The "Last Emperor" has fallen. Chronicle of the defeats of Fedor Emelianenko

On the eve of the new millennium, the whole world witnessed the ascent to the top of the world MMA Russian fighter Fedor Emelianenko.

On the eve of the new millennium, the whole world witnessed the ascent of the Russian fighter Fedor Emelianenko to the heights of the world MMA. The countrymen will be proud of their mighty compatriot, and the prime ministers will watch his fights with bated breath and shake a strong hand, looking into his eyes with hope. Let's say without hesitation, Fedor is the national idea of ​​Russia, which stood undefeated in the ring for a whole decade. It seemed that even the walls of Carthage would not have been able to withstand such blows as Fedor received for so long. But he still didn't survive...

It is curious that the first defeat of Emelianenko senior was a Japanese TsuyoshiKosaka way back in December 2000. This was Fedor's fifth fight in the professional ring. And it is worth noting that the defeat was quite controversial, because the Russian was ready to continue the fight, however, the judge decided otherwise.

The fight took place in Japan, at the Kingofkings2000 blockB tournament. Then Kosaoka, at the very beginning of the fight, cuts Fedor's right eyebrow with a forbidden elbow strike. The referee stops the fight 17 seconds after it starts. And by decision of the doctors, the Russian fighter is removed from the fight, awarding him a defeat. And the Japanese, according to the rules, should be disqualified. It turns out there is no winner. But since the fighters met within the framework of the tournament, one of them had to become the winner. As a result, the victory was awarded to Tsuyoshi.

So for the first time, Emelianenko lost. Then it seemed that failure would force the fighter to keep the ardor, after all, the fight with Tsuyoshi was the fifth in a row for the season, but no ... In subsequent years, Fedor continues to hold the same number of fights and at the same time win the hearts of millions.

"Triangle" Werdum. Beating from "Bigfoot". Defeat from the age of Hendo.

Raised by success to the heights of people's love, Fedor created the impression of an absolutely invincible fighter, practically a superman. 10 years without defeat is a unique record.

TimSylvia ,AntonioRodrigo Nogueira ,MirkoFilippovich and another 25 fighters fell from the onslaught of the Russian master of mixed martial arts. It seemed that no one and nothing would stop Fedor. And everything was fine until he met FabricioWerdum om in June 2010. The Brazilian was able to interrupt Emelianenko's unbeaten career in just 69 seconds. It happened in San Jose at the Strikeforce & M-1 Global show.

At the beginning of that fight, Fedor showed activity, sending the opponent to the floor with a series of accurate hits to the head. But the Russian could not finish off. Bending down with the aim of inflicting crushing blows, and thereby putting an end to the confrontation, Emelianenko landed in a "triangle", from which there was practically no chance to get out ... The outcome of the fight was a defeat by pain.

So, for the first time in 10 years, the "Last Emperor" was defeated.

Who does not fall does not get up. I charged for a punch, so I made a mistake and Fabricio used it. We will think, we will analyze why this happened,” he said after the fight.

How could this happen?

In fact, there is an explanation. At the time when the Brazilian's legs began to tighten behind the neck of our fighter into an iron knot, Fedor had the only opportunity to break the triangle. But the "emperor" preferred the most difficult option - to try to switch to a painful one. And this mistake cost him the victory.

Emelianenko is an experienced fighter, but he did not calculate a little with his actions. He threw himself at the feet of the Brazilian, for which he paid. Nogueira, What happened next, we all remember very well.

For the next few months, on the eve of the next Strikeforce & M-1 Global show, where Antonio Silva will confront Fedor, the Russian trains a lot, puts himself in order and says:

Nothing has changed in me. I drew conclusions why there was an error in the fight with Werdum, and I tried to eliminate it. I still continue to train hard. Silva is a very good fighter. He is a worthy opponent and I will be glad to fight him. My opponent suits me.

Yes, don’t say anything, but the enemy is really serious. In addition, he considers Emelianenko a role model.

The fight took place in New Jersey.

