Multiple champion in mixed martial arts Fedor Emelianenko brilliantly completed sports career. One and a half minutes - and the enemy is knocked out. The tournament in St. Petersburg was watched by fans of this sport all over the world. After all, with the departure of Emelianenko, an entire era ends. The Russian athlete will be remembered not only for beautiful victories, he is imperturbable, generous and noble - he never stooped to scandals and provocations either in the ring or outside it.
Most outstanding athlete in history mixed martial arts Fedor Emelianenko, nicknamed "The Last Emperor", hung up his fighting gloves on a nail swiftly, effectively and beautifully. 12 thousand spectators watched his last battle in the ring ice palace in St. Petersburg. Posters "Fyodor, we are with you!" and a fight that only lasted a minute and a half. During this time, Emelianenko's rival, the Brazilian Pedro Hizzo, missed several blows and collapsed without memory from the crown side of the "Last Emperor".
At this point, television commentators unanimously concluded - this is not a point in a career, but an exclamation mark. Fedor was preparing for such a final as if there were more than one fight ahead: training three times a day, daily runs of 15 kilometers and combat training. After three failures in a row, Emelianenko put in a lot of effort to surprise his opponents. The result of this work was three victories, including the last one, and an excellent sports form. What Fedor's brother, Alexander, told about two hours before the fight.
“Fedor is better in everything. He pulled up his kicking technique very well, hits well and wrestles well, everyone knows this,” says Fedor Emelianenko’s brother Alexander Emelianenko.
In many ways, this is why each of the stadium spectators, if he had a microphone, like the host after the fight, would probably have shouted: Fedor, don't leave! To this emotional request, the “emperor”, who had not known defeat for more than ten years (the result is fantastic for fights without rules), only quietly whispered: God willing! And just a minute before that, one of the most devoted fans of Emelianenko, Russian President Vladimir Putin, climbed into the ring.
"I want to congratulate Fedor and thank him on behalf of all of us, from martial arts lovers. Thanks to him, it was he who made this art form popular in our country. Fedor, we congratulate and thank you from the bottom of our hearts," Vladimir Putin said.
Seven-time champion of Russia in combat sambo, nine-time world champion in heavyweight according to different versions of mixed martial arts federations, the favorite fighter of the famous Mike Tyson. For 12 years as a professional, Emelianenko had 40 fights. Won 35 times. He stumbled a little at the end of his career and still left undefeated.
"What influenced your decision in the first place? Fatigue? Injuries?" the journalist asks.
"Family first of all," the athlete replied.
Emelianenko admitted that he had long promised his wife Marina to leave the fighting. My daughters are growing up and I want to spend more time with them. Despite high fees, Fedor continues to live in his native Belgorod. Modest. Contrary to the laws of the genre, he never insulted or provoked his rivals. Calm. With his equanimity, even after defeats and injuries, he instilled confidence in loyal fans around the world, who, despite the words of Emelianenko - "You won't lure me with fantastic offers", will wait a long time for the "emperor" to return to the ring.
A country: Russia
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 as the most famous sports media (ESPN, Sherdog, Full Contact Fighter, MMA Weekly, Knockout) best fighter MMA heavyweight. During the same period in the lists best fighters regardless weight class(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 and was recognized by many experts as the best MMA fighter for throughout the history of the sport. 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 further 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 graduating from high school, the guy went to study at a vocational school, which he graduated in 1994 with a red diploma in electrician.
In 1995, Emelianenko was drafted into the Russian army, where he served until 1997. Over the years of service, not forgetting about intensive training, he increased muscle mass more than 20 kg.
From 2003 to 2009 Fedor studied at the faculty physical education and Sports 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 international sambo tournaments. The wrestler won bronze in international tournaments 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 received the right to fight for the Pride title with Brazilian jiu-jitsu specialist Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, who had championship belt Pride 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 champion UFC 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 next fight Emelianenko opposed the Croatian fighter Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic. 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. It was originally planned to meet Emelianenko with Josh Barnett, but Barnett refused the fight, saying that he was not in the best physical form. 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 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 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 by the California Athletic Commission of using anabolic steroids, as a result of which he lost his license to participate 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 fight was preceded by a grandiose information campaign, which even resulted in the filming of the documentary "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 competed in the main event of the evening against an MMA rookie, Olympic champion in judo 2008, 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 support sportswear. 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 fight 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.
