Fedor Emelianenko to be presented with WAMMA ring

The World Alliance of Mixed Martial Arts will present heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko with a championship ring during the Affliction “Day of Reckoning” weigh-ins on Jan. 23.

The ring presentation ceremony will happen at 3 p.m. PT at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. The ceremony and the weigh-ins are both available free to the public.

"We couldn't be more proud of having Fedor Emelianenko represent WAMMA as its first-ever heavyweight champion," WAMMA COO Michael Lynch stated. "Fedor is not only a world class fighter, but he is a world class person. He has always carried himself as a professional and comes from an old school mentality in that he prefers to let his actions speak louder than words."

WAMMA actually isn’t the first to award fighters with Super Bowl-style championship rings. The now-defunct International Fight League awarded the five members and the coach of the championship team with rings designed by league co-founder Kurt Otto.

The other WAMMA champion is lightweight Shinya Aoki, who on New Year’s Eve submitted Eddie Alvarez in Japan for the vacant belt.