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, in the semi-finals - 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 stayed on sports camps, 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 date of the fight and the name of Fedor Emelianenko’s next opponent have not been announced today.

In the last fight to date (took place on December 28, 2019), Fedor Emelianenko’s opponent was.
Emelianenko won by technical knockout (TKO).

Table of victories and defeats/record of Fedor Emelianenko

Date	Tournament	Rival	Result	Comment.
28.12.2019	Bellator 237: Fedor vs. Rampage		Victory TKO (strikes)
26.01.2019	Bellator 214	Ryan Bader	Defeat TKO (strikes)	Bellator Heavyweight Grand Prix Final.
13.10.2018	Bellator 208	Chael Sonen	Victory TKO (strikes)	Bellator Heavyweight Grand Prix Semifinals.
28.04.2018	Bellator 198	Frank Mir	Victory Knockout (strikes)	Bellator Heavyweight Grand Prix Quarterfinals.
24.06.2017	Bellator NYC	Matt Mitrione	Defeat Knockout (strikes)	Debut in the Bellator promotion.
17.06.2016	Fight Nights Global 50: Fedor vs. Maldonado	Fabio Maldonado	Victory Majority decision	The initial decision on Emelianenko's victory was challenged by the WMMAA commission, which insisted on a draw, but the Russian MMA Union refused to reconsider the decision.
31.12.2015	Rizin World Grand Prix 2015 Finale: Iza	Jaideep Singh	Victory TKO (strikes)
21.06.2012	M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Rizzo	Pedro Rizza	Victory Knockout (strikes)
31.12.2011	Fight For Japan: GDKO 2011	Satoshi Ishii	Victory Knockout (strikes)
20.11.2011	M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Monson	Jeff Monson	Victory Unanimous decision
30.07.2011	Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson	Dan Henderson	Defeat TKO (strikes)
12.02.2011	Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Silva	Antonio Silva	Defeat	Quarterfinals of the Strikeforce 2011 Heavyweight Grand Prix.
26.06.2010	Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Werdum	Fabricio Werdum	Defeat Painful hold (elbow lever in triangle)
07.11.2009	Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers	Brett Rogers	Victory Knockout (punch)	Defended the WAMMA heavyweight title.
24.01.2009	Affliction: Day of Reckoning	Andrey Orlovsky	Victory Knockout (punch)	Defended the WAMMA heavyweight title. Best knockout of the year (2009).
19.07.2008	Affliction: Banned	Tim Sylvia	Victory Choke (from behind)	Won the inaugural WAMMA Heavyweight Championship; choke of the year (2008).
31.12.2007	Yarennoka!	Choi Hong Man	Victory
14.04.2007	BodogFIGHT: Clash of the Nations	Matt Lindland	Victory Painful hold (elbow lever)
31.12.2006	Pride Shockwave 2006	Mark Hunt	Victory Painful hold (“kimura”)	Defended the PRIDE Heavyweight Championship.
21.10.2006	Pride 32	Mark Coleman	Victory Painful hold (elbow lever)
31.12.2005	Pride Shockwave 2005	Zuluzinho	Victory Submission (strikes)
28.08.2005	Pride Final Conflict 2005	Mirko Filipovic	Victory Unanimous decision	Defended PRIDE Heavyweight Championship; best fight of the year (2005); best fight of the decade (2000s).
03.04.2005	Pride Bushido 6	Tsuyoshi Kosaka	Victory Technical knockout (stoppage by doctor's decision)
31.12.2004	Pride Shockwave 2004	Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira	Victory Unanimous decision	PRIDE 2004 Heavyweight Grand Prix Final; unified the PRIDE Heavyweight Championship.
15.08.2004	Pride Final Conflict 2004	Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira	The fight was declared invalid (random collision of heads)	PRIDE 2004 Heavyweight Grand Prix Final.
15.08.2004	Pride Final Conflict 2004	Naoya Ogawa	Victory Painful hold (elbow lever)	Semi-final of the PRIDE 2004 Heavyweight Grand Prix.
20.06.2004	Pride Critical Countdown 2004	Kevin Randleman	Victory Painful hold (“kimura”)	Quarterfinals of the PRIDE 2004 Heavyweight Grand Prix.
25.04.2004	Pride Total Elimination 2004	Mark Coleman	Victory Painful hold (elbow lever)	Opening round of the PRIDE 2004 Heavyweight Grand Prix.
31.12.2003	Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2003	Yuji Nagata	Victory TKO (strikes)
10.08.2003	Pride Total Elimination 2003	Gary Goodridge	Victory Technical knockout (punches and kicks)
08.06.2003	Pride 26	Kazuyuki Fujita	Victory Choke (from behind)
05.04.2003	Rings Lithuania: Bushido Rings 7: Adrenalinas	Egidijus Valavičius	Victory Painful hold (“kimura”)
16.03.2003	Pride 25	Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira	Victory Unanimous decision	Won the PRIDE Heavyweight Championship.
24.11.2002	Pride 23	Heath Herring	Victory Technical knockout (stoppage by doctor's decision)
23.06.2002	Pride 21	Sammy Schilt	Victory Unanimous decision
15.02.2002	Rings: World Title Series Grand Final	Chris Haysman	Victory TKO (strikes)	Final of the RINGS 2001 tournament in absolute weight.
21.12.2001	Rings: World Title Series 5	Lee Hasdell	Victory	Semi-final of the RINGS 2001 tournament in absolute weight.
20.10.2001	Rings: World Title Series 4	Ryushi Yanagisawa	Victory Unanimous decision	Quarterfinals of the RINGS 2001 tournament in absolute weight.
11.08.2001	Rings: 10th Anniversary	Renato Sobral	Victory Unanimous decision	RINGS 2001 Openweight Tournament Final.
20.04.2001	Rings: World Title Series 1	Kerry Scholl	Victory Painful hold (elbow lever)	Semi-final of the RINGS 2001 open weight tournament.
06.04.2001		Mikhail Apostolov	Victory Choke (from behind)
22.12.2000		Tsuyoshi Kosaka	Defeat Technical knockout (stoppage by doctor's decision)	Second round of the RINGS King of Kings 2000 heavyweight tournament.
22.12.2000	Rings: King of Kings 2000 Block B	Ricardo Arona	Victory Unanimous decision	Opening round of the RINGS King of Kings 2000 heavyweight tournament.
05.09.2000	Rings: Battle Genesis Vol. 6	Hiroya Takada	Victory Knockout (strikes)
16.08.2000	Rings: Russia vs. Georgia	Levon Lagvilava	Victory Choke (from behind)
21.05.2000	Rings Russia: Russia vs. Bulgaria	Martin Lazarov	Victory Choke (guillotine)	Professional debut.

