All opponents of Fedor Emelianenko. The last fight of the “emperor” - Fedor Emelianenko ended his career with a brilliant victory. – Matt Mitrione

“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 his opponents on their own field. I fought with the drummers in a standing position. I fought with wrestlers. The statistics of Fedor Emelianenko’s fights speak for themselves - 41 fights, 36 victories. Most of them are by knockout or submission of the opponent.

Features of the technology

The athlete prefers to end battles ahead of schedule - as reported by Fedor Emelianenko’s statistics. All fights were held in high-intensity mode. While standing, the Last Emperor fights in an unusual way. He almost never throws direct short punches, preferring overhands. Fedor is equally good on the left and right hands. He rarely uses his legs, but not because he can’t. This is a feature of the style. For example, in battles against Mirko Cro Cop and Mark Hunt, the Russian fighter successfully delivered high kicks and used

The main techniques of a fighter, as the statistics of Fedor Emelianenko’s fights say, are painful ones. Most of the victories were won with the kimura. Sometimes the Emperor uses a rear naked choke. When taken to the ground, he successfully uses ground-and-pound (overhead strikes on the ground against a prone opponent).

Fedor Emelianenko fight statistics: best victories

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 for dozens of pages. We will limit ourselves to the list of the most interesting battles of the Last Emperor with the strongest opponents:

• With Sammy Schilt (2002, Pride 21 tournament). Schilt is a great kickboxer with tall stature and long arms. Emelianenko took advantage of his opponent's weakness in taking to the ground and successfully kept him on the floor, striking from above. The fight lasted the entire allotted time and ended in Schilt's defeat by decision.
• With Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (Pride FC - Final Conflict 2004). “Minotaur” Nogueira, a master of Brazilian jiu-jitsu, was seen by everyone as the undisputed favorite. However, Fedor's sambo turned out to be more effective. The opponent unsuccessfully tried to apply a painful hold, while the Emperor inflicted maximum damage on him. The result is Emelianenko's victory by decision. There were three meetings between the rivals, Emelianenko won in 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 delivering a powerful right hook and knocking down his opponent. However, Fedor, even with his consciousness clouded from the concussion, grabbed Fujita in a clinch, recovered and successfully performed a choke from the back.

Throw Monster

The list of the best must also include a fight with nicknamed “Monster” (2004, title fight according to Pride). Randleman's advantage was his impressive physique, which he demonstrated by throwing Emelianenko with a backbend. Fedor literally “slammed” his head into the canvas. Such a throw would have immediately knocked out someone weaker, but the Emperor instantly regrouped and ended the fight with an elbow lever. Any statistics of Fedor Emelianenko’s fights must contain footage of this throw. The photo turned out truly impressive!

Revenge for brother and further career

Emelianenko’s list of victories includes fights with Europeans, which should also be on the list of the best:

• With Mirko Cro Cop Filipovic (2005, fight for the title according to Pride). Before this, Filipovich knocked out Fedor’s brother, Alexander Emelianenko. Filipovich broke the Emperor's nose and chest. It was expected that the Russian fighter would take his opponent to the ground, but the fight followed a completely different scenario. Fedor successfully fought the battle in a standing position and in the clinch, “breaking” the Croatian’s tactics and quickly wearing him down. The result is a victory for the Russian fighter by decision of the judges. The fight was named "Fight of the Year".
• C (2009, for the title according to WAMMA). The Belarusian fighter defeated the Emperor in a standing position, but then made the mistake of trying to knock out his opponent with a jumping knee strike. Fedor met him with a fist to 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 disappointing defeats, we note the following fights:

• With Fabricio Werdum (2010, Strikeforce). First defeat in many years. Emelianenko knocked Werdum to the floor with a punch, but it turned out to be a trap. Trying to finish off his opponent, Fedor fell into a triangle choke and soon signaled his submission. 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 performed well in the standing position. In the second round, he knocked Emelianenko down and began delivering a huge number of hard punches. The result is that the fight is stopped by the doctor and the Emperor is defeated.
• With Dan Henderson (2011, Strikeforce). Third defeat. Again the enemy captured Fedor by cunning and tactics. The Last Emperor was hit by one of the blows. Henderson fell, Emelianenko rushed to finish off and received a powerful blow to the face, from which he collapsed.

Fedor Emelianenko's fight statistics are an impressive series of victories, which were broken by several disappointing defeats (the very first - 2000, Tsuyoshi Kosaka). However, as the Emperor himself said, “he who does not fall does not rise.” Of his 36 wins, 11 were by knockout or technical knockout, 16 by submission and only 9 (25%) by decision.

