Fedor Emelianenko
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| Fedor Emelianenko | |
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| Image:Fedor.jpg | |
| Statistics | |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) |
| Weight | 233 lb (106 kg) |
| Born | September 28, 1976 |
| Fighting out of | Stari Oskol, Russia |
| Town of birth | Stari Oskol, Russia |
| Fighting style | Judo and Sambo |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Wins | 22 |
| By knockout | 6 |
| By submission | 9 |
| Losses | 1 |
| Draws | 0 |
| No contests | 1 |
Fedor Emelianenko (alternative spelling: Fjodor Emelyanenko) (Russian: Фëдор Емельяненко) (September 28,1976 -) is a Russian heavyweight mixed martial arts fighter, currently competing in the PRIDE Fighting Championships, a major MMA organization based in Japan. He has a professional MMA record of 22-1-0. He was the 1997 Russian Judo champion; the 2002 World Sambo heavyweight division champion; Rings: King of Kings 2001 heavyweight tournament champion; Rings: King of Kings 2002 absolute weight class tournament champion; PRIDE FC 2004 Heavyweight Grand Prix tournament champion; and the PRIDE FC 2005 Heavyweight tournament champion. He has been the reigning heavyweight champion in PRIDE since March 16, 2003. On October 23rd, he won the World Combat Sambo Championships in Prague.
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Biography
Fedor Emelianenko was born in 1976 in the Rubeshnoe Luhansk region of Russia. His mother, Olga Feodorovna, is a teacher. His father, Vladimir Alexandrovich, is a gas-electric welder. He has two younger brothers and one older sister. One of his brothers, Aleksander, is also a mixed martial artist in PRIDE and the other, Ivan, is currently in training. He is the second child in the family. He finished high school in 1991 and graduated from professional college with a diploma in 1994. He was married in 1999 with a woman named Oksana, with whom he had a daughter named Masha, born in the same year.
Judo and Sambo
Emelianenko's enthusiasm for fighting began with self-defense and judo. He initially trained under Gavrilov V.I. and later under Voronov V.M.. From 1995 until 1997, he served in the Russian Army where he continued training in martial arts. During this time, he competed in the Nationals in Russia for Judo and took third place.
Mixed Martial Arts
Emelianenko's only loss in MMA came at the hands of Tsuyoshi Kohsaka at the King of Kings 2000 Block B event on December 22, 2000, via a TKO (doctor stoppage due to a cut) 17 seconds into the fight due to an illegal elbow (under RINGS rules). He avenged the loss at the PRIDE Bushido 6 event on April 3, 2005, defeating Kohsaka by TKO due to doctor stoppage after the first round.
On August 28, 2005, Emelianenko successfully defended his heavyweight title by defeating Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic by way of unanimous decision in the Pride FC Final Conflict event held in Saitama, Japan. It was his third title defense.
Record
- Judo
- Moscow International Tournament 100kg weight 3rd place (24 January,1999)
- A-Tournament Sofia 100kg weight 3rd place (7 February,1999)
- Russian Championships Kstovo (absolute division) 3rd place (5 December,1999)
- Dutch Grand Prix Rotterdam 100kg weight - 7th place (1 Apr,2000)
- Sambo
- European Sambo Champion (1997)
- World Sambo Champion (2002)
- World Combat Sambo Champion (2005)
- Professional Mixed Martial Arts: 24 Fights (22 Wins, 1 Loss, 1 No Contest)
- RINGS King of Kings Heavyweight Tournament Champion (2001)
- RINGS World Absolute Class Tournament Champion (2001)
- Pride FC Heavyweight Champion (3/16/2003-present)
- Pride FC Heavyweight Grand Prix Tournament Champion (2004)
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Categories: 1976 births | Martial arts practitioners | Mixed martial artists | Ukrainian mixed martial artists
