Meet Fedor Emelianenko at Open Workout in New York City

Fighters.com’s Heavyweight Champion “Last Emperor” Fedor Emelianenko (29-1) will display his skills for a sure-to-be tough crowd of New Yorkers at Fighthouse at 122 West 27th Street Wednesday at 3:30 PM EST.

Media and fans will have an opportunity to get up-close-and-personal with Fedor in an open workout and meet-and-greet.

Emelianenko is scheduled in an exhibition sparring match with Strikeforce light heavyweight champ “Dreamcatcher” Gegard Mousasi (22-2-1) at Friday’s M-1 Global Breakthrough in Kansas City.

Fighters.com asked Mousasi to explain the exhibition sparring format last Thursday. “It’s just like a light sparring,” he said, and added that the exhibition won’t turn competitive in front of thousands in Kansas City. “We are not animals. We can control ourselves.”

Also attending the open workout will be Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker and M-1 Global President Vadim Finkelchtein.

Emelianenko is scheduled to make his Strikeforce debut versus an opponent yet-to-be-named.

Breakthrough gets started at 7:30 PM local time at Memorial Hall in KC and the meat of the of the card will be broadcast on HDNet at 10:00 PM EST. Outside of the United States, the entire card will be streamed via the Internet. Details are available at M-1 Global’s website. Tickets starting at $25 can be purchased at Ticketmaster and there’s a buy-one-get-one-free offer.