Fedor Emelianenko
Fyodor Vladimirovich Jemeljanenko (Russian Фёдор Владимирович Емельяненко, English transcription Fedor Emelianenko; born September 28, 1976 in Rubischne, Luhansk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR ) is a Russian Sambo and MMA fighters.
Jemeljanenko won several times the heavyweight championship of the Japanese mixed martial arts league Pride FC. He is out in the world rankings of MMA as No. 3. In addition, he has several times won the World Cup in Sambo and is also the reigning world champion. The UFC wanted to sign him, but no agreement was reached with him. Instead, he fought at the defunct MMA organization Affliction MMA ( belonged to Donald Trump ), where he equally took at the first event " BANNED " around the Wamma heavyweight belt against former UFC champion Tim Sylvia and forced him within 36 seconds, the task.
His current MMA fight record is 31 wins, 24 of them by KO or abandonment of the opponent. Only three of his fights ended in a defeat for him, the first of which by canceling the fight due to a laceration (cut above the eye ). The wound, however, was inflicted by an illegal elbow strike and the fight should have been counted as either non - cled or victory by disqualification. As the fight but was part of an ongoing tournament, and the next fight Fedor could not compete due to injury, was his opponent, Tsuyoshi Kosaka, perforce declared the winner in order to ensure the continued running of the tournament. His first regular defeat by Tap - Out was inflicted by Fabricio Werdum Fedor. In the main fight of the event, " Fedor vs.. Werdum " discharged from Strikeforce, Werdum succeeded after only 28 seconds of the first round, a triangle choke that forced him to give up.
His opponents included Mirko " CroCop " Filipovic, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Mark Coleman, Tim Sylvia and Semmy Schilt.
Fyodor Jemeljanenko is co-owner of M -1 Global.
On February 13, 2011 Fyodor Jemeljanenko suffered under the Strikeforce Heavyweight World Grand Prix 2011 a bitter defeat against Brazilian Antonio Silva. This was already behind the other lost the second fight. Then Jemeljanenko announced his resignation in the following interview. This was later revoked by its management. The next fight took place on 30 June 2011 ( VA Strike Force 2011). The opponent was Dan Henderson. Jemeljanenko lost this by TKO in the first round. On 4 October 2011 Jemeljanenko was released after three defeats in a row from his contract with Strikeforce. UFC President Dana White said this on August 4, 2011 in MMA Weekly. Jemeljanenko replied a week later in an interview that he had no contract with Strikeforce and his current contractor 's Showtime and that one should not pay attention to White's comments. For two more fights after this confrontation Jemeljanenko went out as a winner.
On June 21, 2012 Fedor Emelianenko had in St. Petersburg ( Russia) his last fight at M1 Global. His opponent was Pedro Rizzo, this was subject to Fedor after 1:24 minutes in the first round by KO. After the fight, he officially announced his resignation MMA. However, he will continue to get the sport, as President of the "Russian MMA Union ".