Fedor Vladimirovich Emelianenko- a famous Russian athlete, four-time world champion in mixed martial arts (MMA) in heavy weight according to Pride FC, two-time according to RINGS, two-time according to WAMMA, four-time world champion and nine-time champion of Russia in combat sambo. Honored Master of Sports in Sambo. Fedor Emelianenko is an international master of sports in judo.
The childhood of Fedor Emelianenko
Father - Vladimir Alexandrovich Emelianenko- Worked as a gas and electric welder.
Mother - Olga Fedorovna Emelianenko- was a vocational school teacher.
Fedor was the second child of four. He was born on September 28, 1976 in the town of Rubizhne, Luhansk region.
Fedor Emelianenko has elder sister Marina, younger brothers - Alexander, and Ivan, who are also engaged in martial arts.
Fedor was two years old when the family left the Ukrainian SSR for the RSFSR and settled in the city of Stary Oskol. They were forced to live there for a long time. big family in one room of a communal apartment, as stated in the biography of Fedor Emelianenko on Wikipedia.
Later, when he became a famous fighter, and the USSR collapsed, heated discussions began to arise on the Internet about the nationality of Fedor Emelianenko - whether he is Russian or Ukrainian. Fedor himself answered the question about nationality in this way: “Russian. But to be honest, I do not divide our countries, because I was born in Ukraine. I was born in the Soviet Union. He lived his entire conscious age, from the age of 2, in Stary Oskol. But I also spent half a summer in Anthracite, half a summer in Rubizhny. Both there and there - these cities are native to me. There were no boundaries, there were no obstacles. Now they are two different states, but for me it remains a single whole.”
At the age of ten, Fedya Emelianenko enrolled in a section where the guys were engaged in martial arts. He started training with Vasily Gavrilov in the judo and sambo sections. Very soon, noticing the success of Fedor, the coach suggested that the boy go to a special sports class, which completed Vladimir Voronov.
Fedor continued to train with Voronov after school, when he entered the city vocational school. Fedor Emelianenko graduated from the school with one A, having received the specialty "electrician". Since that time, he decided to play sports on professional level.
After 9 years, Fedor Emelianenko decided to continue his education and entered Belgorod State University. He graduated from the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports in 2009. And in 2011, Emelianenko continued his studies at the same university in graduate school.
Sports career of Fedor Emelianenko
In 1995, Fedor Emelianenko was drafted into the army. The athlete continued continuous training there, increasing muscle mass by more than twenty kilograms during his service.
After serving, Emelianenko participated in sambo and judo competitions. Fedor managed to show excellent technique and excellent results.
In 1999, Fedor Emelianenko was invited to the Russian sambo team, in which he became the bronze medalist of class A international tournaments, and also helped lead the Russian team to a gold medal in the European team championship in Istanbul.
I must say that the formation of Emelianenko as an athlete took place in those years when it was almost impossible to make money in sports, and Fedor already had a family, children.
During this period, Fedor Emelianenko decided to move to MMA (from the English. Mixed Martial Arts - mixed martial arts), choosing the Japanese organization "Rings". Fedor went through twelve fights, losing only once, and then because of a double cut he received as a result of a forbidden elbow from an opponent Tsuyoshi Kosaka.
However, in 2001, Fedor Emelianenko still became the champion of the Rings.
Fedor Emelianenko's career in MMA
In 2002, Fedor Emelianenko moved to the most prestigious version of PRIDE fights without rules. Also this year, Fedor becomes the captain of the heavyweight sambo team, where they win the World Championship, which was held in Greece - in the overall standings, the team headed by Fedor took first place, according to a biography on Emelianenko's website.
In 2004, Fedor Emelianenko met in PRIDE battles with such rivals as: Kevin Rendleman, Antonio Nogueira, Naoya Ogawa, Mark Colman. After these fights, Emelianenko became the official PRIDE world champion.
In 2005, Fedor Emelianenko continued to participate in PRIDE fights. In the most famous and important fight of this year, in August, Fedor won Mirko"Cro Cop" Filipovich.
Fedor Emelianenko became a 3-time PRIDE world champion.
In 2006, Fedor Emelianenko won Mark Hunt, after that Fedor was awarded the title of 4-time world champion according to PRIDE.
The year 2006 began for Fedor with an operation on his arm in one of the clinics in St. Petersburg, where the athlete was installed in the place of the fracture of the plate and one needle. The rehabilitation period prescribed by the doctors lasted until June 24, when the plates were removed.
Emelianenko's first fight after the operation took place on October 21 against Mark Coleman. The fight took place in Las Vegas as part of Pride 32, the first Pride event outside of Japan. Throughout the fight, Emelianenko controlled the enemy, and in the second round he carried out a winning technique - the "elbow lever", catching Coleman on him for the second time.
In 2008, Fedor participated in the World Combat Sambo Championship, took 3rd place.
In January 2009, Fedor Emelianenko won the WAMMA belt against Andrey Orlovsky. Orlovsky started the fight well, but then jumped on Fedor, aiming for a finishing jump knee and ran into an oncoming right cross that sent him into a deep knockout. This knockout of Orlovsky by Emelianenko was recognized as the "Best knockout of 2009" according to the sports website Sherdog.
In November 2009, Fedor Emelianenko defended his world title against Brett Rogers, knocking him out in the 2nd round, Fedor confirmed that he is the best fighter on the planet.
In the period from 2003 to 2010, Fedor Emelianenko was recognized worldwide by the most famous sports media (ESPN, Sherdog, Full Contact Fighter, MMA Weekly, Knockout) as the best heavyweight MMA fighter. In the same period, in the lists of the best fighters, regardless of the weight category (English pound-for-pound), Emelianenko held the leading position, being in first place according to MMA.com, second according to MMANews and third according to Sherdog version. Fedor Emelianenko was also recognized by many experts as the best MMA fighter in the history of sports.
The list of fighters defeated by Fedor included: Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Sammy Schilt, Mark Coleman, Ricardo Arona, Mirko Filipovich, Tim Sylvia, Andrey Orlovsky, Mark Hunt and other famous fighters.
Fedor Emelianenko was declared undefeated for 10 years, which is considered a record in the history of MMA.
In 2009, Fedor Emelianenko won the Russian Sambo Championship, spending a total of 41 seconds on three opponents.
Fedor received his first defeat from Fabricio Werduma, who won by triangle choke on June 26, 2010 as part of the Strikeforce 26 tournament. The loss to Werdum was the first in a string of three defeats in a row, after which Emelianenko's ratings in the lists of the best fighters in the world decreased significantly. After some time, having won several victories in Russia and Japan, Emelianenko announced his retirement from the sport, but returned three years later, performing with varying success in various competitions.
