Filed under: Bellator , Featured , Featured Videos , News , Videos Chael Sonnen had some pointed words for Fedor Emelianenko after grinding out Wanderlei Silva at Bellator NYC. Sitting beside Emelianenko at the event’s post-fight presser, Sonnen was a bit more restrained. “I would never kick a guy when he’s down – I respect Fedor,” Sonnen (30-15-1 MMA, 1-1 BMMA) said backstage after his main-event win on pay-per-view at Madison Square Garden in New York City. “That was my way of pulling him back up.” It didn’t necessarily sound that way when Sonnen used his post-fight speech to call out Emelianenko, a target on the legends butt-whipping tour he’s touted since coming out of retirement to sign with Bellator
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