In the tough, and some would say cruel, world of mixed martial arts, there are few athletes who command such admiration, respect, and sometimes even worship, as Fedor Emelianenko. , the ex-UFC champion, in a conversation with reporters, openly declares that she is simply in love with him.

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In the fall of 2018, Fedor left his position as president of the Russian MMA Union. It is assumed that the fighter will head the organization’s Supervisory Board, which will be created later. Before this, Emelianenko recorded a victory in the quarter finals of the Bellator Heavyweight Grand Prix over UFC champion Frank Mir, and in the semifinals over Chael Sonnen. In the final of the tournament, the winner received the championship belt of the second most important promotion in the world.

Personal life

Information about Emelianenko’s personal life is not rich in details. Fyodor met Oksana, his first wife, at a pioneer camp when he was a schoolboy. He was at a sports training camp, and she was a pioneer leader. The guys' relationship was quite serious - the girl was waiting for a guy from the army. In 1999, the couple got married, and in the same year Oksana gave birth to a daughter, Masha. The marriage lasted 7 years - in 2006 the couple filed for divorce.

The "last emperor" has fallen. Chronicle of Fedor Emelianenko's defeats

On the eve of the new millennium, the whole world witnessed the rise to the top of the world MMA of the Russian fighter Fedor Emelianenko. Countrymen will be proud of their mighty compatriot, and prime ministers will watch his battles 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, who stood defeated in the ring for a whole decade. It seemed that even the walls of Carthage could not withstand such blows as Fedor took for so long. But he still couldn’t stand it...

It is curious that the first defeat of Emelianenko Sr. was inflicted by the Japanese Tsuyoshi Kosaka back in December 2000. This was Fedor’s fifth fight in the professional ring. And it is worth noting that the defeat is 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, at the very beginning of the fight, Kosaoka cuts Fedor’s right eyebrow with a prohibited blow from the elbow. The referee stops the fight 17 seconds after it began. And by the decision of the doctors, the Russian fighter is removed from the fight, awarding him defeat. And the Japanese, according to the rules, should have been disqualified. It turns out there is no winner. But since the fighters met as part of the tournament, one of them had to become the winner. Then the victory was awarded to Tsuyoshi.

So for the first time Emelianenko lost. Then it seemed that failure would force the fighter to hold back his ardor, after all, the fight with Tsuyoshi was the fifth in a row of 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 by Bigfoot. Defeat from the aged Hendo.

Raised by success to the heights of popular 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 mixed martial arts master. It seemed that no one and nothing could stop Fedor. And everything was fine until he met FabricioWerdum in June 2010. The Brazilian was able to interrupt Emelianenko’s unbeaten career in just 69 seconds. This happened in San Jose at the Strikeforce & M-1 Global show.

At the beginning of that fight, Fedor showed activity, sending his opponent to the floor with a series of accurate hits to the head. But the Russian was unable to carry out the finishing move. Bending down with the aim of delivering crushing blows, and thereby putting an end to the confrontation, Emelianenko ended up in a “triangle”, from which there was practically no chance of getting out... The outcome of the fight was a painful defeat.

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

He who doesn't fall doesn't get up. I was charging for a shot, so I made a mistake and Fabricio took advantage of 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 a time when the Brazilian’s legs began to tighten behind our fighter’s neck 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 his victory.

Emelyanenenko is an experienced fighter, but he miscalculated his actions a little. He threw himself at the Brazilian, for which he paid. Nogueira, We all remember very well what happened next.

Over the next few months, in anticipation of the next Strikeforce & M-1 Global show, where Fedor will face Antonio Silva, the Russian trains a lot, gets himself in order and says:

Nothing has changed in me. I drew conclusions about why the mistake occurred in the fight with Werdum, and I tried to eliminate it. I still continue to train a lot. Silva is a very good fighter. He is a worthy opponent and I will be happy to fight him. I'm happy with my opponent.

Yes, whatever you say, 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 passes with varying degrees of success. The fighters do not skimp on blows. The Brazilian, who has a black belt in jiu-jitsu, does not give the opportunity to successfully carry out a painful hold at the end of five minutes. And in the second round, Antonio immediately takes the fight to the ground. The Russian lies on the floor all the time, taking powerful blows"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 on Emelianenko's eyebrow. Thus, Silva won by technical knockout, and with tears in his eyes he fell at the feet of his idol.

