Fedor Emelianenko was teased as a potential signing earlier this year by BKFC’s partial owner Conor McGregor, and one of the commentators of the bare-knuckle fighting federation has commented on the discourse around this. On a recent episode of Bowks Talking Bouts, Sean Wheelock was asked about how well Fedor Emelianenko would fare in a weight category that is helmed by current BKFC champion Ben Rothwell and Andrei Arlovski, who recently had a promising debut in gloveless combat at BKFC Texas last month.
When asked what he thinks the aptitude that ‘The Last Emperor’ would have for bare-knuckle if Fedor Emelianenko decided to throw down in the BKFC ring, Wheelock said,
“I know Fedor a little bit and how I got a chance to know Fedor was actually in M-1 [Global].