Fight history
| Rival | Result | Date/Tournament | A comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Bader | Defeat | 27.01.2019 Bellator MMA - Fedor vs. Bader |
TKO (Technical knockout) 1 round 0:35 | |
| Chael Sonnen | Victory | 14.10.2018 Bellator 208 - Fedor vs Sonnen |
TKO (Technical knockout) 1 round 4:46 | |
| Frank World | Victory | 28.04.2018 BELLATOR 198 Fedor Emelianenko vs Frank Mir |
KO (Knockout) 1 round 0:48 | |
| Matt Matryon | Defeat | 25.06.2017 Bellator 180 |
TKO R1 | |
| Fabio Maldonado | Victory | 17.06.2016 Fight Nights 50: Emelianenko vs. Maldonado |
Fedor Emelianenko defeated Fabio Maldonado by majority decision | |
| Jaideep Singh | Victory | 31.12.2015 Rizin: Laval - Prochazka |
TKO at 3:02 of the first round | |
| Pedro Rizzo | Victory | 21.06.2012 M-1 Global: Fedor - Hizzo |
KO at 1:24 of the first round | |
| Satoshi Ishii | Victory | 31.12.2011 Fight For Japan: Genki Desu Ka Omisoka 2011: Fedor - Satoshi Ishii |
KO at 2:29 of the first round | |
| Jeff Monson | Victory | 20.11.2011 M-1 Global: Fedor - Monson |
By unanimous decision of the judges | |
| Dan Henderson | Defeat | 30.06.2011 Strikeforce/M-1 Global: Fedor - Henderson |
TKO at 4:12 of the first round | |
| Antonio Silva | Defeat | 12.02.2011 Strikeforce: Fedor - Silva |
TKO (doctor stopped the fight) at 5:00 of the second round | |
| Fabricio Werdum | Defeat | 26.06.2010 Strikeforce/M-1 Global: Fedor — Werdum |
Submission at 1:09 of the first round | |
| Brett Rogers | Victory | 07.11.2009 Strikeforce/M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Rogers |
TKO at 1:48 of the second round | |
Last night in New York, as part of the Bellator 180 tournament, a duel of mixed martial arts legends MMA - Russian heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko(36-5) and American Matt Mitrione(12-5). The victory by technical knockout (finishing) was won by Mitrion, forcing us to refresh the not-so-pleasant memories of Fedor's previous defeats. In total, there were five of them in a 17-year professional career.
Emelianenko lost ahead of schedule to Mitrion. How it was
Russian heavyweight MMA fighter Fedor Emelianenko lost by technical knockout to American Matt Mitrione in the first round.
December 22, 2000. Rings - King of Kings
Opponent: Tsuyoshi Kosaka (Japan).
Result: defeat by technical knockout (stopping the fight by the doctor) in the first round.
In December 2000, Emelianenko suffered his first official defeat in MMA from the Japanese Tsuyoshi Kosaki, who in the first seconds of the fight cut Fedor's eyebrow with a forbidden elbow strike. Since Emelianenko could not continue participating in the tournament, Kosaka was recognized as the winner of the fight and the finalist of the competition. Five years later, the fighters met in revenge, in which the Russian won a landslide victory. Ironically, the meeting was also stopped by the doctor.
June 26, 2010. Strikeforce/M-1 Global
Opponent: Fabricio Werdum (Brazil)
Result: loss by choke "triangle" in the first round of the fight.
After 10 years of reign (for a long unbeaten streak, as well as a number of bright fights with top-level rivals, Fedor received the nickname The last Emperor) Emelianenko suffered a second (and first real) defeat in an official MMA fight, losing to the Brazilian Fabrice Werdum with a triangle choke. Master BJJ caught Emelianenko at the moment when he knocked the Brazilian down in exchange for close range and went to the chase. Werdum threw a "triangle" and brought the technical action to the end.
February 12, 2011. Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix
Opponent: Antonio Silva (Brazil)
Result: defeat by technical knockout (stoppage by the doctor between the second and third rounds).
Emelianenko suffered his third defeat in the quarterfinals of the Strikeforce Grand Prix. After the end of the 2nd round of the fight against the Brazilian Antonio Silva, he was removed by doctors due to an extensive hematoma in his right eye. Then the current Bellator boss Scott Cocker managed to assemble a killer eight (Daniel Cormier, Alistair Overem, Fabricio Werdum, Andrey Orlovsky, Sergei Kharitonov, Josh Barnett, Brett Rogers), in which the future star became the winner UFC Cormier(who replaced Overem).
