight.ru and ran though google translate. You would realize this isn't even and M-1Global press release.....You read taht right........NO T A PRESS RELEASE. The original article...yes article not press release is property of Bel.ru . and reprinted on Mixfight.ru the same way UFC.com might promote a USAToday article if it promoted one of their articles. http://bel.ru/news/policy/46761.html

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+6 # minotauro 2010-06-04 05:53

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0 # Guest 2010-06-04 07:08

Fedor yeah sure he beat up a few has beans in the UFC who clearly are NOT going into tbe hall of fame!!! Why not challenge some one of a caliber to be considered a UFC pound for pound HEAVY weight NO CHANCE... R u Serious??? Couture, Lesner, Carwin, LOL Russow, Valasquez, dos Santos, Mir, to name five LEGITAMATE, current for few years now FEDOR CANT BEAT!!! I bet light heavys CAN BEAT HIM!!!! But dint worry all Hes not gonna retire off this BS greatest... He will lose in one of next 2 fights Werdum , or if he gets the chance Allistair who still can't compete to half the 5 mentioed.

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0 # Guest 2010-06-04 09:07

meh.

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0 # Psychoplath 2010-06-04 09:44

I dropped this story on MMAnews last night after you posted it. Lots of people called bullshit, but now after the press conference, I let them know they better show some love to the best MMA website on this, or any other planet.

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0 # Guest 2010-06-04 10:29

I love how everyone brings up the "quality" of Fedor's opponents to discredit his accomplishments .The UFC champ would blah,blah... because he beat: Heath herring!?!? So did Fedor & it doesn't even get brought up as a notable win. Randy Couture! Ha! I guess that makes Lidell the man, or Brandon Vera the BEST! Or Mir in a rematch? LOL.

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0 # Guest 2010-06-04 11:32

Fedor didn't go to the UFC because he is a loyal warrior. The Nogueira that he beat twice which was also a UFC champ so that makes three UFC champs that Fedor has beat would have destryed anyone in the UFC. If you want to talk overrated look at Randy's carreer.

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0 # Guest 2010-06-04 11:34

Couture did better than anyone else against lesner except Mirs luck I DONT EVEN LIKE LESNER... However he'd demo fedor

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0 # Guest 2010-06-04 11:36

I hate people that started watching MMA when the UFC started to blow up and think they know everything. You're a bunch of UFC whores who dont know anything. Look up some fedor highlights and his flawless record. His only loss was a cut.

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0 # connertreffry 2010-06-04 12:25

Quoting Dade:

I hate people that started watching MMA when the UFC started to blow up and think they know everything. You're a bunch of UFC whores who dont know anything. Look up some fedor highlights and his flawless record. His only loss was a cut.

thank you. i can't stand the ufc favoritism, even mir has came out (which is out of character) and admitted fedor is the best in the world. only ufc fanboys (most of them ufc funboys) think that the ufc hw division would destroy fedor

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0 # Joe O. 2010-06-04 14:32

So other than Ubereem, who outside of the UFC's Heavy-weight division has any chance against Fedor?

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0 # Guest 2010-06-04 11:58

Fedor has actually beaten 5 UFC champions including two of them twice.

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0 # prhavc 2010-06-04 12:48

I am a huge Fedor fan, but based on his last lets say three performances I'd like Velasquezes oz Dos santos, carwin's chances in their fight... Anyone else I think it would be a piece of cake. Someone mentioned Russow in the sam sentance as Fedor. You're retarded.

It amazes me how Fedor can be such a slave of M-1. If I presume he is the best, he should be able to fight the best. Werdum IMO is a nobody- he got KTFO in Dos Santos's debut, he wins one lame fight and he gets Fedor? That's lame...

I think Ubeerem is the only guy out of the UFC worthy of fighting Fedor, hopefully he goes to the UFC after that...

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0 # TimeToDie 2010-06-04 13:46

not buying it, screw you middles easy. you let me down yesterday with the yager/ortiz twitter beef. right now you're just the TMZ of MMA media.

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0 # Guest 2010-06-04 14:12

Not sure if u were paying attentio Russow was a joke hint the LOL... Fedor is a phenominal athlete, I am 220 6'1" and could DEFnot accomplish what he has! However for one to say he's best P4P BS!!! He will not only lose in one of his last two fights giving going as planned Werdum or Alistair... But none of these three can Compete with Mir, Carwin, Couture COULD TAKE FEDOR!!!, Liddel prolly could too... Point being well never find out if he retires... Lesner is a fluke also(different story) but still could annihalate those three non ufc...

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0 # Guest 2010-06-04 14:13

And yeah idiot UFC since 90s preteen... Who knows about the ultimate fighter when they came out spinning weapons and a guy cut himself and couldn't fight ON PAY PER VIEW... yeah UFC started it GRACIE WAS THERE... Ufc made mma blow up. And if u were the best JUST TO SQUASH THE HYPE ud convert just for the title if not DONT TALK LIKE U R... Fedor beat the best 5 or so years ago befor MMA become as mainstream and MORE if a miniscule yet equal OPPURTUNITY for all of that caliber... Not just over hyped lucky tough guys!

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0 # Guest 2010-06-04 14:49

He will keep fighting, acording to M-1.
http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Fedor-Nominated-in-Russian-Primary-Will-Continue-Fighting-24869

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0 # Guest 2010-06-04 15:06

Fedor is a asstounding athlete thst being said I dubbed his mma NOT secret power A SUPER CHIN... And it works it's just MMA greats YES... Is he or should he even be considered P4P??? HELL TO THE NIDAW!!!

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0 # Guest 2010-06-04 16:48

Chill people Fedor running for office DOES NOT mean retirement!

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0 # Guest 2010-06-04 17:06

I love this. A lot of mma fans are wannabe douchebag liberals who hate everything associated white and traditional - yet they love Fedor? lol Fedor is hardcore Christian and a member of a Russian populist/nation alist political party. So suck on that.

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0 # Guest 2010-06-05 05:51

Like I said he's respectable, talented athlete with a legit reason to pull out now YES SENATE GLAD TO KNOW... Secondly Hes not retiring so I need not say anymore ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS... And in regards to Mirs supposed comments didn't he say he was better than lesner ohh so Mir could possibly be a UNcredible source...??? Just curious???

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0 # Guest 2010-06-05 09:05

This article make sens,but enough comments on it already!
All I want to say is,Fedor not wanting to fight in the UFC,is like the NE Patriots playing in the CFL(Canadian Football league)or,in the NCAA!!!IT doesnt make any sens!Its not a "sport" decision but rather a business one,and it stink.

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0 # Guest 2010-06-05 13:03

Calm down. Fedor is just getting used to the cage before facing the top boys.

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0 # Guest 2010-06-05 13:48

thank god! He has been ducking top level competition for years. We all know he cant even hang with the upper B level of the ufc LHW division, let alone the top HW in the ufc. He's a shame and bad for the sport.

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0 # Guest 2010-10-08 09:39

if he does retire i really hope his next two are against Barnett And allistair. ideally a 3rd fight rematch with werdum, but i'd be happy with his last two being the #2 and #3 HWs.

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