Fedor Emelianenko će 18. veljače biti sam u kavezu s Mattom Mitrioneom, ali neće biti sam u svlačionici.

Član njegovog tima, njegov štićenik Anatolij Tokov, nastupa na istom eventu. 26-godišnji vlasnik scorea 24-3, koji je slavio u 16 uzastopnih nastupa prije poraza od Ramazana Emeeva, stat će pred Francisca Francea (13-4) u srednjoj kategoriji.

Fight card izgleda ovako:

   Bellator 172: Fedor vs. Mitrione   
18. veljače, San Jose, Kalifornija

Heavyweight: Fedor Emelianenko (36-4, 1 NC) vs. Matt Mitrione (11-5)
Lightweight: Josh Thomson (22-8, 1 NC) vs. Patricky “Pitbull” (16-8)
Heavyweight: Cheick Kongo (25-10-2) vs. Oli Thompson (17-9)
Welterweight: Josh Koscheck (17-10) vs. Mauricio Alonso (12-7, 1 NC)

Middleweight: Anatoly Tokov (24-2) vs. Francisco France (13-4-1)
Welterweight: James Terry (18-9) vs. David Douglas (9-6)
Lightweight: Nikko Jackson (1-1) vs. Cesar Gonzalez (0-1)
Featherweight: Juan Cardenas (1-0) vs. Luis Vargas (0-1)
Welterweight: Danasabe Mohammed (5-1) vs. Carlos Rocha (9-4)
Flyweight: Anthony Do (4-1) vs. Bobby Escalante (4-5)
Flyweight: Matt Ramirez (1-2) vs. Jeremy Murphy (3-3)
Lightweight: J.J. Okanovich (3-1) vs. Paradise Vaovasa (5-1)
Featherweight: Justin Tenedora (Debut) vs. Roque Reyes (0-3)