February 13, 2011 Emelianenko lost to the Brazilian Antonio Silve. The fight was stopped by the decision of the doctor, who did not allow Fedor to continue the fight due to a huge hematoma under his eye. Immediately after the end of the fight against Silva, Emelianenko announced his retirement. However, then he changed his mind and decided to compete at the Russian Combat Sambo Championship.
In the summer of 2012, Emelianenko met with Pedro Rizzo. He managed to win already in the second minute of the first round, knocking out his opponent. After this fight, he announced his retirement from mixed martial arts.
On December 31, 2015, Fedor Emelianenko returned to the cage after a three-year hiatus. Emelianenko won the tournament in Japan, winning his first fight since returning to the sport.
In an MMA fight, Emelianenko quickly dealt with an Indian athlete Jaideep Singh, already in the 1st round he won by technical knockout. The referee stopped the fight when Singh stopped responding to punches.
After the fight, Fedor thanked the Japanese fans for their support and congratulated the Russians on the upcoming New Year and Christmas.
The President of the MMA of the Russian Federation Fedor Emelianenko condemned the holding of such competitions. Immediately after that, a flurry of criticism fell upon the world-famous fighter from a number of athletes and politicians close to the head of Chechnya.
Then Ramzan Kadyrov expressed the opinion that the president of the Union of Mixed Martial Arts MMA Fedor Emelianenko, who had previously condemned the holding of children's fights in Grozny, admitted his mistake. The Chechen leader turned to his supporters with a request to stop publishing records that affect the honor and dignity of Fedor.
Kadyrov wrote about this on his Instagram. According to him, he is sure that "Fyodor Vladimirovich realized the mistake." At the same time, the head of Chechnya believes that "an act worthy of a man is even the fact that Emelianenko understands, for some reason, the haste in assessing the organization of the tournament."
A few days later, an unknown person in Moscow hit the underage daughter of Emelianenko in the chest when she was returning home from school. A criminal case was initiated on this fact, and the head of Chechnya, Kadyrov, demanded that the person responsible for this attack be found and punished.
The Ministry of Sports recognized children's fights in Grozny as a violation.
Income of Fedor Emelianenko
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Fedor Emelianenko's personal life
With Oksana, who later became a wife, Fedor met at a sports camp, as a schoolboy. The girl was waiting for him from the army. The wedding took place in 1999. They had a daughter, Masha. Fedor divorced in 2006.
At the end of 2007, the athlete and his longtime girlfriend Marina had a daughter. The girl was named Vasilisa. In the fall of 2009, Emelianenko married a second time, and a year later Marina gave birth to a second girl, Elizabeth. Marina did not like to attract the attention of the press. She took care of the children and the home. The athlete always rested at home between fights. But in the middle of 2013, the athlete divorced his second wife and returned to Oksana, whom they married in the church in February 2014, according to Fedor Emelianenko's biography on the Know Everything website.
Fedor grew up in a poor, Soviet family with four children. His father worked as an electric welder at a local enterprise, and his mother was a teacher.
In 1978, the Yemelyanov family decided to move to Russia. In Stary Oskol, they settled in a tiny communal room.
In 1988, the boy enrolled in the martial arts section: judo and sambo. Fedor went to training with his younger brother, because his parents worked. As a result, both sons became professional athletes. Having received a certificate of maturity, Emelianenko entered the school, and mastered the profession of an electrician.
From 1995 to 1997, Fedor served in the army. Even there, the guy did not stop training, which allowed him to get stronger, gain twenty kilograms muscle mass. In 2003, Emelianenko entered the Belgorod Institute of Physical Culture and Sports, which he successfully graduated in 2009.
The beginning of a fighting career
In 1998, Fedor took part in the international sambo class "A" tournament. There he took first place, became a master of sports of Russia. Then there was another tournament in which the young man won a bronze medal in judo and sambo. At the end of the 99th year, Emelianenko signed a contract with the Japanese organization Ring, and moved to MMA. Of the 11 fights held, 9 ended in victory.
Fedor Emelianenko in the photo on the right.
With the advent of zero Fedor started boxing under the guidance of experienced coaches. This allowed him to become one of the Russian Top Team fighters. But Emelianenko spent less than a year there, but as a result of a conflict with the manager of the organization, he left the team. Almost immediately after that, Fedor joined the Red Devil Fighting Team.
The triumph in his fighting career came in 2001, when Emelianenko became the deserved champion of the Rings. The guy managed to put such titled rivals on the shoulder blades as: Sami Schilt, Heath Herrington, Antonio Rodrigue Nogueroya. In 2004, Emelianenko again repeated the triumphal procession, and became a two-time winner of the Rings.
Until 2009, there were ups and downs in the career of a Russian with Ukrainian roots. Only after the fight with the Belarusian fighter Andrei Orlovsky did he win the new WAMMA title. This was followed by the conclusion of a contract with Strikeforce, under the terms of which Emelianenko undertook to hold 3 fights. Although he lost two of them, he is still considered one of the best fighters according to MMA.
In 2016, Fedor's last fight took place., his opponent was the Brazilian fighter Fabio Maldonado. In this fight, bookmakers made big bets on the Russian athlete, but Emelianenko made those present and fans nervous.
The victory came incredibly hard, and the video from this event has collected a lot of views on YouTube. Now Fedor continues to train, and is the president of the MMA Association Russian Federation.
Personal life
Fedor had known his first wife Oksana since childhood, even then they were making serious plans for the future. The girl waited for the return of her beloved guy from the army. In 1999, Oksana and Fedor officially registered their marriage., and a few months later they became the parents of their daughter Maria. In 2006, the news of their divorce came as a surprise to relatives and close friends.
As it turned out later, Emelianenko had an affair with a girl named Marina. In 2007, the daughter Vasilisa was born. In 2009, Fedor and Marina got married, and a year later their daughter Elizabeth was born. Despite the birth of a child, Fedor still loved his ex-wife Oksana.
Unable to bear the separation, the famous fighter terminates the marriage with Marina and returns to Oksana. In 2013, the reunited family got married in a church. In March 2017, Fedor and Oksana had a daughter.
Childhood and family of Fedor Emelianenko
Fedor was the second child of four and was born into a working-class family in the city of Rubizhne in Ukraine. He has two younger brothers and an older sister. My father worked as a gas and electric welder, and my mother taught at a local vocational school.He was only two years old when the family left Ukraine for Russia and settled in the city of Stary Oskol. There they were forced to live for a long time as a large family in one room in communal apartment.