July 30, 2011. Strikeforce/M-1 Global
Opponent: Dan Henderson (USA)
Result: defeat by technical knockout (finishing) in the first round.
Fedor suffered the third defeat in a row (by technical knockout in the 1st round) in a fight against the age-old American Dan Henderson. Emelianenko shook his opponent in the standing position, Henderson began to fall onto the canvas. At that moment, Fedor went to finish off, but lost the position, failed, after which the American delivered several accurate blows to the head of the Russian, and the referee of the battle, Herb Dean, decided to intervene in the course of the meeting, awarding the victory to Henderson by technical knockout. After the fight, Emelianenko noted that the stoppage was premature.
June 24, 2017. Bellator 180.
Opponent: Matt Mitrione (USA).
Result: defeat by technical knockout in the first round (finishing).
Emelianenko suffered his fifth defeat at a respectable age for martial arts - 40 years old. Experts considered his fight against Matt Mitrione as an explosive confrontation, and bookmakers found it difficult to name a clear favorite. In one of the first exchanges, Fedor threw out a signature right straight, while Mitrion managed to catch the Russian by throwing a short right towards him, which, unlike the Russian’s blow, which came on a tangent, hit exactly in the jaw. Both fighters were knocked down. The American recovered earlier and immediately attacked the opponent with a series of grand and pound finishing blows. The referee of the meeting, Dan Miragliota, stopped the fight 74 seconds after it began, awarding the victory to Mitrione.
The date of the fight and the name of the next opponent of Fedor Emelianenko have not been announced to date.
In the last fight to date (took place on December 28, 2019), Fedor Emelianenko was an opponent.
Emelianenko won by technical knockout (TKO).
Table of victories and defeats / record of Fedor Emelianenko
| date | Tournament | Rival | Result | Comment. |
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| 28.12.2019 | Bellator 237: Fedor vs. Rampage | Victory TKO (punches) |
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| 26.01.2019 | Bellator 214 | Ryan Bader | Defeat TKO (punches) |
Bellator Heavyweight Grand Prix Final. |
| 13.10.2018 | Bellator 208 | Chael Sonen | Victory TKO (punches) |
Bellator Heavyweight Grand Prix Semi-Finals. |
| 28.04.2018 | Bellator 198 | Frank World | Victory Knockout (strike) |
Bellator Heavyweight Grand Prix Quarterfinal. |
| 24.06.2017 | Bellator NYC | Matt Mitrione | Defeat Knockout (strike) |
Debut with the Bellator promotion. |
| 17.06.2016 | Fight Nights Global 50: Fedor vs. Maldonado | Fabio Maldonado | Victory Majority Decision |
The original decision of Emelianenko's victory was challenged by the WMMAA commission, which insisted on a draw, but the MMA Union of Russia refused to revise the decision. |
| 31.12.2015 | Rizin World Grand Prix 2015 Finale: Iza | Jaideep Singh | Victory TKO (punches) |
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| 21.06.2012 | M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Rizzo | Pedro Rizzo | Victory Knockout (strike) |
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| 31.12.2011 | Fight For Japan: GDKO 2011 | Satoshi Ishii | Victory Knockout (strike) |
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| 20.11.2011 | M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Monson | Jeff Monson | Victory unanimous decision |
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| 30.07.2011 | Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson | Dan Henderson | Defeat TKO (punches) |
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| 12.02.2011 | Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Silva | António Silva | Defeat |
Strikeforce 2011 Heavyweight Grand Prix Quarterfinal. |
| 26.06.2010 | Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Werdum | Fabricio Werdum | Defeat Pain hold (elbow lever in a triangle) |
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| 07.11.2009 | Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers | Brett Rogers | Victory Knockout (punch) |
Defended the WAMMA Heavyweight Championship. |
| 24.01.2009 | Affliction: Day of Reckoning | Andrey Orlovsky | Victory Knockout (punch) |
Defended the WAMMA Heavyweight Championship. Best knockout year (2009). |
| 19.07.2008 | Affliction: Banned | Tim Sylvia | Victory Choke hold (rear) |
