Johnson believes that his fight against Emelianenko in Russia may be fixed

American heavyweight Timothy Johnson shared his expectations for his bout with legendary Russian Fedor Emelianenko on October 23 at Bellator 269 show in Moscow.

"My team is joking that if I don't win by points or knockout I may not come out the winner of this fight. I probably won't be able to win by decision of the judges in Russia. I'm killing two birds with one stone with this fight: since childhood, the only country I wanted to visit was Russia, and now I'm being paid to go to Russia to fight.

Defeating Fedor makes me the main contender for the title. I am by no means looking behind Fedor's back, but you have to have a serious plan in case you win. Maybe then Cheick Kongo and I will have a third fight, and the winner will fight the strongest in a Bader-Moldavsky pair. Or maybe we'll do a rematch with Minakov in February," Johnson said.