Bellator Japan: Fedor vs. Rampage results and post-fight analysis

Esther Lin, MMA FightingBefore Saturday night, Fedor Emelianenko had not fought inside Saitama Super Arena since 2015, when he scored a first-round TKO win over Jaideep Singh on a Rizin card. That win put Emelianenko’s career record inside the famous arena at 13-0. Emelianenko made it 14-0 on Saturday when he put away Quinton “Rampage” Jackson at the 2:44 mark of the first stanza.

Jackson weighed in at 265 pounds for the heavyweight fight and it looked like he added some additional weight before the bout. Jackson did not look good. He barely moved his feet and did not offer much offense. Jackson did not provide much defense either, as the first time Emelianenko hit him with a hard punch,…