Former PRIDE champion and Russian mixed martial arts icon Fedor Emelianeko has been admitted to a Moscow medical facility after being detected with coronavirus, according to reports.
Emelianenko, 44, issued a message on Instagram Thursday afternoon to thank fans for their concern, writing (by means of translation by RT Sport): “Thanks to all who are truly worried for my health,” the message reads, by means of translation by RT Sport.
Per reports, RIA Novosti and Tass the 44- year-old fighter was admitted to the Clinical Medical facility No. 52 in Moscow, a medical facility which specialises in dealing with people experiencing Covid-19
Understood to most as one of the most dominant fighters in mixed martial arts history, Emelianenko is a former world champion in several organisations and a nine-time Russian fight sambo world champ. His gone through the Japanese PRIDE promo is held as one of the most dominant winning sprees in the history of the sport, defeating fellow icons Mirko Cro Police, Mark Coleman and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira.
Recently, Emelianenko has been a member of the Bellator heavyweight roster and last completed in December 2019 where he scored a first-round stoppage win versus fellow former PRIDE star Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson.
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