Fedor Emelianenko. Best fights.
In the section where the guys were engaged in martial arts, Fedya signed up at the age of ten. He began to train with Vasily Gavrilov in the judo and sambo sections. Often he came to training with his younger brother Sasha, whom he had to look after. In the future, Alexander also became a famous professional athlete.
After a year of successful studies, the boy was offered to move to a special sports class, which was completed by Vladimir Voronov. The novice athlete did not stop training even after school, when he entered the city vocational school. He graduated from college with one A, having received the specialty "electrician". Since that time, he decided to play sports at a professional level. In 1995 he was drafted into the army. Being a purposeful person, he continued continuous training there, increasing muscle mass during his service by more than twenty kilograms.
The beginning of the career of boxer Fedor Emelianenko
After serving, Emelianenko participated in sambo and judo competitions. At the same time, he managed to show excellent technique and excellent results.In the nineties, it was impossible to make money with sports, and going into bandits was out of the question. During this period, the athlete moved to MMA, choosing the Japanese organization "Rings". He went through twelve fights, losing only once and then, due to a double cut, which he received as a result of a forbidden elbow from an opponent. He received this cut in the final fight, thus dropping out of the fight. However, in 2001, Fedor nevertheless became the champion of the Rings.
Takeoff of a career, the best fights of Fedor Emelianenko
After the results shown at the Rings, Emelianenko was noticed, he received an invitation from Pride. There they showed the best results. The athlete himself believes that he had his best fights in Pride. First there was a fight with Sami Schilt, an athlete from Holland, which ended in the victory of Fedor. Then he defeated an American named Heath Herring. The third opponent was a very strong athlete, an experienced fighter and a favorite. It turned out to be Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira. The Russian athlete also won over him. It is known that for six years Antonio could not win any athlete.The best knockouts of Fedor Emelianenko
A very successful year for Emelianenko was 2004, which consisted of a series of incessant victories. First he won, meeting with Mark Coleman, then there was a victory over Kevin Randleman, the second victory over Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira was the final one. So Fedor again confirmed his Pride championship title. Initially, the fight with Antonio was forced to be interrupted by the judges, as both fighters had a cut due to a headbutt. The battle continued on the last day of December.
This was followed by a series of not the most revealing fights, but the athlete proved to be a purposeful fighter, defeating Mark Hunt, who was one of the contenders for the Pride championship title. Fedor, almost at the very beginning of the battle, received a broken toe, but managed not only to end the fight, but to emerge victorious from it. This was at the end of 2006. Since Pride soon went bankrupt, the athlete forever remained its undisputed champion.
Fedor Emelianenko in M-1 Global
Despite the fact that many experts and fans expected that after the bankruptcy of Pride, the athlete would start performing in the octagonal American ring, which is otherwise called the "cage", he chose M-1 Global. It is known that Fedor is a co-owner of M-1 Global. 
Emelianenko's fights became much less, but attention to him in his homeland increased significantly. The fight with the giant athlete Hong Man Choi, who represented Korea, ended with the brightest victory in his career.
One of the undefeated UFC fighters made a defiant statement on television in which he said that Emelianenko was afraid to fight experienced athletes. So the fight between Fedor and Tim Sylvia took place. After the victory, the Russian became the champion of WAMMA. Already in 2009, he had to defend this title in a fight with an athlete from Belarus. It was Andrey Orlovsky. The Belarusian had excellent technique, and at first it seemed that Fedor was very depressed by this fact. Despite this, Emelianenko won, sending Andrei into the deepest knockout.
Signing a contract with Strikeforce has become a welcome and long-awaited for the fans. According to the contract, Fedor had to hold three "cell" fights. The first fight was with Brett Rogers. The Russian easily won. Unfortunately, the second, and then the third fight ended in defeat for him. His rivals were Fabrizio Werdum and Bigfoot (his real name is Antonio Silva).
The decision to retire from boxing, Fedor Emelianenko today
After these fights, Emelianenko started talking about the fact that he should probably stop his sports career. However, later his fans were able to see and rejoice at more than one of his victories.In November 2011, Fedor defeated an athlete of equal strength and technique. His opponent was Jeff Monson. Vladimir Putin, who came to cheer for the Russian, personally congratulated him on his victory.
Fedor Emelianenko VS Jeff Monson
In the summer of 2012, Emelianenko met with Pedro Rizzo. He managed to win already in the second minute of the first round, knocking out his opponent. After this fight, he announced his retirement.
Fedor Emelianenko's personal life
With Oksana, who later became Fedor's wife, the young man met at a sports camp, as a schoolboy. The girl was waiting for him from the army. The wedding took place in 1999. They had a daughter, Masha. Fedor divorced in 2006.At the end of 2007, the athlete and his longtime girlfriend Marina had a daughter. The girl was named Vasilisa. In the fall of 2009, Emelianenko married a second time, and a year later Marina gave birth to a second girl, Elizabeth. Marina did not like to attract the attention of the press. She took care of the children and the home. The athlete always rested at home between fights.
In mid-2013, the athlete divorced his second wife. He again returned to Oksana, with whom they got married in the church in February 2014.
Fedor Emelianenko - Frank Mir (2018)
Fedor Emelianenko (born 09/28/1976) - the legendary Russian MMA fighter, four-time world champion in mixed martial arts - MMA in heavy weight according to Pride FC, two-time - according to RINGS, two-time - according to WAMMA, four-time world champion and nine-time champion of Russia in combat sambo. Honored Master of Sports in Sambo and International Master of Sports in Judo. He currently competes in Rizin Fighting Federation and Bellator MMA.
In the period from 2003 to 2010, Emelianenko was recognized worldwide by the most famous sports media (ESPN, Sherdog, Full Contact Fighter, MMA Weekly, Knockout) as the best heavyweight MMA fighter. In the same period, in the lists of the best fighters, regardless of the weight category (English pound-for-pound), Emelianenko held the leading position, being in first place according to MMA.com, second according to MMANews and third according to version of "Sherdog" and was recognized by many experts as the best MMA fighter in the history of sports. The list of fighters defeated by Fedor includes: Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Sammy Schilt, Mark Coleman, Ricardo Arona, Mirko Filipovich, Tim Sylvia, Andrei Orlovsky, Mark Hunt and other famous fighters.
