Emelianenko sold the "happy" sweater and gave the money to the children
Four-time world champion in mixed martial arts - MMA heavyweight, two-time under the version of “RINGS”, two-time under the version of “WAMMA”, four-time world champion and nine-time Russian champion in combat sambo Fedor Emelyanenko parted with his happy talisman in order that the dreams of sick children could be at least a little closer.
The lucky sweater of the fighter, who received the title of "the great sweater of absolute victory", was sold at auction for almost 11 thousand dollars.
The athlete handed over half of the amount received to seriously ill children.
The funds came to a benevolent background that helps seriously ill children of the whole world fulfill their cherished wishes.
Emelianenko’s fans have long noticed that all successful outputs of the athlete to the ring were associated with his appearance in a plain-looking striped sweater on the eve of the fight.
In it Fedor convincingly won Sonnen at the Bellator Grand Prix.
A frivolous sweater with multi-colored stripes first appeared on Emelianenko in 2009, and since then Fedor has not parted with him, putting it on every time before a crucial sporting event. Sweater Emelianenko has long become a meme on the Internet. Exactly the same wore athletes around the world and ordinary citizens who have no relation to the sport.
The identity of the knitted mascot buyer has not been established, it is only known that a person registered at an EBay auction just a few days ago.
On January 26, 2019, Emelianenko will face a heavy Bellator Grand Prix duel in heavyweight. He will fight against light heavyweight champion Ryan Bader. Now the fans are seriously worried about the outcome of the fight, because Fedor will come to him without his unfailing happy sweater.
Emelianenko himself said that he did everything right, because he just shared his luck with those for whom it is now vital in the truest sense of the word..
