Russian-born Fedor “The Last Emperor” Emelianenko (September 28, 1976) is a heavyweight mixed martial artist. Like many successful MMA fighters, he pinballs between various MMA sanctioning organizations and promotion groups. While bouncing around in the life’s pinball machine, Fedor Emelianenko racked up the points by winning numerous combat-sport competitions, including the World Combat Sambo Championships, Russian National Judo Championship, the RINGS Absolute Class Tournament, and PRIDE Fighting Championships, where he was their final heavyweight champion.
His nickname may be in homage to the real last emperor of Russia, Nicolas II. After Russia lost the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, it was the beginning of the end for Nicolas II. Yet the loss to Japan led to the creation of Russian systema martial arts, the progenitor of Fedor Emelianenko’s first martial art, sambo. Perhaps his joy in defeating his Japanese opponents stems from these historical facts.
Although Fedor Emelianenko suffers from a recurring hand injury, his brutal ground-and-pound strategy always comes in handy when the fight is on the grill.
– March 23, 2011
Born into a working-class family in Rubeshnoe Lugansk, Russia, in 1976, MMA fighter Fedor Emelianenko established himself as a man of intelligence when he graduated with honors from college in 1994. But alongside his penchant for academic achievement lived a spirit of competition. After serving two years in the Russian
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– March 21, 2011
When Fedor Emelianenko—the baddest man on the planet—walks through the door, the first thing you notice about him is … he’s not all that big.
The statistics list Fedor Emelianenko as 6 feet tall and 230 pounds, but even that seems a stretch. When he enters a Manhattan gym with an
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