For almost ten years, Fedor remained undefeated, which is an unprecedented achievement in the history of MMA. Emelianenko received his first official defeat under controversial circumstances: on December 22, 2000, as part of the King of Kings 2000 Block B tournament, the Japanese fighter Tsuyoshi Kosaka cut Fedor’s eyebrow with a forbidden elbow strike, and already at the 17th second of the fight, the doctors stopped the fight.
Since within the framework of the tournament there had to be a winner who would continue his way to the final, and Emelianenko could not continue to participate, Kosaka was recognized as the winner of the battle. In this regard, many fans of mixed martial arts, not taking into account this defeat due to its illegitimacy, considered Emelianenko the only undefeated MMA fighter before his defeat to Fabricio Werduma, who won by triangle choke on June 26, 2010 at the Strikeforce 26 tournament.
Fedor Emelianenko was born on September 28, 1976 in the Ukrainian city of Rubizhne. Father Vladimir Alexandrovich worked as a welder, and mother Olga Fedorovna worked as a teacher at the school. Fedor was the second child, in total there were four children in the family.
In 1978, the family moved to Russia, settling in the city of Stary Oskol. There they lived in a communal apartment - the family got a small room, originally intended for drying clothes.
At the age of 10, Fedya enrolled in the judo and sambo sections, where he trained under the guidance of Vasily Gavrilov. The boy literally lived in training, sometimes even staying in the gym for the night. The future athlete had to take his younger brother Sasha with him to training, who had no one to leave with. In the future, Alexander also became a professional athlete.
After a year of successful training, Fedor Emelianenko, as a promising student, was offered to go to the class of Vladimir Voronov. After graduation high school the guy went to study at a vocational school, which he graduated in 1994, having received a red diploma in electrician.
In 1995, Emelianenko was drafted into the Russian army, where he served until 1997. During the years of service, not forgetting about intensive training, he increased muscle mass by more than 20 kg.
From 2003 to 2009 Fedor studied at the faculty physical education and sports of Belgorod state university. In the same educational institution The athlete has completed postgraduate studies.
Returning from the army, Fedor Emelianenko became the winner of the international tournament held in Kursk, and received the title of master of sports in judo and sambo. In 1998, the first place in the most prestigious international class "A" tournament brought him the title of international class master of sports of Russia in sambo. In the same year, he became the champion of Russia and received "bronze" in two championships of Russia at once - in judo and sambo. In addition, the athlete achieved the title of champion in his weight category.
The following year brought Emelianenko victory in Moscow sambo tournaments. international level. The wrestler won "bronze" in international tournaments of class "A" (Moscow, Sofia).
In the late 90s, the athlete moved to MMA, choosing a Japanese organization called Rings for cooperation. Under the auspices of this organization, he spent 11 fights, and won victories over such fighters as Renato "Babalu" Sobral and ADCC champion, Ricardo Arona. Fedor lost only once. Failure overtook the athlete in the final fight - the opponent, Kosaka, inflicted a forbidden elbow blow on Fedor Emelianenko: as a result of a double cut, he dropped out of the fight.
In 2000, the wrestler began to intensively study boxing techniques under the guidance of Alexander Michkov. At the same time, he joined the Russian Top Team. Three years later, Fedor left the club, pointing out the lack of integrity of the manager Vladimir Pogodin and joined the Red Devil Fighting Team.
Having become the RINGS champion, Emelianenko was invited to the Japanese Pride promotion, the largest MMA organization in the world at that time. In Pride, Emelianenko made his debut on June 23, 2002, speaking out against the Dutch fighter Semmy Schilt, who was almost 30 centimeters taller. Despite such a big difference, Emelianenko confidently won the fight by unanimous decision, after which he went to the American Heath Herring. The winner of the match would be eligible to fight for the Pride title against Brazilian jiu-jitsu specialist Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, who has held the Pride championship belt since 2001. Despite the fact that Herring was considered the favorite, Emelianenko managed to win by technical knockout already in the first round, knocking the American to the floor and bringing down a hail of blows on him in the ground floor. As a result of successful attacks by Emelianenko, Herring opened a serious cut, after examining which, the doctor forbade the continuation of the fight.
After defeating Herring, Fedor got the opportunity to face Nogueira in the ring for the Pride title. After three rounds of stubborn confrontation at the Pride 25 tournament, Emelianenko won by unanimous decision, becoming the Pride heavyweight champion.
In 2003, Fedor spent three more fights in Pride, meeting with Kazuyuki Fujita, Gary Goodridge and Yuji Nagata. It is worth noting that the fight with Fujita made Fedor's fans worry, as the Japanese wrestler managed to seriously shock Fedor, but Emelianenko went into the clinch and turned the fight to the ground, where he submitted the Japanese.
As part of the Pride Heavyweight Grand Prix 2004 tournament, Fedor met with former UFC champion and Pride Grand Prix 2000 winner Mark Coleman, and won by submission in the first round.
After that, Fedor went against Coleman's training partner, Kevin "Monster" Randleman. A two-time NCAA Division I wrestling champion and former UFC champion, Randleman had by then recorded a knockout victory over one of the tournament favorites, Mirko Filipovic. In a fight with Emelianenko, Randleman demonstrated an incredibly spectacular deflection throw, which later will be included in almost all MMA highlights. However, Emelianenko still managed to win by forcing Randleman to knock in surrender.
On August 15, 2004, in the semifinals of the Grand Prix, Emelianenko met with six-time member of the Japanese judo team and Olympic silver medalist Naoya Ogawa. Fedor quickly turned the fight to the ground, where he held the “elbow lever”. The Nogueira-Emelianenko fight was supposed to not only determine the winner of the Grand Prix 2004, but also to unify Nogueira's interim champion title and Emelianenko's title. The meeting between the two fighters was very tense, but as a result of an unintentional, but still forbidden by the rules, clash of heads, Emelianenko opened a cut. As a result, the fight was declared invalid, and Emelianenko retained the champion title.
The third meeting between the fighters took place at Pride Shockwave 2004 on December 31, 2004. The Pride Heavyweight Championship and the 2004 Grand Prix Championship were again at stake. Unlike the first match, which took place mainly on the ground, Emelianenko, to the surprise of the enemy, preferred to fight in a stance and limited himself to judo throws. As a result, Emelianenko won by decision of the judges.
In April 2005, at Pride Bushido 6, Fedor avenged his first defeat to Tsuyoshi Kosaka by "destroying" his counterpart by technical knockout.