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

Thanks for the love and support. Everything went wrong from the very beginning. I couldn’t reorganize during the battle. It's probably time for me to call it quits. 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 the love for Fedya had not cooled. And for her sake we must try to rehabilitate ourselves.

More than 4 months passed after the second defeat in a row, but the wound in Fedor’s heart still gaped. It was clear that the fighter was pining for victory.

Having learned about the upcoming fight, I, frankly speaking, was glad - I need to get ready again. Also, a Dutch coach is now helping me “get my feet on the ground.” There are no fundamental changes in training, we are working on loads and techniques. 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 Henderson and I are about the same height,” the fighter said before the fight.

The fight took place at a high pace from the very beginning. Double-edged exchanges of blows and clinches. A few minutes later, the American managed to break through one of the clinches and deliver several accurate and crushing blows. After this, Fedor seizes the initiative and “drives” Henderson into the ring. Having knocked him down, the Russian rushes to finish him off. But, through negligence, Fedya turns his back and receives several blows to the back of the head. This is a knockout...

Again, what is the reason? There are several of them. The first is stagnation in the Russian’s training. The second and main thing is that Fedor trained with 20-year-old guys, sambo wrestlers. To prepare for a fight with such fighters, sparring partners must be of the appropriate level, and not boys.

The fight was stopped early, I could have continued. “I lost the position, allowing Henderson to use a purely wrestling technique - a hip grab,” said the legend.

It’s just bad... Fedor has a desire to continue performing, he will fight,” said Emelianenko’s manager Vadim Finkelshtein.

Finkelstein’s words turned out to be prophetic. Fedor did not lose heart and continued to fight. But, you see, it is quite difficult to survive a severe psychological blow: losing three fights in a row and forcing yourself to continue your career. Who cares if you haven’t known defeat for 10 years. Many in his place would have long ago hung up their gloves on a nail somewhere in a closet. Many, but not Fedor Emelianenko. The world became convinced that the Russian had again entered into a fighting rage 4 months after the fight with Henderson. On his native soil, Fedor confidently defeated the American Jeff Monson. Emelyanenko was so hungry for victory that a month after the Moscow fight he flew to Japan, where he “killed” Satoshi and Ishii, carrying out a successful series: right-left-right.

Recent fights show that the MMA legend did not try to “overcome” his competitors. Now the fighter is more like a striker. Whether this is correct or not, it is too early to judge. But two victories inspire confidence in better things. Who knows, maybe “The Last Emperor” will get a second wind. Perhaps the era of a renewed Emelianenko is beginning, which promises to bring us many surprises.

Painful hold: 15

Solution:8

Losses:4

Knockout:3

Painful hold:1

Failed:1

Average time in Riga per battle: 3.375

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Last night in New York, as part of the Bellator 180 tournament, a fight took place between the legends of mixed martial arts MMA - the Russian heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko(36-5) and American Matt Mitrione(12-5). Mitrione won by technical knockout (finishing off), forcing us to refresh our memory of not entirely pleasant memories of Fedor’s previous defeats. In just 17 years professional career there were five of them.

Emelianenko lost to Mitrione ahead of schedule. 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 a 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 an illegal elbow strike. Since Emelianenko could not continue to participate 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 a rematch, in which the Russian won confident victory. Ironically, the meeting was also stopped by the doctor.

June 26, 2010. Strikeforce/M-1 Global

Opponent: Fabrice Werdum (Brazil).
Result: defeat by triangle choke in the first round of the fight.

After 10 years of reign (for a long unbeaten streak, as well as a number of outstanding fights with top-level opponents, Fedor received the nickname The Last Emperor), Emelianenko suffered his second (and first real) defeat in an official MMA fight, losing to the Brazilian Fabrice Werdum by triangle choke. The BJJ master caught Emelianenko at the moment when he knocked the Brazilian down in an exchange at close range and went for the finish. Werdum threw a triangle and completed the technical action.

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 was withdrawn by doctors due to an extensive hematoma of his right eye. Then the current Bellator boss Scott Coker managed to put together a killer eight (Daniel Cormier, Alistair Overem, Fabrice Werdum, Andrei Orlovsky, Sergei Kharitonov, Josh Barnett, Brett Rogers), the winner of which was the future UFC star Cormier (who replaced Overem).

July 30, 2011. Strikeforce/M-1 Global

Opponent: Dan Henderson (USA).
Result: defeat by technical knockout (finishing off) in the first round.

