From Yahoo! Sports:

Fedor Emelianenko was exhausted. He had spent the last week in the United States, promoting his upcoming fight against Brett Rogers in Strikeforce, that doesn’t yet have a date or location. By Friday night, he still had interviews and a grappling exhibition with Gegard Mousasi, but what perked up “The Last Emperor” was the prospect of watching the young fighters he had worked with.

“I love to watch the young generation, the youngsters,” Emelianenko told Cagewriter through a translator during an interview at M-1. “For example, Mikhail Zayats, I’ve known him for quite a bit, and I really enjoy watching him grow.”

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