One title – Fedor. It’s unimaginable to speak in regards to the historical past of MMA and never point out Fedor Emelianenko. He is called one of many biggest heavyweight fighters within the historical past of the game, if not the best MMA fighter of all time. Fedor, AKA “The Final Emperor” will take the stroll one final time this Saturday as he faces Ryan Bader at Bellator 290 in California for his forty eighth and ultimate skilled MMA struggle.
Fedor started his MMA profession in 2000 in Russia. Over 23 years he put collectively a formidable 47 struggle profession. He completed 15 of these fights by submission as a result of his embellished Sambo profession and actually confirmed he was a nicely rounded fighter. When opponents had been petrified of the takedown, Fedor would knock them out with a blitz assault accumulation to a formidable 16 kos.
Under are three of his biggest and most well-known submission victories….
3. Fedor submits former UFC Heavyweight champ Tim Sylvia by Rear Bare Choke.
The struggle headlined the very first Affliction card on PPV. Fedor dropped Sylvia immediately. Fedor swarmed the previous UFC champ with floor and pound. Sylvia turtled up and Fedor took his again. In a complete struggle time of 36 seconds Fedor choked out Tim Sylvia.
2. Fedor submits Kevin Randleman by Kimura in Delight on the 2004 Heavyweight Grand Prix.
Kevin Randleman took Fedor down immediately exhibiting off his superior collegiate wrestling abilities. After attempting to get again to his ft, Fedor uncovered his again and Randleman took Fedor on a wild suplex experience smashing the again of his neck into the mat. Randleman once more obtained on high BUT Fedor shortly reversed the place. Lower than a minute later, Fedor locked up an exquisite Kimura submission which pressured Randleman to faucet. All that motion and the struggle was lower than 2 minutes. Fedor would advance to face Naoya Ogawa within the semifinals.
1. Fedor submits Hong-man Choi Armbar at Yarennoka on New Years Eve!
Hong- man Choi stood 7’2″ and weighed 350 lbs. Fedor was 6 foot 230 lbs. Fedor began the struggle attempting to take the enormous down however ended up on the underside. Fedor locked up an armbar inside a minute however couldn’t end. They each obtained again to their ft and danced round. Fedor once more tried to take Choi down however was pushed proper to his again. Choi began throwing wild punches and Fedor locked up a decent Armbar that Choi couldn’t escape. This victory prolonged his document to 28-1-1.
Honorable mentions…..
Two armbars over Marc Coleman. The primary was at Delight Complete Elimination in 2004’s Heavyweight Grand Prix. The second was at Delight 32 two years later. Additionally, as an honorable point out is his kimura victory over Mark Hunt defending his Delight Heavyweight championship on New Years Eve 2006.
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