Fedor suffered his third defeat in a row (by technical knockout in the 1st round) in a fight against the older American Dan Henderson. Emelianenko shook his opponent in the standing position, Henderson began to fall to the canvas. At this moment, Fedor went for a finishing move, but lost the position, failed, after which the American delivered several accurate blows to the Russian’s head, and the fight referee Herb Dean decided to intervene in the meeting, awarding the victory to Henderson by technical knockout. After the fight, Emelianenko noted that the stop was premature.

June 24, 2017. Bellator 180.

Opponent: Matt Mitrione (USA).
Result: defeat by technical knockout in the first round (finishing off).

Emelianenko suffered his fifth defeat at a respectable age for martial arts - 40 years. Experts viewed 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 his trademark straight right, while Mitrione managed to catch the Russian by throwing a short right hand towards him, which, unlike the Russian’s tangential blow, hit squarely in the jaw. Both fighters were knocked down. The American recovered early and immediately attacked his opponent with a series of finishing blows, grand and pound. The referee of the match, Dan Miragliota, stopped the fight 74 seconds after it began, awarding the victory to Mitrione.

A country: Russia

Fedor Emelianenko (born September 28, 1976) is a legendary Russian MMA fighter, four-time champion world by mixed martial arts- MMA heavyweight according to Pride FC, two-time according to RINGS, two-time according to WAMMA, four-time world champion and nine-time Russian champion combat sambo. Honored Master of Sports in Sambo and Master of Sports international class in judo. Currently competes in the Rizin Fighting Federation and Bellator MMA.

In the period from 2003 to 2010, Emelianenko was internationally recognized as the most famous sports media (“ESPN”, “Sherdog”, “Full Contact Fighter”, “MMA Weekly”, “Nokaut”) best fighter MMA heavyweight. During the same period in the lists best fighters regardless weight category(English pound-for-pound) Emelianenko maintained a 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 the entire history of sports. The list of fighters defeated by Fedor includes: Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Sammy Schilt, Mark Coleman, Ricardo Arona, Mirko Filipovic, Tim Sylvia, Andrei Orlovsky, Mark Hunt and other famous fighters.

For almost ten years, Fedor remained undefeated, which is an unprecedented achievement in history. 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, Japanese fighter Tsuyoshi Kosaka cut Fedor’s eyebrow with an illegal elbow strike, and already at the 17th second of the fight, doctors stopped the fight.

Since there had to be a winner within the tournament who would continue on to the finals, and Emelianenko could not continue to participate, Kosaka was declared the winner of the fight. In this regard, many fans of mixed martial arts, not considering this defeat due to its illegitimacy, considered Emelianenko to be the only undefeated MMA fighter until his defeat by Fabricio Werdum, 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 Rubezhnoye. Father Vladimir Aleksandrovich worked as a welder, and mother Olga Fedorovna worked as a teacher at a school. Fedor was the second child; 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 during training, sometimes even staying in the gym overnight. The future athlete had to take his younger brother Sasha with him to training, who had no one to leave with. Later, Alexander also became a professional athlete.

After a year of successful training, Fedor Emelianenko, as a promising student, was offered to move to Vladimir Voronov’s class. After graduating from high school, the guy went to study at a vocational school, from which he graduated in 1994, receiving a diploma with honors as an 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 of Belgorod state university. In the same educational institution the athlete completed graduate school.

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, first place at the most prestigious international class “A” tournament brought him the title of Master of Sports of International Class of Russia in Sambo. In the same year, he became the champion of Russia and received bronze in two Russian championships 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 the Moscow sambo tournaments international level. The wrestler won bronze in international tournaments class "A" (Moscow, Sofia).

In the late 90s, the athlete switched to MMA, choosing a Japanese organization called “Rings” for cooperation. Under the auspices of this organization, he had 11 fights, and won victories over such fighters as Renato “Babalu” Sobral and ADCC champion, Ricardo Arona. Fedor lost only once. Misfortune overtook the athlete in the final fight - his opponent, Kosaka, dealt Fedor Emelianenko an illegal blow with his elbow: as a result of a double cut, he dropped out of the fight.

