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The "Fedor Emelianenko Retirement" Story Gets More Interesting

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MiddleEasy sinks their teeth into something and much like a rabid dog, refuses to let go. After running a story a while back with talk of Fedor Emelianenko possibly retiring, which M-1 refuted, Zeus came across this rather interesting tidbit while looking through a translation. 

Fedor Emelianenko: (After a long pause) "Я не хочу так далеко забегать вперед. Я думаю только о предстоящем бое с Фабрисио вЕрдумом. Всё будет зависеть от того, как я в нем выступлю. Вот. У меня осталось два боя по контракту, дальше будем смотреть. Если буду чувствовать себя хорошо, то будем заключать новый контракт. Вот. Нооо... Я ВСЁ БОЛЬШЕ ДУМАЮ УЖЕ ОБ УХОДЕ."

Don't speak Russian? I don't, either. The rough translation that I get for the last line is that he will "go away" if he is not content. Of course, that is what Google told me. So let Zeus fill you in on the rest:

 

The part in bold is what Steven Bash failed to translate. In English, it reads: "If I will feel good, I will sign a new contract. But, I am more and more thinking about retiring". There was also a part in the conference call where Fedor directly blames Strikeforce for not having his fight in April. Steven Bash translated this as: "It was between Strikeforce management and Vadim Finkelstein to decide".

The audio is there for anyone to listen to. In no way is this fabricated. We've been on this 'Fedor retirement story' earlier this month when we broke the news that Fedor will be running for political office and that he was considering retirement. When other media outlets contacted M-1 Global for a clarification, they confirmed Fedor's run for office but completely denied that Fedor may retire.

 

The plot thickens.

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I was on the conference call. I might have missed it, but I don’t remember the translator relaying that Fedor saying he was thinking “more and more” about retirement. He did talk about retiring if he wasn’t getting what he wanted out of the sport.

He also said he wouldn’t consider a political career while he was actively fighting.

All in all, it sounded like he wanted to continue fighting for awhile. That’s just my impression though (and that’s all through the translator too.)

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by Mike Fagan on Jun 19, 2010 9:33 PM EDT reply actions  

Translators are not always truthful or accurate.

"BE is the Fox News of MMA sites." - Teh Interwebz

"His dad laid down all the labor. Now Roger and Leonard are the ones reaping all the benefits. I trained my son and Roger didn’t do (anything). If he’s that good, make a champion. He’s never taken anybody and made them a champion. He can’t do it." - Floyd SR on Floyd JR

by FloydJoyMayweatherSR on Jun 19, 2010 10:40 PM EDT up reply actions  

I’m always a bit skeptical when it comes to translations. I’m always even more skeptical when it involves anything to do with M-1.

by pud333 on Jun 20, 2010 11:23 AM EDT up reply actions  

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