In the next fight, Emelianenko opposed the Croatian fighter Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovich. This fight can be safely called a “superfight”, since both fighters occupied the top lines in the ranking of the best heavyweights. The excitement for the fight was added by the fact that Mirko knocked out Fedor's younger brother, Alexander. The Emelianenko-Filipovich fight was supposed to take place at the end of 2003, however, speaking at Inoki Boom Ba Ye due to contractual disagreements, Fedor temporarily left Pride. Pride management organized a fight for the interim title between Filipović and Nogueira, in which the latter won. Subsequently, the meeting between Filipovic and Emelianenko was re-postponed when the Croat was unexpectedly knocked out by Kevin Randleman in the first round of the 2004 Grand Prix. This fight took place on August 28, 2005 at Pride Final Conflict. The fight was one of the best fights in MMA history, with Fedor taking a decision win to defend his Pride Heavyweight title.
On December 31, 2005, Emelianenko quickly defeated Zuluzinho by TKO at Pride Shockwave 2005.
The year 2006 began for Fedor with an operation on his arm in one of the clinics in St. Petersburg, where the athlete was installed in the place of the fracture of the plate and one needle. The rehabilitation period prescribed by the doctors lasted until June 24, when the plates were removed. Emelianenko's first fight after the operation took place on October 21 against Mark Coleman. The fight took place in Las Vegas as part of Pride 32, the first Pride event outside of Japan. Fedor again won by submission in the 2nd round.
The last defense of the Pride title by Fedor took place at Pride Shockwave 2006 against the 2001 K-1 champion, New Zealander Mark Hunt. Emelianenko was originally scheduled to meet Josh Barnett, but Barnett pulled out of the fight, saying he was not in the best physical shape. Since Mirko Filippovich underwent surgery on his leg on October 26 and could not take part in Shockwave 2006, Hunt became a candidate for the champion title, despite the fact that he himself was defeated by Barnett in June.
As a result, Fedor won by submission in the first round. This was Emelianenko's last fight under the auspices of Pride, as a few months later the organization went bankrupt, and its assets were bought out by its main competitor, the American UFC promotion.
Shortly before the breakup of Pride, Emelianenko took advantage of a clause in his contract allowing him to fight for other organizations, provided that the fight would take place on Russian territory, and accepted an offer from the BodogFight promotion. Emelianenko's rival was the American fighter Matt Lindland, a former Olympic silver medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling. For the fight with Emelianenko, Lindland had to gain 15 kilograms in order to move from the usual middle weight category to the heavy one.
The fight took place on April 14, 2007 at an event called "Clash of the Nations" (Clash of the Nations) in St. Petersburg, gathering among the audience a large number of celebrities, including Vladimir Putin, Silvio Berlusconi and Jean-Claude Van Damme. Fedor won by submission in the first round.
After that, Fedor signed a contract with M-1 Global. Emelianenko's next fight was on December 31, 2007 against the Korean "giant" Hong Man Choi. This fight was held under the auspices of the Japanese promotion "Yarennoka!" sponsored by M-1 Global, Fighting and Entertainment Group (FEG) and Deep. Fedor won a spectacular victory by submission ("armbar") in the first round.
In April 2008, Emelianenko signed a contract with Affliction Entertainment, a subsidiary of clothing manufacturer Affliction. According to the contract, Emelianenko was supposed to take part in the debut event of the organization - "Affliction: Banned". Fedor's new rival was two-time ex-UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia.
The fight took place on July 19, 2008, and it took Fedor only 36 seconds to defeat Sylvia: Emelianenko unleashed a hail of punches on the American, after which he performed a choke hold from the back. In the next fight, Emelianenko met in the ring with another ex-UFC champion - Belarusian Andrey Orlovsky. The meeting between Emelianenko and Orlovsky became the main battle of the second card, organized by "Affliction", held under the name "Day of Reckoning", on January 24, 2009. At the beginning of the fight, Orlovsky seemed to be starting to take the initiative: Andrei managed effective combinations, however, apparently inspired by early success, Orlovsky decided to finish the fight as quickly as possible and tried to break through with his knee in a jump. Forgetting about protection, he rushed at Fedor, and Emelianenko sent him into a deep knockout. Subsequently, this knockout was recognized as the "Best Knockout of 2009" according to the sports website Sherdog.
Emelianenko's next fight was to be held against Josh Barnett on August 1, 2009, at the Affliction: Trilogy tournament, however, the fight did not take place, as on July 22 Barnett was convicted of using anabolic steroids by the California Athletic Commission, as a result of which he lost his license to participation in battles. Soon the Affliction promotion itself ceased to exist.
After working with Affliction, Emelianenko signed a contract with another American MMA organization, Strikeforce, under a similar joint promotion scheme with M-1 Global. Company President Scott Cocker confirmed that the Emelianenko fight will take place on November 7 and will be broadcast on the national CBS television channel. Fedor's opponent was a heavyweight from Minnesota, Brett Rogers, who at that time had 10 wins and no losses. Despite the fact that a few months earlier, Rogers only fought in his spare time as a tire fitter, he made the MMA world take notice by knocking out Andrey Orlovsky in just 22 seconds. The battle was preceded by a grandiose information campaign, which even resulted in filming documentary film"Fight Camp 360°: Fedor vs Rogers". Emelianenko knocked out Rodgers in the 2nd round.
Emelianenko's next fight took place on June 26, 2010 against Brazilian jiu-jitsu specialist and ADCC champion Fabricio Werdum. Before the fight, Werdum's chances were regarded by experts and fans as very low, but the Brazilian made a big upset, forcing Fedor to knock in surrender, holding a choke hold "triangle". This was Emelianenko's first undeniable defeat in his career. Subsequently, this technique was recognized as the "Best Choke of 2010" according to the site "Sherdog". After the fight, Werdum stated that he still considers Emelianenko the best fighter and his idol.
In early January 2011, it was announced that Fedor would take part in the Strikeforce Grand Prix tournament and his opponent in the first stage would be the Brazilian fighter Antonio Silva, nicknamed Bigfoot.
The fight, which took place on February 12, 2011, aroused increased interest of viewers: for the Russians, the Russia-2 TV channel was broadcasting live, for the Americans, the Showtime cable TV channel, according to which, during the broadcast of the fight, there were about 1,100,000 people in front of the TV screens alone. spectators.
Experiencing difficulties with the dimensions of his opponent, Fedor lost this fight by technical knockout, as he could not continue the fight after he had an extensive hematoma in his right eye, and, despite Fedor's desire to continue the fight, the doctors imposed a ban on this. Thus, Emelianenko dropped out of the tournament in the first stage and received his second defeat in a row.
