Russian Heavyweight and MMA Legend Fedor ”The Last Emperor” Emelianenko earlier today cleared the air over his alleged retirement. Emelianenko confirmed that he will not be retiring from Mixed Martial Arts. Fedor and some of his coached weighed in on the situation.
UFC 127: Penn vs. Fitch Weigh-Ins will take place at the Acer Arena in Sydney Australia on February 26th. The weigh-ins will be streamed and updated live through this post starting 10PM EST.UFC 127 will be headlined by a Welterweight battle between BJ Penn and Jon Fitch, who will fight for a possible shot at the UFC Welterweight title. The event will be headlined by a Middleweight bout between Michael “The Count” Bisping and the hard-hitting veteran Jorge Rivera. Also on the card, George Sotiropoulos will
What is next in the storied career of Fedor Emelianenko?
On Saturday February 12th, Fedor Emilianenko will take to the Strikeforce cage for what will be his 36th professional fight. “The Last Emperor” will make the solitary walk from the dressing room to the cage, with more consequences on the line than usual. In his last fight,we saw Fedor’s first “official” loss, tapping out in 69 seconds due to an exceptional triangle/armbar combination. Coming in to the fight as the heavy favourite, no one expected the loss.When Fedor squared off against multi-time BJJ world
Fedor Emelianenko will make his long-anticipated return to Mixed Martial Arts this weekend, facing no other than the Brazilian heavy-hitter Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva. The fight will open the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix, as the winner is expected to advance into the semi-finals against either Alistair Overeem or Fabricio Werdum. The fight between Emelianenko and Antonio Silva is another classic “Fedor Fight”. Once again, “The Last Emperor” is facing a significantly larger opponent, who’s all overall
Thiago Silva still fighting at ufc 130
Fedor Emelianenko (32-2 in MMA) will make his long-anticipated return this weekend, facing a tough challenge in the Brazilian KO artist Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva. The fight will mark the opening of Strikeforce’s 8-man Heavyweight Grand Prix, taking place at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey.The fight against Bigfoot will be Fedor’s third under the Strikeforce banner, and his first since the shocking defeat against Fabricio Werdum last year. If victorious, Emelianenko will meet either Werdum or
Rankings have become a mess in MMA. Some folks like myslef want to use wins over quality competition as the main means to judge fighters at the top of the game (rankings wise). Some others want to judge rankings on more of a “whom would beat whom” basis. Personally I don’t abide by that philosophy, but certain folks do and the endgame is always in one way or another “agree to disagree”. After some thoughts over this weekend I think I have a pretty good solution. Power rankings: Judging a fighter solely on t
Fedor Emelianenko vs Antonio Silva
This may be one of the most important fights of Fedor’s career and it has massive implications. A loss to Silva would be catastrophic for M1 and Strikeforce. Fedor is still one of the biggest draws in MMA and almost everyone wants to see him fight, whether you want him to win or lose. This will be the fight that will give us an indicator of where Fedor’s skills are at. There are an overwhelming number of fans that believe Fedor is on a downward spiral as a fighter and
Now I won’t even begin to preach this list as matter of fact. As with more or less any top 10 list, it is completely subjective and unique to the person making it, and there is no list that everyone will be able to agree on, especially on such a debatable topic as the one I’m about to delve into. However, i have tried to be as fair as possible and take each fighter’s accomplishments into account with as equal measure as his counterparts. And that is mostly what my list is attempting to reflect:
