The “Last Emperor” Fedor Emelianenko is still called one of the best both fans of mixed martial arts and practicing fighters. And no wonder. This legendary man fought with the strongest, and he defeated opponents in their own field. With the drummers, he fought in the rack. With fighters - fought. The statistics of the battles of Fedor Emelianenko speaks for itself - 41 battles, 36 victories. Most of them - by knockout or surrender of the opponent.
Features of the technique
The athlete prefers to end the battle ahead of schedule - this is the statistics of Fedor Emelianenko. All fights were held in high intensity mode. In the rack, the Last Emperor fights in an unusual way. He almost does not make direct short strokes, preferring overhand. Fedor is equally good on his left and right hands. He rarely uses his legs, but not because he cannot. This is a style feature. For example, in battles against Mirko KroKop and Mark Hunt, the Russian fighter successfully inflicted high kicks, and against Jeff Monson used a low kick.
The main techniques of the fighter, as the statistics of the battles of Fedor Emelianenko say, are painful. The main part of the victories was gained
by the elbow lever and kimura. Sometimes the Emperor uses strangulation from behind. When transferring to the ground, he successfully applies the ground-end-pound (strikes from above in the ground on a lying opponent).
Fyodor 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 battles of Fedor Emelianenko - the list will stretch over dozens of pages. We restrict 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 high stature and long arms. Emelianenko used the enemy’s weakness for transfers to the ground and successfully kept him on the floor, striking from above. The fight lasted all the allotted time and ended in the defeat of Schilt by the decision of the judges.
- With Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (Pride FC - Final Conflict 2004). The Minotaur Nogueira, the master of Brazilian jiu-jitsu, was seen by all as an unconditional favorite. However, Fedor sambo turned out to be more effective. The enemy unsuccessfully tried to hold the pain, while the Emperor inflicted maximum damage to him. The result - the victory of Emelianenko by decision of the judges. There were three meetings between the rivals, Emelianenko won in two, one was stopped due to a cut of the Russian eyebrow .
- With Kazuyuki Fujita (2003, Pride 26). This battle is often included among the most interesting. Few gave Fuji chances, but he managed to surprise the audience by inflicting a powerful right hook and knocking his opponent down. However, Fedor, even with a consciousness clouded by a concussion, grabbed Fujita into the clinch, recovered, and successfully carried out strangulation from the back.
Monster Throw
The duel with Kevin Randleman nicknamed “Monster” (2004, the title fight according to Pride) must also enter the list of the best. Randleman's advantage was the impressive physical data that he demonstrated by throwing Emelianenko deflection. Fedor literally “impressed” his head into canvas. Such a throw would have knocked someone weaker immediately, but the Emperor immediately grouped and ended the battle with the elbow lever. Shots of this throw must contain any statistics of the battles of Fedor Emelianenko. The photo was truly impressive!
Revenge for the brother and further career
Emelianenko has fights with Europeans in the list of victories, which should also be on the list of the best:
- With Mirko KroKop Filipovich (2005, Pride title fight). Prior to 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 transfer the opponent to the ground, but the battle went according to a completely different scenario. Fedor successfully led the battle in a stance and clinch, “breaking” Croatian tactics and quickly exhausting him. The result - the victory of the Russian fighter by the decision of the judges. The fight is called "Fight of the Year".
- With Andrei Orlovsky (2009, for the title according to WAMMA) . The Belarusian fighter defeated the Emperor in the stance, but then made a mistake by trying to knock out an opponent with a knee kick in a jump. Fedor met him with his fist in 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 offensive defeats, we note the following fights:
- With Fabrizio Werdum (2010, Strikeforce). The first defeat in many years. Emelianenko dumped Werdum on the floor with a blow, but it turned out that it was a trap. Trying to finish off the opponent, Fedor got into a "triangle" asphyxiant and soon signaled the change. This result was an incredible surprise for everyone, since few people gave the Brazilian a chance.
- With Antonio Silva (2011, Strikeforce). Second defeat. Silva perfectly defended himself from transfers to the stalls and acted well in the rack. In the second round, he knocked down Emelianenko and began to inflict a huge number of severe punches with his hands. The result is a stoppage of the battle by the doctor and the defeat of the Emperor.
- With Dan Henderson (2011, Strikeforce). Third defeat. Again, the enemy took Fedor with cunning and tactics. The last Emperor hit one of the blows. Henderson fell, Emelianenko rushed to finish and received a powerful blow to the face, from which he collapsed.
The statistics of the battles of Fedor Emelianenko is an impressive series of victories, which was broken by several unfortunate defeats (the very first - 2000, Tsuyoshi Kosaka). However, as the Emperor himself said, "he who does not fall does not rise." Of the 36 victories, 11 were won by knockouts or technical knockouts, 16 by submission and only 9 (25%) by decision of the judges.