On July 30, Fedor faced Dan Henderson, the former Pride middleweight champion and current Strikeforce light heavyweight champion, in a cage. A former two-time member of the US Greco-Roman wrestling team, Henderson, who competed in the 93 kg and 85 kg weight categories throughout his career, first tried himself in the heavy weight category, gaining the required 94 kilograms with difficulty.
Fedor lost by technical knockout in the first round. After the fight, Emelianenko said that the fight was stopped too early, and Henderson, who is a big fan of Fedor, called what happened one of the most serious achievements in his career.
On November 20, 2011, Emelianenko fought in Moscow for the first time: at USC Olimpiysky, he entered the ring against two-time ADCC champion Jeff Monson, nicknamed "Snowman" in the main fight of the evening "M-1 Global: Fedor vs Monson", broadcast live on the air of "Russia-2". Fedor won by decision in a rather one-sided fight.
On December 31, 2011, Fedor took part in the New Year's tournament Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoka 2011, where he performed in the main fight of the evening against the MMA novice, the 2008 Olympic judo champion, Satoshi Ishii. Fedor won by knockout in the first round.
On June 21, 2012, Emelianenko fought Brazilian Pedro Rizzo, a UFC veteran. Fedor won by knockout in the second minute of the first round. After the fight, Emelianenko announced his final decision to end his career in mixed martial arts.
Since the summer of 2012, Emelianenko has not competed in mixed martial arts tournaments, but continued to keep fit. On July 14, 2015, Fedor announced his return to the professional ring.
On September 20, 2015, Emelianenko announced that he had agreed with the former owner of the Pride organization on a duel scheduled for December 31, 2015 as part of the RIZIN New Year's show in Japan. Emelianenko's rival was Jaideep Singh, the winner of several prestigious kickboxing tournaments, who at that time won both of his professional fights according to MMA rules. In this fight, which took place on December 31, 2015, Emelianenko won in the first round.
On June 17, 2016, the fight took place with ex-UFC fighter Fabio Maldonado. In the first round, Fabio seriously shocked Fedor, catching him with two counter side punches to the jaw and managing to land a large number of strikes on the ground. In the two remaining rounds, Emelianenko leveled the fight and won the fight by majority decision: 28-28, 29-28, 29-28. Maldonado's headquarters did not agree with the verdict of the judges and filed an appeal with the MMA Union of Russia, where it was rejected, citing the "40-minute rule", according to which the appeal must be filed no later than 40 minutes after the end of the fight. This decision caused an outcry in the headquarters of Maldonado, who suggested that the decision could be influenced by the fact that Emelianenko is the president of the Union. The Soyuz also refused to consider the appeal, citing WMMAA rules applicable to amateur rather than professional fights. Later, Soyuz vice-president Radmir Gabdullin said that, as an exception, Fabio's appeal would still be considered by the World MMA Association (WMMAA). In addition, the WMMAA organized an independent commission of three judges, who, after watching the fight, unanimously concluded that a draw (28-28) would be a fair result and canceled Emelianenko's victory. The commission pointed out a possible conflict of interest and considered the fight a professional fight, which excluded the "40 minute rule", but the Russian MMA Association refused to review the decision on the fight.
On November 19, 2016, during the broadcast of the Bellator 165 tournament, it was announced that Emelianenko had signed a multi-fight contract with the Bellator MMA promotion.
On November 20, 2016, information appeared that Emelianenko would fight Matt Mitrione on February 18, 2017 at the Bellator 172 tournament. However, this fight was canceled because Mitrione started having health problems (kidney stones) a few hours before the tournament.
The fight "Emelianenko-Mitrio" has been postponed to the Bellator 180 tournament, which will be held on June 24, 2017 in New York.
Fedor Emelianenko- Russian athlete who received the title of 4-time world champion in mixed martial arts MMBA in the heavyweight category. He became the owner of the title of 2-time world champion from WAMMA, 4-time and 9-time champion of the Russian Federation in combat sambo class. The Russian is one of the honored masters of sports in sambo and judo in the international category. Many people know him and big number fans around the world watch his career and marvel at his rise. During his professional sports activities, the famous fighter and current politician showed amazing results, which were achieved due to his "iron" character and great willpower, along with the desire to win. At the same time, the Russian is a deeply religious person and a caring father.
Fedor's childhood and youth
Fedor was born in 1976. The place of his birth is the Luhansk region, the city of Rubizhne, Ukraine. The athlete's father, Vladimir Aleksandrovich, was an ordinary welder, and his mother, Olga Fedorovna, worked as a teacher at a vocational school. Fedor was not the only child in the family, he has an older sister named Marina, whose age difference is only two years. Also, his parents had two more younger sons: Alexander (born in 1981) and Ivan (born in 1988).
When Fedor reached the age of two, the whole family moved to Stary Oskol, which is located in the Belgorod region. In this city, Fedor lived and trained even at a time when he was already a famous athlete. The family did not live well, in an ordinary communal apartment, in which they got a drying room, a kitchen and a bathroom shared with neighbors.
For sambo and judo classes Emelianenko first came at the age of ten. Since there was no one to leave his younger brother, Fedor took him with him to training. Thanks to this, Alexander became interested in weightlifting and in a certain period he was able to enter the top ten heavyweights in the world and is now a former world champion according to ProFC.
Also, the younger brother was able to achieve the title of master of sports in the international class in combat sambo and become the European champion in judo and sambo. However, because of his addictions in the form of alcohol, he constantly got into bad situations.
To date, Alexander Emelianenko is in prison for raping a housekeeper. The term of punishment is four and a half years. Almost nothing is known about the younger brother Ivan. He achieved the title of master of sports in combat sambo and hand-to-hand combat, and was also engaged in boxing. But Ivan did not make a professional career as a fighter.
The first coach of the famous Fedor was Vasily Ivanovich Gavrilov. He taught his students in a training room located in a bomb shelter. A year after class, the athlete was in a special sports class, which was formed by Vladimir Mikhailovich Voronov. This coach stayed with the fighter for a long time, helping him develop.
After school, Emelianenko also did not quit playing sports, continuing to train while studying at the twenty-second school. He graduated from an educational institution with a red diploma in the specialty "electrician". Average professional education was not final, so in 2003 Fedor continued his studies at BSU. He chose the Faculty of Physical Culture and Sports. At the same university, he enrolled in graduate school.
In the period from 1995-1997, Fedor Emelianenko was on military service in the ranks of the Russian army of Russia. Initially, he was sent to the fire troops, after which he was transferred to a tank division located near Nizhny Novgorod.
