Fedor Vladimirovich Emelianenko (Russian: Фёдор Владимирович Емельяненко, tr. Fyodor Vladimirovich Yemelyanenko, IPA [ˈfʲɵdər vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪʨ jɪmʲɪlʲˈjanʲɪnkə][5]) (born September 28, 1976) is really a Russian heavyweight mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter. He is the existing World Alliance of Mixed Martial Arts Heavyweight Champion along with the previous holder on the Pride Heavyweight Championship.
He has won countless tournaments and accolades in multiple sports, most notably the Pride 2004 Grand Prix and the World Combat Sambo championship on four occasions, he also has championships inside the Russian national Judo championship.Emelianenko is universally thought to be the ideal heavyweight fighter within the globe to the last seven decades by major publications, including ESPN, Sherdog, Entire Contact Fighter, MMA Weekly, and Nokaut.
Numerous blended martial arts publications like fighting-mma.com now rank Emelianenko since the #1 pound-for-pound fighter within the globe. He holds the distinction of having held five separate leading championships as well as the RINGS Earth Heavyweight and King of Kings Championships, the PrideWorld Heavyweight and Heavyweight Grand Prix Championships and also the World Alliance of Combined Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship. Numerous analysts, in addition as former and existing fighters, look at Emelianenko to be the greatest mixed martial artist of all time.