His name was Fedor and other men feared him. He had a shaved head, deadpan eyes and construction-worker muscles. He was a Russian army veteran who called Vladimir Putin a friend. “His thing,” Donald Trump said, “is inflicting death on people.”And he was Trump’s newest business partner.It was June 5, 2008 and Trump had called a news conference at Trump Tower to announce a new venture into the business of mixed martial arts—a blood-spattering blend of boxing, wrestling and karate often fought in a caged octagon.In that world, Fedor Emelianenko was king. Fedor, as everyone called him, was a …read more
Source: POLITICO – U.S. Edition