Even while in military service, Fedor did not abandon his training, but in his activities he placed great emphasis on the barbell, weights and cross-country runs. During the period of service, he gained more than twenty kilograms of muscle mass. Returning from the army, Emelianenko received the title of master of sports in sambo and judo (this happened in 1997), and one year later he was awarded the title of master of sports in the international sambo class.
When journalists asked Fedor about his idols, it turned out that the athlete had no particular favorites in his teens. But he noted the legendary athletes that he always tried to match. To those he attributed the multiple world record holder in such a sport as weightlifting, Yuri Vlasov, three-time Olympic champion in classical Greco-Roman wrestling Alexander Karelin and three-time freestyle wrestling champion Alexander Medved.
In his youth, Fedor admired the Soviet Union ice hockey team. For impressionable strength and power, the team was called the "Red Machine". At the moment when Emelianenko began to get involved in martial arts, he always took as an example such famous fighters as: Taktarov, Couture and Vovchanin.
F. Emelianenko's personal life
Acquaintance with Oksana, who later became the legal wife of a famous athlete, took place back in his school years, when he took part in sports camps at a pioneer camp. The future wife worked there as a counselor and even waited for Fedor from the army. At the initial stages of the relationship, Oksana had to try on the role of a doctor, treating the abrasions of her beloved after the competition. In 1999, the young people signed, and in marriage they had a daughter, Maria. But in 2006, Emelianenko divorced Oksana. The parting happened without quarrels, by amicable agreement. The athlete's wife has always been a wise woman and was able to stay in good relations with an ex-spouse, despite his betrayal.
At the end of 2007, Fedor gave birth to a second daughter, his longtime girlfriend named Marina, to whom he left Oksana. The second child was named the beautiful name of Vasilisa. In the fall of 2009, the athlete had a second wedding with Marina, and a year later she gave birth to another daughter, Lisa. In mid-2013, Fedor decided to divorce his second wife and returned to Oksana again. For Marina it was a shock, their daughter was two years old. With his first wife, the athlete got married in a church in 2014. This happened after a trip to Diveevo, which took place in 2006. According to Fedor, the wedding in the church was not just a beautiful event for him. He believes that people are obliged to consolidate their feelings not only with the help of words, but also through obligations to God. 
The wedding procedure characterized Emelianenko as a deeply religious person. Those around do not exclude the fact that there is a "higher power" in the Russian hero, which does not allow him to defeat. Fedor himself reports that after trips to holy places, he realized that God exists and changed his worldview.
After that, he began to come to the prayer service in the temple and met Father Andrei there. Later, Fyodor came to confess and often talked with the priest on various topics. In the future, the priest became the confessor of the athlete and blesses him every time before the fights.
All your own free time Emelianenko dedicates to his family, reads books and listens to music. In addition, Fedor is excellent at drawing. During one of the interviews, he talked about reading the lives of the saints, watching films of various directions, excluding crazy productions. The athlete also mentioned that he plays chess almost every day.
Sports career of Fedor Emelianenko
After serving in the army, Fedor began to participate in sambo and judo competitions, showing excellent technique and performance. The beginning of his career took place in the 90s, when it was impossible to make money in sports.
During the same period, he decided to move to MMA, preferring a Japanese organization called the Rings. Over the course of 12 fights, he suffered only one defeat due to a double cut. This injury was received due to the forbidden reception of the enemy in the form of an elbow strike. The injury fell on the final fight, so Fedor fell out of the fight. But in 2001, Emelianenko achieved the Rings title. 
After effective cooperation with the Japanese, Fedor became the object of attention from Pride and received an offer of cooperation. In this team, the athlete showed his best results. The first was a fight with an athlete from Holland Sami Schilt, then with an American Herring and Antonio Rodrigo.
Emelianenko ended all three fights with a victory, including he was able to defeat Rodrigue, who was considered an invincible opponent for six years.
Many experts put forward their assumptions that Fedor, after the closing of Pride, will begin to participate in the octagonal American rings, which are called the "cage". But the athlete chose a different path and became a member of M-1 Global. Today, everyone knows that Emelianenko is among the co-owners of the company. Despite the reduced number of fights, interest in the person of the athlete at home increased.
The best fights of Fedor Emelianenko
One of the athlete's best fights is the fight in 2003 with Antonio Nogueira, who was the Pride champion for two years and was known for his endurance and ability to take a punch. Therefore, the Brazilian was the main contender for victory. But when the fight began, Emelianenko immediately seized the initiative and continued to hold it until the very end.
The Brazilian was forced only to defend himself, but still held out to the end. By unanimous decision of the judges, the victory was awarded to the Russian.
In 2004, the Russian athlete had the most productive fights, which ended in victory over Mark Coleman, Kevin Randleman. And in August 2005, when Emelianenko had a fight with Mirko Filipovich, everyone expected him especially. After all, the Croat was considered the only contender capable of knocking out Emelianenko, who at that time had 19 uninterrupted victories.
In addition, Filipovich became the winner in the battle with Fyodor's brother Alexander. Despite the fact that the Croat expected Emelianenko to be active on the ground, the Russian, unexpected for him, held the first part of the fight in the standing position. As a result, Fedor won his 20th victory in a row in this fight.
In a fight with Mark Hunt in 2006, Fedor Emelianenko proved to everyone that he is a purposeful fighter. Despite the fact that Khanta was the main contender for the title in Pride at that time, and at the very beginning of the fight Fedor had a broken toe, the Russian ended the battle with a victory. Then Pride went bankrupt, so Emelianenko remained its champion forever. The brightest victory of Emelianenko was the end of the duel with the huge fighter Hong Mai Choi, who spoke from Korea. After that, Tim Sylvia, a multiple UFC champion, publicly announced through television that Emelianenko was afraid to enter into competition with experienced athletes.
Fedor took the fight with an aggressive 140-kilogram fighter and, having easily defeated him in the 36th second of the fight, became the WAMMA champion.
The best knockouts of Fedor Emelianenko
Emelianenko has unique fights on his account, completed by knockout even before the opponent's first blow. One of such striking fights is the competition, which took place in 2005, in which the two-meter Brazilian Zuluzinho became Fedor's rival. The fight lasted only 26 seconds. Then Emelianenko laid the Brazilian on the shoulder blades from the first blow. True, the opponent was able to rise, but not for long. With a powerful blow, Fedor finished him off on the ground. In 2009, he defended his title in a fight with a Belarusian athlete named Andrey Arlovsky. The Belarusian had excellent technique, and at first it might seem that Fedor was depressing by this fact. Many of Andrey's blows reached their goal.