Won inaugural WAMMA Heavyweight Championship; Choke of the Year (2008). |
| 31.12.2007 | Yarennoka! | Choi Hong Man | Victory |
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| 14.04.2007 | BodogFIGHT: Clash of the Nations | Matt Lindland | Victory Pain hold (elbow lever) |
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| 31.12.2006 | Pride Shockwave 2006 | Mark Hunt | Victory Pain hold ("kimura") |
Defended the PRIDE Heavyweight Championship. |
| 21.10.2006 | Pride 32 | Mark Coleman | Victory Pain hold (elbow lever) |
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| 31.12.2005 | Pride Shockwave 2005 | Zuluzinho | Victory Submission (punches) |
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| 28.08.2005 | Pride Final Conflict 2005 | Mirko Filipović | Victory unanimous decision |
Defended the PRIDE Heavyweight Championship; best fight year (2005); best fight of the decade (2000s). |
| 03.04.2005 | Pride Bushido 6 | Tsuyoshi Kosaka | Victory TKO (doctor's decision) |
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| 31.12.2004 | Pride Shockwave 2004 | António Rodrigo Nogueira | Victory unanimous decision |
PRIDE 2004 Heavyweight Grand Prix Final; unified the PRIDE Heavyweight Championship. |
| 15.08.2004 | Pride Final Conflict 2004 | António Rodrigo Nogueira | The fight was declared invalid (accidental headbutt) |
PRIDE 2004 Heavyweight Grand Prix Final. |
| 15.08.2004 | Pride Final Conflict 2004 | Naoya Ogawa | Victory Pain hold (elbow lever) |
PRIDE 2004 Heavyweight Grand Prix Semifinal. |
| 20.06.2004 | Pride Critical Countdown 2004 | Kevin Randleman | Victory Pain hold ("kimura") |
2004 PRIDE Heavyweight Grand Prix Quarterfinal. |
| 25.04.2004 | Pride Total Elimination 2004 | Mark Coleman | Victory Pain hold (elbow lever) |
Opening tour of the PRIDE 2004 Heavyweight Grand Prix. |
| 31.12.2003 | Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2003 | Yuji Nagata | Victory TKO (punches) |
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| 10.08.2003 | Pride Total Elimination 2003 | Gary Goodridge | Victory TKO (punches and kicks) |
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| 08.06.2003 | Pride 26 | Kazuyuki Fujita | Victory Choke hold (rear) |
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| 05.04.2003 | Rings Lithuania: Bushido Rings 7: Adrenalinas | Egidijus Valavičius | Victory Pain hold ("kimura") |
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| 16.03.2003 | Pride 25 | António Rodrigo Nogueira | Victory unanimous decision |
Won the PRIDE Heavyweight Championship. |
| 24.11.2002 | Pride 23 | Heath Herring | Victory TKO (doctor's decision) |
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| 23.06.2002 | Pride 21 | Sammy Schilt | Victory unanimous decision |
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| 15.02.2002 | Rings: World Title Series Grand Final | Chris Hazeman | Victory TKO (punches) |
RINGS 2001 tournament final in absolute weight. |
| 21.12.2001 | Rings: World Title Series 5 | Lee Hasdell | Victory |
Semi-finals of the RINGS 2001 tournament in absolute weight. |
| 20.10.2001 | Rings: World Title Series 4 | Ryushi Yanagisawa | Victory unanimous decision |
Quarterfinal of the RINGS 2001 tournament in absolute weight. |
| 11.08.2001 | Rings: 10th Anniversary | Renato Sobral | Victory unanimous decision |
RINGS 2001 Openweight Tournament Final. |
| 20.04.2001 | Rings: World Title Series 1 | Kerry Sholl | Victory Pain hold (elbow lever) |
RINGS 2001 Openweight Tournament Semifinal. |
| 06.04.2001 | Mikhail Apostolov | Victory Choke hold (rear) |
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| 22.12.2000 | Tsuyoshi Kosaka | Defeat TKO (doctor's decision) |
The second round of the RINGS King of Kings 2000 heavyweight tournament. | |
| 22.12.2000 | Rings: King of Kings 2000 Block B | Ricardo Arona | Victory unanimous decision |
Opening round of the RINGS King of Kings 2000 heavyweight tournament. |
| 05.09.2000 | Rings: Battle Genesis Vol. 6 | Hiroya Takada | Victory Knockout (strike) |
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| 16.08.2000 | Rings: Russia vs. Georgia | Levon Lagvilava | Victory Choke hold (rear) |
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| 21.05.2000 | Rings Russia: Russia vs. Bulgaria | Martin Lazarov | Victory Choking technique ("guillotine") |
Professional debut. |
Fedor «The Last Emperor» Emelianenko Knockouts
MMA fighter Fedor Emelianenko
Fedor Emelianenko is a Russian MMA fighter.
