Fedor Emelianenko competed extensively during his earlier years strictly in the Judo circuit. There had been no thought of even advancing on to something else until much later. Judo is a wonderful Martial Art, meaning “gentle way”. A person studying Judo is taught to subdue ones opponent through peaceful means, not through violent or physically damaging methods. Grappling is heavily employed in this art. Throwing the opponent out of the circle, making them submit or joint locking them are some of the very few tactics a Judo student will develop. Read the rest of this entry »
Fedor Emelianenko hasn’t grown up, he has evolved. Fedor has spent his training life focusing on every single weakness that he knows of to became the winner he wants to be. To know what it is to succeed is something Fedor has become familiar with. Fedor Emelianenko is the W.A.M.M.A. world champion because he wanted it, he trained hard and he earned it. Fedor is a shining example of setting goals and training to obtain them. Read the rest of this entry »
As is it often mentioned, Fedor Emelianenko didn’t start out a prize fighter, he worked for it, long and hard. Doubted even by his trainer, who had a hunch, but given Fedor’s physical dimensions, it simply didn’t seem possible. Fedor has proved everyone wrong. Looking at a picture, one could easily assume that he is slow, by no means the fighter type. Fedor’s demeanor alone would throw you off, he is modest and kind, you couldn’t detect much of a fighter in him at all. Read the rest of this entry »
Fedor Emelianenko started at an early age when it came to fighting, he wasn’t the violent sort, but he was always interested in fighting as an art. With the advent of Judo and the development of Sambo, those were clearly his two best choices. Sambo (Cambo), a Russian modern martial art, is a Russian acronym for “Self defence without weapons. Read the rest of this entry »
Often, when a person mentions the name Fedor Emelianenko, that gets a, ”huh” or “who” response. It is without question that he is not so well known in the general publics’ eyes, but that is where his anonymity ends. W.A.M.M.A (World Alliance of Mixed Martial Arts) champion, Fedor is famous in the market of martial arts fighting. His reputation was quickly established after defeating his opponent, Former U.F.C. (Ultimate Fighting Championship) and PRIDE champion Tim Sylvia in just 36 seconds, making him the first W.A.M.M.A World Heavyweight champion. Read the rest of this entry »
2008 Judo Gold Medalist Satoshi Ishii recently challenged Fedor Emelianenko to a fight. We’ll have to wait to see if a Japanese organization can sign him as Fedor Emelianenko’s irrelevant New Year’s Eve opponent. But until then, you can catch two other Judo Gold Medalists both on this card: 1996 Judo Gold Medalist Pawel Nastula and 2000 Judo Gold Medalist Makoto Takimoto.
Satoshi Ishii, born 19 December 1986 in Ibaraki, Osaka, is a Japanese judoka. He won a silver medal at the -100 kg category of the 2006 Asian Games.
On April 29, 2006 and 2008, he won the All-Japan Judo Championships in Tokyo Japan.
On August 15 2008 he won a gold medal at the +100 kg category of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
According to a press conference earlier today a network distributor called Blue Entertainment Sports Television which has a clientele of athletes such as Reggie Bush, Andy Roddick and UFC light heavyweight fighter Houston Alexander have now signed the top heavyweight MMA fighter in Fedor Emelianenko. BEST is an American representative for M-1 Global that will help sponsor and market the new WAMMA champion along with other fighters under the M-1 banner as well.
The two partners will team up to get a reality show called “Fighting Fedor” and air the program later this year. Fighting Fedor is a show based on fighters training at the famed Red Devil Fight Club in St. Petersburg, Russia with the winner earning the opportunity to face Fedor at the show’s finale. BEST will also be airing 22 M-1 challenge shows in HD where it will nation vs nation MMA competition with each of the 22 telecasts being 1 hour each. Read the rest of this entry »
WAMMA heavyweight champion Fedor Emelieanenko will be healed from his recent hand injury in time to compete by New Years Eve, reports Sports Illustrated.
“I think definitely by New Year’s Eve I’ll be ready to go,” Emelianenko told SI. “My desire at this point is to meet with the winner of the fight [between Arlovski and Barnett], but I still have a desire to fight with whomever loses as well.”
Emelianenko was to fight former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arloski in the headline bout of Affliction 2 on October 11th but was forced off the card due to a lingering hand injury re-aggravated in his first-round submission victory over former UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia in July. Emelianenko was ultimately replaced by Josh Barnett and the winner of the main event matchup will take on “The Last Emperor” for the WAMMA title down the road, but not on a potential New Year’s Eve card.
Recent rumors about Emelienanko’s next opponent centered on a rematch with PRIDE and UFC veteran Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic but, according to the report, Emelianenko will instead fight a “judo legend or sumo wrestler” at the New Year’s Eve event.
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