Fedor begins to attack with sweeping blows. The first round takes place with varying success. The fighters do not skimp on blows. The Brazilian, who has a black belt in jiu-jitsu, does not provide an opportunity to successfully hold a submission at the end of the five-minute period. And in the second round, Antonio immediately takes the fight to the ground. The Russian always lies on the floor, taking powerful blows from Bigfoot. The gong sounds and the fighters disperse to the corners. Both already know that Fedor is not destined to reach the third round. The referee stops the fight due to a monstrous cut in Emelianenko's eyebrow. Thus, Silva won by technical knockout, who, with tears in his eyes, fell at the feet of his idol.

Again the question is what is the reason? There are several of them. The first is the advantage of the Brazilian in weight - the difference is 15 kilograms. The second is age. At the time of the fight, Fedor was 34 years old, Antonio - 28 years old. The third reason is that the Russian does not focus on striking techniques, but on wrestling, trying to win through pain and suffocation.

Thanks for the love and support. From the very beginning, everything went wrong. Could not rebuild during the battle. Probably time to tie. Thank God I went through a long and good sports life but apparently the Lord wants it that way. It’s time for me to leave, ”Emelianenko said after the fight. And the indignation and disappointment that gripped the audience in the hall, after the speech, showed that love for Fedya had not cooled down. And for her sake, you have to try to rehabilitate yourself.

More than 4 months have passed since the second defeat in a row, but the wound in Fedor's heart still gaped. It was clear that he was fighting for victory.

Having learned about the upcoming fight, I, frankly, was glad - I need to get ready again. The Dutch coach is also helping me to put my feet up now. There are no cardinal changes in preparation, we are working on the loads and technique. Henderson is a serious opponent. He is somewhat lighter than me - 97-98 kg. But I don't think that if the opponent is lighter, it means it's easier to fight... For example, as a rule, I perform in the opposite situation. And with Henderson we are about the same height, - said the fighter before the fight.

The duel from the very beginning was held at a high pace. Double-edged exchanges of punches and clinches. A few minutes later, the American managed to break through one of the clinches and deliver several accurate and crushing blows. After that, Fedor intercepts the initiative and "drives" Henderson to the ring. Having knocked him down, the Russian is eager to finish off. But, due to negligence, Fedya turns his back and receives several blows to the back of the head. It's a knockout...

Again, what is the reason? There are several. The first is the stagnation in the training of the Russian. The second and main one is that Fedor trained with 20-year-old guys, sambists. And in order to prepare for a fight with such fighters, sparring partners must be of the appropriate level, not boys.

The fight was stopped early, I could still continue. I lost the position, allowing Henderson to use a purely wrestling technique - a thigh grab, - said the legend.

Just some kind of bad ... Fedor has a desire to continue performing, he will fight, - said Emelianenko's manager Vadim Finkelstein.

Finkelstein's words turned out to be prophetic. Fedor didn't lose heart and continued to fight. Who, if you have not known defeat for 10 years. Many in his place would have hung gloves on a nail somewhere in the closet. Many, but not only Fedor Emelianenko. The fact that the Russian again entered the fighting rage, the world was convinced 4 months after the fight with Henderson. On his native land, Fedor confidently defeated the American Jeff Monson. Emelianenko was so hungry for victory that a month after the Moscow fight, he flew to Japan, where he “layed down” Satoshi Ishii, having a successful series: right-left-right.

Recent fights show that the mma legend did not try to "overcome" the competition. Now the fighter is more like a striker. Whether this is correct or not is too early to judge. But two victories inspire faith in better. Who knows, maybe The Last Emperor is getting a second wind. Perhaps the era of the renewed Emelianenko begins, which promises to present us with many surprises.

Statistics

Pain hold: 15

Solution:8

Losses:4

Knockout:3

Pain:1

Failed:1

Average rig time per battle: 3.375

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Physical data:

Growth - 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 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 several starting victories, 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 have 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 opponents, and Emelianenko began working as an expert on TV and is actively promoting his non-standard training process, which consists in original exercises.

In the early morning of January 27, we witnessed the sixth official and fifth undisputed defeat of the legendary Fedor Emelianenko. This day should be considered special, because an offensive failure in the battle with Ryan Bader, quite likely, can become the swan song of a Russian fighter in big-time sports.