In 2000, the wrestler began intensively studying 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 dishonesty of 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. Emelianenko made his debut in Pride on June 23, 2002, competing against the Dutch fighter Semmy Schilt, to whom he was inferior in height by almost 30 centimeters. Despite such a big difference, Emelianenko confidently won the fight by unanimous decision, after which he went up against American Heath Herring. The winner of the match received the right to fight for the Pride championship title with 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 in the first round, knocking the American to the floor and raining down blows on him on the ground. As a result of Emelianenko’s successful attacks, Herring suffered a serious cut, after examining which the doctor forbade the continuation of the fight.

After defeating Herring, Fedor got the opportunity to meet Nogueira in the ring for the Pride champion title. After three rounds of intense competition at the Pride 25 tournament, Emelianenko won by unanimous decision, becoming the Pride heavyweight champion.

In 2003, Fedor fought 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, since the Japanese wrestler managed to seriously shake Fedor, but Emelianenko entered the clinch and took 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 the winner of "Pride Grand Prix 2000" Mark Coleman, and won by submission in the first round.

After this, Fedor went against Coleman's training partner, Kevin "The Monster" Randleman. A two-time NCAA Division I wrestling champion and former UFC champion, Randleman had by that time recorded a knockout victory over one of the tournament favorites, Mirko Filipovic. In the fight with Emelianenko, Randleman demonstrated an incredibly spectacular backbend throw, which would later be included in almost all MMA highlights. However, Emelianenko still managed to win, forcing Randleman to tap out in surrender.

On August 15, 2004, in the Grand Prix semi-finals, Emelianenko met six-time member of the Japanese judo team and Olympic silver medalist Naoya Ogawa. Fedor quickly took the fight to the ground, where he performed an elbow lever. The Nogueira-Emelianenko fight was supposed to not only determine the winner of the “Grand Prix 2004”, but also unite the temporary championship title Nogueira and Emelianenko's title. The meeting between the two fighters was very tense, but as a result of an unintentional, but still prohibited by the rules, head clash, Emelianenko suffered 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, December 31, 2004. The Pride Heavyweight Championship and the 2004 Grand Prix Championship were once again on the line. Unlike the first match, which took place mainly on the ground, Emelianenko, to the surprise of his opponent, chose to fight in a standing position and limited himself to judo throws. As a result, Emelianenko won by decision.

In April 2005, at Pride Bushido 6, Fedor avenged his first loss to Tsuyoshi Kosaka by “destroying” his counterpart by technical knockout.

In the next fight, Emelianenko competed against the Croatian fighter Mirko “Crocop” Filipovic. This fight can easily be called a “superfight”, since both fighters occupied the top positions 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, after performing at Inoki Boom Ba Ye due to contractual differences, Fedor temporarily left Pride. Pride management organized a fight for the interim champion title between Filipovic and Nogueira, in which the latter won. The match between Filipovic and Emelianenko was subsequently postponed again when the Croatian 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, and Fedor won by decision, defending his Pride heavyweight title.

On December 31, 2005, Emelianenko quickly scored a TKO victory over Zuluzinho at the Pride Shockwave 2005 tournament.

The year 2006 began for Fedor with an operation on his hand in one of the clinics in St. Petersburg, where the athlete had a plate and one knitting needle installed at the site of the fracture. The rehabilitation period prescribed by doctors lasted until June 24, when the plates were removed. Emelianenko’s first fight after surgery 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.

Fedor's last defense of the Pride title took place at Pride Shockwave 2006 against the 2001 K-1 champion, New Zealander Mark Hunt. Initially, a meeting between Emelianenko and Josh Barnett was planned, but Barnett refused the fight, saying that he was not in the best physical fitness. Since Mirko Filipovic had 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, since a few months later the organization went bankrupt and its assets were bought by its main competitor, the American UFC promotion.

Shortly before Pride disbanded, Emelianenko took advantage of a clause in his contract allowing him to fight for other organizations as long as the fight took place in Russia, and accepted an offer from the BodogFight promotion. Emelianenko became a rival American fighter Matt Lindland, former Olympic silver medalist 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 weight category.

The fight took place on April 14, 2007 at an event called “Clash of the Nations” in St. Petersburg, attracting a large number of celebrities, including Vladimir Putin, Silvio Berlusconi and Jean-Claude Van Damme. Fedor won by submission in the first round.

After this, Fedor signed a contract with M-1 Global. Emelianenko had his next fight on December 31, 2007 against the Korean “giant” Hong Man Choi. This fight took place under the auspices of the Japanese promotion “Yarennoka!” with the support of M-1 Global, Fighting and Entertainment Group (FEG) and Deep. Fedor won a spectacular victory by submission (elbow arm) 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 organization’s debut event - “Affliction: Banned”. Fedor’s new opponent was two-time ex-UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia.

