Having previously retired, Emelianenko would be a massive signing for UFC and one that president Dana White admits to being interested in pursuing.
“We’ll see what happens,” White said when asked about Emelianenko’s potential debut.
“We’ll see how this thing plays out.”
Mir, who yesterday continued a career renaissance with a brutal knockout victory over rising star Todd Dufee, is a little more excited about the possible fight fans have waited 10 years to see.
“An opportunity to face him would be a huge honour,” Mir told Fox Sports.
“I might, just on the selfish side, want him to face somebody first so he could showcase to everybody that he’s still a monster and a scary dude and kind of remind fans of who Fedor is, but after that yeah.
“I’ve faced a lot of the greats from over there in PRIDE. (Antonio Rodrigo) Nogueira being one of them, (Mirko) Cro Cop, another phenomenal fighter who’s also making a rejuvenation of his career, so going out there and facing someone like Fedor, absolutely.”
“I have a lot of respect for Fedor,” Mir said.
“I think he just had a couple of bad fights there because the guy had 30 fights where he just ran through everybody. I think maybe he questioned himself and had some doubt and kind of basically did what I did. He’s taking some time off and probably found himself.
“That guy is a martial artist, if he wasn’t at the gym I’m sure he was still training Sambo or rolling around. The guy’s a very powerful, explosive, very savvy fighter.”