Knockouts of Fedor “The Last Emperor” Emelianenko

MMA fighter Fedor Emelianenko

Fedor Emelianenko is a Russian mixed martial arts MMA fighter.

Emelianenko performs in weight category heavyweight(heavy weight).
The weight category limit is 120.2 kg.

The number of victories and defeats of Fedor Emelianenko

Professional debut

23-year-old Fedor Emelianenko fought his first professional fight on May 21, 2000. His opponent was Martin Lazarov.
Fedor won the fight by submission (guillotine).

MMA World Champion

During his professional career, Fedor Emelianenko did not become a world champion according to the versions of the three main MMA organizations (UFC, Bellator MMA and ONE Championship).

First defeat

On December 22, 2000, the Russian fighter lost for the first time in his professional career. His opponent that evening was Tsuyoshi Kosaka.
Fedor Emelianenko lost by technical knockout (TKO).

Biography

Fedor Emelianenko - Russian athlete, Honored Master of Sports in Sambo, Master of Sports of International Class in Judo.
Many experts and MMA fighters admits best fighter MMA throughout the history of this sport.

Fyodor's father is a welder, his mother is a teacher at a school. Emelianenko has a sister Marina and two brothers - Alexander And Ivan. The family lived in a communal apartment, occupying a room intended for drying clothes.

By first education, Fedor is an electrician. In 2009 he graduated from Belgorod State University (faculty physical culture and sports).

Emelianenko has three children, all girls.