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For the first time in his life, Fedor lost back in 2000. The Japanese Tsuyoshi Kosaka was lucky, already at the 17th second of his fight with the Last Emperor, the doctors decided to stop the fight due to a cut over the Russian’s right eye. That is why that case is usually considered in isolation from other unsuccessful performances by Emelianenko. In this article, we will recall exactly the real defeats of Fedor.

– Fabricio Werdum

Trap for Fedor

Today there was an event that many will call the upset of the year or even the upset of the decade. Fedor Emelianenko suffered the first real defeat of his career from Fabrizio Werdum.

On the eve of the fight with Fabricio Werdum, Emelianenko did not lose for almost 10 years. During this time, the Russian has made a name for himself in mixed martial arts and, moreover, has become the face of MMA around the world and a real role model. As they say in such cases, nothing foreshadowed trouble.

For the fight on June 26, 2010 at the Strikeforce tournament, which was held in San Jose, Fedor was the clear favorite of the meeting. Sports experts were of the same opinion with the bookmakers. But things didn't go as expected. Emelianenko started the fight in a traditional manner for himself: from the first minutes, he began to sprinkle an opponent from Brazil with a series of blows and, knocking Werdum down, immediately went to finish off.

Fabricio, as everyone later realized, was just waiting for this. Grabbing the enemy’s hand, he managed to throw a “triangle” chokehold around Fedor’s neck and clamp it so tightly that the Russian fighter had to knock in surrender. As a result, this technique was recognized as the best in 2010.

— António Silva

Decline of an empire

After losing to Anton Silva, Fedor Emelianenko said that this fight may have been the last in his career. Sergei Kharitonov knocked out Andrei Arlovsky.

The duel with António Silva was supposed to answer the question of whether the defeat of the 36-year-old Emelianenko from Werdum was an accident, or did age begin to take its toll. The meeting with another Brazilian took place at the Strikeforce Grand Prix tournament. And, rather, left even more questions.

Fedor started that meeting pretty well, although already in the first round he started bleeding from his nose. Despite this, in the first five minutes of the meeting, Emelianenko tried to carry out a suffocating and painful hold, but the opponent managed to defend himself.

In the second round, Silva took the fight to the ground, took a dominant position (top mount), from which he unleashed a flurry of heavy blows on Fedor with his giant hands. The Russian missed too much, but "survived". Fedor was ready to continue the fight, but the doctors decided otherwise: they stopped the meeting after the second round so that the hematoma that formed on the face of the Russian would not later turn into more serious health problems for him.

— Dan Henderson

"Clinch Gear"

In a fight with Dan Henderson, Fedor Emelianenko suffered a third defeat in a row, adding to the surrender and stopping the doctor a loss by technical knockout.

Despite the announcement of his retirement after the fight with Silva, Emelianenko decided to continue his fighting path. The next fight after the defeat from Bigfoot, he spent five months later. On July 30, 2011, Imperator went up against reigning Strikeforce champion Dan Henderson.

Events in this meeting unfolded rapidly. The fighters with the starting gong flew into a double-edged exchange, and soon Fedor had a cut in his right eye. However, in one of the following skirmishes, Emelianenko managed to knock the opponent down on the canvas, but during the finishing move he lost the initiative and, having missed a few blows, collapsed on his face on the floor of the octagon, which forced the referee to stop the meeting. Thus, the Russian lost for the third time in a row.

— Matt Mitrione

Disaster in New York. Fedor Emelianenko knocked out in 74 seconds

Emelianenko and Mitrione shocked each other, but the American got up faster and finished off. Fedor after the knockout should think about health.

The next defeat of Emelianenko happened six years later. During this period of time, he managed to end his career and resume it again. The fight with Mitrion was the first for the Emperor in Bellator, and hardly all the participants in the deal to move Fedor to the second league of the world were happy with such a debut of the Russian fighter.

In the main battle of the Bellator tournament in New York, everything ended before it even started. The duel started without reconnaissance: the fighters from the very first seconds rushed to hit each other with blows and soon scored a rare achievement - a mutual knockdown. The younger Mitrion managed to recover faster and went to finish off the opponent. The referee stopped the fight, fixing the early defeat of Fedor.

