Filed under: Bellator , Featured Videos , News , Radio Highlight , Videos A lot of people were disappointed when Matt Mitrione had to drop out of his Bellator 172 headliner with Fedor Emelianenko at the last minute due to health issues . That list includes cutman Jacob “Stitch” Duran, who, after being personally contacted by Emelianenko (36-4 MMA, 0-0 BMMA) – in English, no less – the week before he and Mitrione (11-5 MMA, 2-0 BMMA) were supposed to square off, was looking forward to working closely with the iconic fighter ahead of his Bellator debut. “I had gotten a call the Saturday before from Jerry Millen, who is the adviser for Fedor, and he asked if I was going to be in San Jose, and I said, ‘Yeah, of course.’ And he says, ‘Hold on, somebody wants to talk to you,’” Duran told MMAjunkie Radio
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