Bellator MMA Heavyweight World Grand Prix

« 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 an excellent 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. Fyodor 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 streak of victories, which was 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.

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.

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 age-old 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 defeat by submission.

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 made 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 Fedora’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 something 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 frenzy 4 months after the fight with Henderson. native land Fedor confidently defeated 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.

Statistics

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

Our great fighter Fedor Emelianenko - in a hard knockout. How so?

The American destroyed Fedor in the first minute. Is this really the end of the great career of the famous Russian fighter?

For the first time in his life, Fedor lost back in 2000. The Japanese Tsuyoshi Kosaka was lucky; already in the 17th second of his fight with the Last Emperor, the doctors decided to stop the fight due to a cut above the Russian’s right eye. That is why it is customary to consider that case in isolation from Emelianenko’s other unsuccessful performances. In this material we will remember Fedor’s real defeats.

– Fabricio Werdum

Trap for Fedor

Today an event occurred 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.

In anticipation of the fight with Fabricio Werdum, Emelianenko had not lost for almost 10 years. During this time, the Russian made a name for himself in mixed martial arts and moreover, he became the face of MMA throughout the world and a true role model. As they say in such cases, there were no signs of trouble.

For the fight on June 26, 2010 at the Strikeforce tournament, which took place in San Jose, Fedor came out as the clear favorite of the meeting. Sports experts were of the same opinion as the bookmakers. But things didn't go as expected. Emelianenko started the fight in his traditional manner: from the first minutes he began to shower his opponent from Brazil with a series of blows and, having knocked Werdum down, immediately went for the finish.

Fabricio, as everyone later realized, was just waiting for this. Having grabbed the opponent’s hand, he managed to throw a triangle choke over Fedor’s neck and squeeze it so tightly that the Russian fighter had to knock as a sign of surrender. As a result, this technique was recognized as the best in 2010.

– Antonio Silva

Decline of the Empire

Having lost to Antonio Silva, Fedor Emelianenko said that this fight may have been the last in his career. Sergei Kharitonov knocked out Andrei Arlovski.

The fight with Antonio Silva was supposed to answer the question of whether the defeat of 36-year-old Emelianenko by Werdum was an accident, or whether age had begun to take its toll. The meeting with another Brazilian took place at the Strikeforce Grand Prix tournament. And, rather, it left even more questions.

Fedor started that match quite well, although already in the first round he started bleeding from the nose. Despite this, Emelianenko tried to apply a choke and painful hold in the first five minutes of the meeting, 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 match after the second round so that the hematoma that formed on the Russian’s face would not subsequently turn into more serious health problems for him.

– Dan Henderson

"Gear Clinch"

In a fight with Dan Henderson, Fedor Emelianenko suffered a third defeat in a row, adding a technical knockout loss to the submission and stoppage of the doctor.

Despite the announcement of his retirement after the fight with Silva, Emelianenko decided to continue his fighting path. He fought his next fight after losing to Bigfoot five months later. On July 30, 2011, The Emperor faced current 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 near his right eye. However, in one of the following shootouts, Emelianenko managed to knock his opponent to the canvas, but during the finishing move he lost the initiative and, after missing several blows, fell face down on the Octagon floor, forcing the referee to stop the match. 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 rose faster and finished off. Fedor should think about his health after the knockout.

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

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

Despite such a serious setback at the age of 40, Emelianenko already stated at a press conference that he intends to finalize the contract with Bellator. 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 Mitrione, Emelianenko entered the Bellator Grand Prix, where he had two successful fights in 2018. The victories over the “broken” and aged Frank Mir and Chael Sonnen can be viewed 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 capable of defeating 35-year-old Ryan Bader, who gained better shape in life. But even the most devoted fans of the talent probably did not expect that Fedor’s defeat would be so discouraging. 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. And many experts spoke in favor of the need to pit the Last Emperor against an opponent in his age category.

Whether Emelianenko will receive an honorable send-off from the sport or whether he will end his journey in MMA with a defeat from Bader is not so important. After all, as many have noted, including Bader himself, today’s failure will not affect the legacy of the Last Emperor in any way.