Despite such a heavy setback at the age of 40, Emelianenko already announced at a press conference that he intends to finalize the contract with Bellator to the end. It is worth noting here that after the failure in the confrontation with Bader, the Last Emperor did not even come out to communicate with the press.

— Ryan Bader

After a heavy defeat from Mitrion, Emelianenko showed up at the Bellator Grand Prix, where he had two successful fights in 2018. The victories over the “broken” and age Frank Mir and Chael Sonnen can be treated differently. But be that as it may, Fedor reached the final of the prestigious tournament, having the opportunity to end his career with a resounding victory.

Yes, not many believed that Emelianenko was able to defeat the 35-year-old Ryan Bader, who had gained the best shape in his life. But that the defeat of Fedor would be so discouraging, probably did not expect even the most devoted fans of the talent of the American fighter. There is nothing to talk about here: 35 seconds, after which, obviously, Fedor's career was essentially over.

The only thing that could keep Fedor in the sport for a while is a farewell fight with some MMA legend comparable in popularity to Emelianenko. Bellator President Scott Coker has already spoken about the possible organization of such a fight. Yes, and many experts spoke in favor of the need to bring the Last Emperor with an opponent from his age category.

Emelianenko will receive an honorary farewell from sports or he will end his journey in MMA with a defeat from Bader, it’s not so important. After all, as many, including Bader himself, have noted, today's failure will not affect the legacy of the Last Emperor in any way.

The country: Russia

Fedor Emelianenko (born September 28, 1976) is a legendary Russian MMA fighter, four-time world champion in mixed martial arts- Heavyweight MMA according to Pride FC, two-time according to RINGS, two-time according to WAMMA, four-time world champion and nine-time Russian champion in combat sambo. Honored Master of Sports in Sambo and Master of Sports international class 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. In the same period, in the lists of the best fighters, regardless of 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 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 MMA history. 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 section, 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.

One year later successful workouts 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. Over the years of service, not forgetting about intense training, he increased muscle mass more than 20 kg.

From 2003 to 2009 Fedor studied at the faculty physical culture and Sports Belgorod State University. In the same educational institution, the athlete 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 at 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 bout - 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 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. Double Champion NCAA Division I wrestler and former UFC champion, Randleman had by that time 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 Grand Prix semi-finals, 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 not only to 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 with a 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 Filipovich 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" in St. Petersburg, gathering a large number of celebrities among the audience, 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 quickly 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 supposed 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 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 had only engaged in fights 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 live broadcast was conducted by the Russia-2 TV channel, for the Americans - by the cable TV channel Showtime, according to which during the broadcast of the fight only in front of the TV screens there were about 1,100,000 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 MMA rookie, 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 New Year's show RIZIN in Japan. Emelianenko's opponent 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 Maldonado's headquarters, who suggested that the fact that Emelianenko is the president of the Union could have influenced the decision. 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

The "Last Emperor" Fedor Emelianenko is still called one of the best by both fans and practicing fighters. And no wonder. This legendary man fought with the strongest, and he defeated opponents on their own field. He fought with drummers in the rack. With wrestlers - fought. The statistics of the fights of Fedor Emelianenko speaks for itself - 41 fights, 36 victories. Of these, most - by knockout or submission of an opponent.

Technology features

The athlete prefers to finish the battle ahead of schedule - as reported by the statistics of Fedor Emelianenko. All fights were held in high-intensity mode. In stance, the Last Emperor fights in an unusual way. He almost does not inflict direct short strokes, preferring overhands. Fedor is equally good on the left and right hands. He rarely uses his legs, but not because he cannot. This is a style feature. For example, in the battles against Mirko Cro Cop and Mark Hunt, the Russian fighter successfully delivered high kicks, and used

The main techniques of a fighter, according to the statistics of the fights of Fedor Emelianenko, are painful. The main part of the victories was won by the kimura. Sometimes the Emperor uses rear naked choke. When transferring to the stalls, he successfully uses ground and pound (hitting from above in the stalls on a lying opponent).

