HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. (AP) — Dan Henderson stopped Fedor Emelianenko in a Strikeforce M-1 Global heavyweight bout Saturday night.
After 28 consecutive victories and nearly a decade of perfection, Emelianenko suffered his third straight defeat, putting his career in question.
Both fighters came out swinging at the bell, but the pace quickly came to a standstill. Then with under a minute left, Fedor came out swinging, knocking Henderson down.
Henderson, the current light heavyweight champion, quickly recovered and turned Emelianenko over and pounded him with a body blow then with a flurry of right upper cuts to Fedor’s head before referee Herb Dean stopped the fight at 4:12.
