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Ex-manager: 'Shady enterprise' riding Fedor Emelianenko's back, feeding him 'weak opposition'

After a brief retirement, former PRIDE FC heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko returned to mixed martial arts (MMA), hooking up with some old friends in Japan who -- according to his ex-manager -- will ride "The Last Emperor's" back and feed him an assembly line of tomato cans.

I guess the more things change, the more they stay the same.

M-1 head cheese Vadim Finkelchtein is no longer calling the shots for Emelianenko and therefore, believes he cannot be held responsible for keeping the heavyweight legend from joining the ranks of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) or even Bellator MMA.