Video: the best knockouts of Fedor Emelianenko
The Russian was even driven into a corner and was almost finished off by the opponent's knee. But still, Emelianenko emerged victorious from this fight and, in a powerful counterattack, sent Arlovsky into a deep knockout.
After this fight, Fedor signed a contract with Strikeforce, which the champion's fans have long dreamed of. According to the contract, the Russian was supposed to compete in three "cell battles". The first fight with Brett Rogers ended in an easy victory with a crushing and accurate blow in the second round.
Very quickly and beautifully, the Last Emperor put Beijing Olympic champion Satoshi Ishii in the ring in 2011. It was enough for Fedor to make one accurate blow, and the Japanese was already lying in the ring.
Fedor Emelianenko defeats
In total, there were four defeats in the life of the Russian athlete F. Emelianenko.
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The first he suffered during a fight with a Japanese fighter named Tsuyoshi Kosaka in 2000. This fight was the fifth in a row in Emelianenko's sports career in the professional ring. Many noticed that this defeat could be challenged, because Fedor was ready to continue the fight, but the judge's decision was different. This fight was held in Japan during the King of kings 2000 block B tournament. At the very beginning of the fight, the Japanese cut our athlete's right eyebrow with a forbidden technique in the form of an elbow strike. The fight was stopped by the referee seventeen seconds later. After the verdict of the doctors, Fedor was removed from the fight and awarded him a defeat. According to the rules, Kosaki should have been disqualified and there would have been no winner. Due to the fact that the fight was held within the framework of the tournament, someone had to emerge victorious and the Japanese fighter became the winner. Fedor Emelianenko was able to set a unique record, according to which he spent many fights for ten years without a single defeat. It might seem that no one is able to resist the invincible Russian.
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. A meeting in 2010 with the Brazilian fighter Fabrizio Werdum interrupted a happy streak of victories. The opponent defeated Emelianenko in 69 seconds. This fight took place in San Jose, at the Strikeforce & M-1 Global show.
In the first seconds of that fight, Fedor was active and even managed to send his opponent to the floor due to an accurate series of blows to the head.
But the Russian failed to finish off the fighter and he himself fell into a triangle, from which he could not get out.
3. Over the next few months, Emelianenko trained hard in order to defeat Antonio Silva. The fight was supposed to take place at the next show from Strikeforce & M-1 Global. The Russian got a serious opponent who considered his opponent an example to follow. The first round went off with mixed success.
Nobody spared the blows. The Brazilian fighter was the owner of a black belt in jiu-jitsu and did not allow a successful painful hold at the end of the five-minute period. The second round was held on the ground. The Russian athlete spent all the time on the floor, taking on the crushing blows of the Brazilian. The third round was not strong enough for Fedor, because the fight was stopped due to a severe cut in the eyebrow. Silva won via technical knockout. After he fell at the feet of his idol with tears.
4. F. Emelianenko received the fourth defeat in the competition, which took place on June 30, 2011. It happened at the next Strikeforce & M-1 Global show in Chicago. This time the opponent was the American Henderson.
The fight from the first seconds was temperamental - mutual exchanges of sharp blows and clinches. A few minutes later, Henderson broke through the clinch and delivered an accurate and crushing blow to the Russian fighter.
The decision to end a sports career
After a series of insidious defeats, Fedor Emelianenko began to say that it was time for him to end his career in sports. But after these words, the fans could repeatedly watch the ups of their idol. In the fall of 2011, he defeated a fighter of equal strength and skill named Jeff Monson. With such an enchanting victory, the athlete was even congratulated by Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin himself, who specially came as a fan. 
Fedor fought his last fight at that time in the summer of 2012. Already in the second minute of the fight, he knocked out Pedro Rizzo and announced that he would no longer play sports. He made such a decision due to the fact that his daughters practically did not see their father. He wanted to be with them as much time as possible and in his interview said that it was in them that his life meaning was contained, so the moment had come to say goodbye to his sports career.
At the same time, he did not stop supporting his sports form, and in May 2012 he was chosen as the first president of the MMA Mixed Martial Arts Union of the Russian Federation. At the end of the summer, he became one of the members of the Council for the Development of Physical Culture and Sports, leaving to live in Moscow with his family. The same year brought Fedor the position of adviser to the Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation and the book “Sambo - the Science of Winning” published by co-authorship.
Without fighting, Emelianenko could only live for three years. In July 2015, he again announced that he was returning to professional sports and on December 31 he won by technical knockout in a fight with Indian Jaideep Singh. The fight was held in Japan during a New Year's show called Rizin. Already in February 2016, the Russian champion will meet with the former NFL player, American Matt Mitrione.
At the tournament in Bellator 165, a contract was announced. According to the contract, Fedor had to fight several fights. The number of fights remains a secret. On the this moment the well-known athlete has signed a contract for two fights with Mix Fight M-1, which has an agreement with StrikeForce for three joint tournaments with Emelianenko.
What the stars say about Fedor Emelianenko
The popular fighter, who received the nickname "The Last Emperor", is known throughout the world. Many athletes and actors spoke about Fedor. For example, Mike Tyson once said that Emelianenko is considered his favorite among MMA fighters.
Video: Mike Tyson about Emelianenko
He admired that he, being a small heavyweight, always remained a winner. Tyson also said that he loves his idol very much and does not want to watch how he is hurt during fights. "He's been in the sport for a long time, but alas, he's not the same as he used to be." Those were the words of Iron Mike.
Jean-Claude Van Damme was familiar with Emelianenko and even gave an interview to the Russia 2 TV channel. During the report, he expressed his impression of the "Last Emperor". Only positive emotions.
Video: Jean Claude Van Damme and Russian boxers about Fedor Emelianenko
The actor noticed that for several years he has known Fedor well and considers him a well-built and skilled athlete. The famous actor also noticed that the fighter differs from others in that he feels and sees faster than others, which is why there are so many victories behind him. Van Damme compared Emelianenko to Schumacher when cornering on the track.
The famous boxer and current deputy Nikolai Valuev also expressed his admiration for Fedor Emelianenko. He especially noted the endurance and iron character of the athlete. Valuev supported Fedor in his criticism of mixed martial arts tournaments between children in Grozny in the summer. He was in solidarity with his colleague and took his side.
Currently " The last Emperor” is a co-owner of the organization “M-1 Global”. The company is considered a large-scale domestic promoter of mixed martial arts. Also, the athlete is among the deputies of the regional Duma of the city of Belgorod from the United Russia party.