Emelianenko performs in the weight category heavyweight(heavy weight).
The weight category limit is 120.2 kg.
The number of victories and defeats of Fedor Emelianenko
Professional debut
23-year-old Fedor Emelianenko fought his first professional fight on May 21, 2000. His opponent was Martin Lazarov.
Fedor won by submission (guillotine).
MMA World Champion
During his professional career, Fedor Emelianenko did not become the world champion according to the versions of the three main MMA organizations (UFC, Bellator MMA and ONE Championship).
First defeat
On December 22, 2000, the Russian fighter lost for the first time in his professional career. His opponent that evening was Tsuyoshi Kosaka.
Fedor Emelianenko lost by technical knockout (TKO).
Biography
Fedor Emelianenko - Russian athlete, Honored Master of Sports in Sambo, Master of Sports of International Class in Judo.
Many experts and MMA fighters are recognized as the best MMA fighter in the history of this sport.
Fedor's father is a welder, his mother is a teacher at the school. Emelianenko has a sister Marina and two brothers Alexander And Ivan. The family lived in a communal apartment, occupying a room intended for drying clothes.
By first education, Fedor is an electrician. In 2009 he graduated from Belgorod State University (Department of Physical Culture and Sports).
Emelianenko has three children, all girls.
Bellator MMA Heavyweight World Grand Prix
Physical data:
Height - 183 cm;
Weight - 103 kg;
Hand span - 188 cm
Battle stats: 40 fights - 35 wins - 4 losses - 1 failed fight.
Fighting style: combat sambo, judo.
Debut in mixed martial arts: May 2000
Trophies and Achievements:
PRIDE Heavyweight Champion from 2003 to 2007;
· Winner of two Grand Prix RINGS - 2001, 2002;
WAMMA Heavyweight Champion
Champion of Russia in judo - 1998;
· Champion of Russia in combat sambo - 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012;
· World champion in combat sambo – 2002, 2005, 2007;
European champion in combat sambo - 1997.
Fighting technique. Fedor Emelianenko is the most prominent representative of the Russian school of combat sambo, the man who conquered the world of MMA thanks to this type of fight. But, Fedor Emelianenko's judo skills should not be denied. At the dawn of his career, Fedor was more noticeable in his strong striking combat technique. But, the more fights in MMA the Russian fighter had, the more pronounced the wrestling technique of the fighter became. Numerous victories by suffocating and painful techniques are evidence of this. An important side of the fighting technique of Fedor Emelianenko is his courage in the ring, which many times rescued the Russian fighter. Percussion technique Emelianenko made herself felt in fights with contact fighters such as Andrey Arlovsky (one of the most spectacular knockouts in MMA history) and Pedro Rizzo. In general, the main qualities of Emelianenko must be considered great striking power and the ability to overcome difficulties in the ring.
Career development. Fedor Emelianenko's career started with great victories in combat sambo championships and debut in MMA in 2000, when Fedor started participating in RINGS tournaments. 12 fights, 11 victories and 1 defeat - this is the start of Emelianenko's career in MMA. Then, the fateful signing of a contract with the best MMA organization for 2002 PRIDE took place, in which the Russian fighter became a real legend of mixed martial arts. After a few starting wins, Fedor Emelianenko won the right to a championship fight against his avid opponent António Nogueira, who was defeated by him twice in his career. As part of the Japanese MMA organization, the Russian fighter became invincible and defeated the strongest fighters of that time.
The collapse of Pride was a turning point in the career of Fedor Emelianenko. After unsuccessful negotiations with the growing UFC, Emelianenko became an M-1 fighter, where he was the owner of an 8.5% stake in the company. The fights within the M-1 were not outstanding, and Emelianenko began to spend fewer fights per year than he did under the auspices of PRIDE, so the career of the great Russian warrior began to end. An attempt to return to the elite, with the signing of a contract with Strikeforce, ended in complete failure - three defeats from Werdum, Silva and Henderson. Such an unsuccessful series put an end to Fedor's ambitions.
In the future, there were four victories that were not won over the strongest rivals, and Emelianenko began working as an expert on TV and is actively promoting his non-standard training process, which is in the original exercises.
