First thing I thought about when I heard the fight was scrapped, why not have Fedor vs Kongo. Sure they put the Kongo fight on the card so if someone was injured he could fill in. For sure Bellator would rather have Fedor fight anyone than have the main event scrapped.
No doubt Kongo was offered the fight. He would have taken it in a second as there's no down side for him. Bigger paycheck, if he loses it doesn't hurt him as he's fighting Fedor on short notice. Nothing but an upside for Kongo. However the exact opposite can be said for The Last Emperror , if he loses to a late replacement his stock would go down, no matter how physically imposing Kongo is. Especially after having such a bad run in Strikeforce. It could very well be the last nail in his long career. Even if Fedor wanted to take the fight his management team would not let it happen.