The fight took place on July 19, 2008, and Fedor needed only 36 seconds to defeat Sylvia: Emelianenko rained down a hail of punches on the American, after which he performed a choke hold from behind. IN next fight Emelianenko met in the ring with another ex-UFC champion - Belarusian Andrei Orlovsky. The meeting between Emelianenko and Orlovsky became the main fight 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: Andrey succeeded in effective combinations, however, apparently inspired by the early success, Orlovsky decided to quickly end the fight and tried to throw a jumping knee. Forgetting about defense, he rushed at Fedor, and Emelianenko knocked him out deeply. The knockout was subsequently voted "Best Knockout of 2009" by 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, since on July 22, Barnett was convicted by the California Athletic Commission of using anabolic steroids, as a result of which he lost his license participation in battles. Soon the Affliction promotion itself ceased to exist.

After collaborating 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 Coker confirmed that the Emelianenko fight will take place on November 7 and will be broadcast nationally on CBS. 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 was fighting only in his free time from working as a tire mechanic, he made the MMA world pay attention by knocking out Andrei Orlovsky in just 22 seconds. The fight was preceded by a grandiose information campaign, which even resulted in the filming of the documentary film “Fight Camp 360°: Fedor vs Rogers.” Emelianenko knocked out Rogers 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 assessed by experts and fans as very low, but the Brazilian made a major upset, forcing Fedor to tap out as a sign of surrender, performing a triangle choke. This was Emelianenko's first undeniable defeat in his career. Subsequently, this technique was recognized as the “Best Choke of 2010” according to the Sherdog website. After the fight, Werdum said that he still considers Emelianenko the best fighter and his idol.

At the beginning of January 2011, it was announced that Fedor would take part in the Strikeforce Grand Prix tournament and his opponent at the first stage would be Brazilian fighter- Antonio Silva, nicknamed "Bigfoot".

The fight, which took place on February 12, 2011, aroused increased interest among television viewers: for Russians the live broadcast was conducted by the Rossiya-2 TV channel, for Americans - the cable TV channel Showtime, according to which, during the broadcast of the fight, about 1,100,000 people were in front of the TV screens alone spectators.

Having difficulties with the size of his opponent, Fedor lost this fight by technical knockout, as he was unable to continue the fight after he developed an extensive hematoma in his right eye, and, despite Fedor’s desire to continue the fight, doctors banned it. Thus, Emelianenko dropped out of the tournament at 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. A former two-time member of the US Greco-Roman wrestling team, Henderson, who competed in the 93kg and 85kg weight classes throughout his career, tried his hand at heavyweight for the first time, struggling to reach the required 200lbs.

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 for the first time in Moscow: at the Olimpiyskiy Sports Complex he entered the ring against two-time ADCC champion, Jeff Monson, nicknamed “The Snowman,” in the main fight of the evening “M-1 Global: Fedor vs Monson,” broadcast on live"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 fight of the evening against an MMA newcomer, Olympic champion in judo 2008, Satoshi Ishii. Fedor won by knockout in the first round.

On June 21, 2012, Emelianenko fought with 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 stay in shape. 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 fight scheduled for December 31, 2015 as part of the RIZIN New Year's show in Japan. Emelianenko’s opponent was Jaideep Singh, the winner of several prestigious kickboxing tournaments, who at that time had won both of his professional fights under MMA rules. In this fight, which took place on December 31, 2015, Emelianenko won in the first round.

On June 17, 2016, a duel took place with ex-UFC fighter Fabio Maldonado. In the first round, Fabio seriously shocked Fedor, catching him with two oncoming side blows to the jaw and managing to land a large number of blows 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 judges’ verdict and filed an appeal with the Russian MMA Union, where it was rejected, citing the “40-minute rule,” according to which an appeal must be filed no later than 40 minutes after the end of the fight. This decision caused a protest at Maldonado’s headquarters, who suggested that the decision could have been influenced by the fact that Emelianenko is the president of the Union. The Union also refused to consider the appeal, citing WMMAA rules that apply to amateur, not professional, fights. Later, Union 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 fair result would be a draw (28-28) and overturned 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 reconsider 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 a few hours before the tournament, Mitrione began to have health problems (kidney stones).

The Emelianenko-Mitrio fight has been moved to the Bellator 180 tournament, which will take place on June 24, 2017 in New York.

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