Fedor Emelianenko fight statistics: best wins

For ten years, the Russian remained undefeated, which was unprecedented in the history of MMA. We will not list all the fights of Fedor Emelianenko - the list will stretch over dozens of pages. Let's limit ourselves to the list of the most interesting battles of the Last Emperor with the strongest opponents:

• With Sammy Schilt (2002 Pride 21). Schilt is a great kickboxer with tall stature and long arms. Emelianenko exploited the enemy's weakness for transfers to the ground and successfully kept him on the floor, striking from above. The fight lasted all the allotted time and ended with the defeat of Schilt by decision of the judges.
• With Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (Pride FC - Final Conflict 2004). "Minotaur" Nogueira, the master of Brazilian jiu-jitsu, was seen by everyone as an unconditional favorite. However, Fedor's sambo turned out to be more effective. The enemy unsuccessfully tried to hold a painful attack, while the Emperor inflicted maximum damage on him. The result is the victory of Emelianenko by the decision of the judges. There were three meetings between the rivals, Emelianenko won two, one was stopped because of the Russian.

• With Kazuyuki Fujita (2003, Pride 26). This battle is often included among the most interesting. Few people gave Fujita a chance, but he managed to surprise the audience by landing a powerful right hook and knocking down his opponent. However, Fedor, even with his mind clouded from a concussion, captured Fujita in a clinch, recovered and successfully carried out a choke from the back.

Monster Throw

The list of the best must also include a duel with the nickname "Monster" (2004, title fight according to Pride). Randleman's advantage was the impressive physicality that he demonstrated by throwing Emelianenko with a backbend. Fedor literally "stamped" his head into the canvas. Such a throw would immediately knock out someone weaker, but the Emperor instantly rallied and ended the fight with an elbow lever. The shots of this throw must contain any statistics of Fedor Emelianenko's fights. The photo turned out really impressive!

Revenge for brother and further career

Emelianenko has fights with Europeans in the list of victories, which should also be on the list of the best:

• With Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic (2005, Pride title fight). Before that, Filipovich knocked out Fedor's brother, Alexander Emelianenko. Filipović broke the Emperor's nose and chest. It was expected that the Russian fighter would take the opponent to the ground, but the fight went according to a completely different scenario. Fedor successfully led the battle in the stance and clinch, "breaking" the Croat's tactics and quickly exhausting him. The result is the victory of the Russian fighter by the decision of the judges. The bout was named "Fight of the Year".
• C (2009, for the title according to WAMMA). The Belarusian fighter defeated the Emperor in the standing position, but then made a mistake by trying to knock out the opponent with a knee strike in a jump. Fedor met him with a fist in the jaw. The blow knocked out the Belarusian for a long time. Subsequently, the fight went down in history as the "Best Knockout of 2009".

Not only victories

Among the four insulting defeats, we note the following fights:

• With Fabricio Werdum (2010, Strikeforce). First defeat in many years. Emelianenko knocked Werdum to the floor with a blow, but it turned out that it was a trap. Trying to finish off his opponent, Fedor got into a triangle choke hold and soon signaled the surrender. This result was an incredible surprise for everyone, since few people gave the Brazilian a chance.

• With Antonio Silva (2011, Strikeforce). Second defeat. Silva defended well against transfers to the ground and acted well in the standing position. In the second round, he knocked down Emelianenko and began to inflict a huge number of hard punches. The result is the doctor stopping the fight and defeating the Emperor.
• With Dan Henderson (2011, Strikeforce). Third defeat. Again the enemy took Fedor by cunning and tactics. The Last Emperor was hit by one of the blows. Henderson fell, Emelianenko rushed to finish off and got a strong beat in the face from which he himself collapsed.

Fedor Emelianenko's fight statistics is an impressive streak of victories that was broken by several embarrassing defeats (the very first was in 2000 by Tsuyoshi Kosaka). However, as the Emperor himself said, "he who does not fall does not get up." Of the 36 victories, 11 were won by knockouts or technical knockouts, 16 by submission and only 9 (25%) by decision of the judges.