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Fedor Emelianenko’s next fight is expected to take place early this summer with the former top-ranked heavyweight planning to fight 2 or 3 times in 2012.
Emelianenko’s fight will likely be held in Monaco or Russia, M-1 Global told USA Today, but an opponent hasn’t been decided and no conversations have taken place with former pro wrestler Bobby Lashley.
Emelianenko (33-4) has rebounded with back-to-back wins over Jeff Monson and Satoshi Ishii after losing three-straight in Strikeforce to Fabricio Werdum, Antonio Silva, and Dan Henderson.
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Better take that win streak, ditch the management and get in the UFC for one last title run.
thats the truth right there, new training camp new managment and ufc
He wouldn’t hang 5 mins with the big boys in the UFC.
Why wouldnt he hang with the ufc chumps..Fedor got carrless agaist Dan and bigfoot was to big.If Fedor goes to ufc before he he gets to old he will be ufc champ.
In addition, no doubt in my mind that the Henderson fight was prematurely ended. Fedor’s taken much more than what Henderson was delivering, and wound up winning the fight himself in short order. Watched it several times; didn’t appear to be getting hurt that much to me.
Fedor would destroy anyone in all weight classes in the weak UFC
fedor is a great fighter but he wouldn’t beat dos santos, mir, velasquez or even someone like travis browne. these guys are to good annd fedor has weak stand up.
Not only would he hang but beat them up and show them who is the best fighter in MMA. Fighting is about skills (Fedor is the most skilled heavyweight) and confidence (lacked it when he lost- if he can remind himself who he is – this won’t be an issue).
fedor is awesome hes the best in his prime
Amen Dan. Jay he may not be the fighter.he used to be but he would def hang with the “big boys” of the ufc. And let’s not forget that it was only a few years ago when Fedor was koing and subbing every hw champ in the world including all of the Ufc’s “big boys”. This whole Dana white black pr campaign is the lamest thing Dana’s ever done in his career.
Hey Devin what is your idea of a few years? Lol. To me that would mean 2008-2009. In those years Fedor held wins over Tim Sylvia, Andre Arlovski and Brett Rogers. Granted Sylvia and Arlovski did hold heavyweight UFC belts when the division sucked, this was after they were booted by the UFC because they were not even competitive anymore. Maybe you meant 2006 or 2007 when he beat Hong Man Choi, middleweight Matt Lindland, Mark Hunt and Mark Coleman.
Fedors last win of significance was back in 2005 closer to a decade then a few years. His 3 consecutive losses are all against guys who won’t get anywhere near the UFC Heavyweight belt, although good fighters.
Honestly from 2006 till now Fedor padded his record against weak competition, possibly wasting his last few prime years.
I am for Fedor coming to the UFC for fun, but Fedor would get demolished by anyone in the top 5 of the UFC heavyweight division and there are probably 20 that would have a good chance at beating him.
Anyways he will never come to the UFC he will just fight weak competition and rattle off more wins till he is too old to beat the mediocre guys anymore.
booted because they werent competitive??? huh? tim sylvia asked to be released from his contract so he could fight fedor and overall bigger fights outside of the UFC because all the best HWs in the world were outside the UFC at the time…there were more opportunities for him…more $$$…and arlovski left the UFC riding a 3 fight win streak over cruz, werdum and o’brien…arlovski chose not to renew his UFC contract…why? to fight bigger fights outside the UFC…more $$$…basically, you really have no clue what youre talking about…when fedor fought and defeated both tim and andre they were both top 10 and some sites had them top 5 HWs…stop believing this DW fedor blacklisting campaign…not competitive? they left at their own behest for greener pastures…the UFC HW division was always weak and still is to this day…well, at least until the SF HWs officially make the full transition over…its only in 2012, that the UFC HW division is finally getting some much needed depth…
The thing is, Fedor himself has never expressed a desire to fight in the Octagon.
Is North America so pompous to assume that for a fighter to be a success he HAS to fight in the UFC? Fedor’s done quite well for himself, and has fought not one for Dana White. In fact, a couple years ago Fedor was the #1 HW in the world, how so if he’s avoided Zuffa?
I see no reason for people to dislike Fedor besides ignorance. He’s never put on a boring fight. he’s a class act (for those who have had the privilege to meet him). People are just upset because M-1 plays hardball, just like Zuffa!
Fedor was #1 a couple years ago because he was on a can crushing streak and it was based off of what he did in 2005 and earlier. He WAS a great fighter back then, and maybe beyond but there is no way to tell as he didn’t take any significant fights.
and because he defeated sylvia, arlovski and rogers…sylvia and arlovski were top 10 (and on some sites top 5) HWs…this isnt just a random site here or there, EVERY single reputable MMA site had those 2 guys ranked top 10 at the time fedor beat them…brett rogers is debatable…he was fringe top 10 w/ his win over arlovski…some had him ranked, some didnt…but EVERYONE had tim and andre ranked…this cant be disputed…its irrelevant where theyre at now in their careers…you cant take things out of context to suit your displeasure w/ fedor not fighting in the UFC…stop believeing the DW hype…almost every site still has big nog ranked top 10…cmon…fedor would destroy zombie nog now much like he destroyed prime nog way back when…fedor is clearly still top 10…
Fedor wants to fight cans, thats why he want to fight at Ultimate Fighter in Cans, UFC.
Fedor brings excitement to MMA, just as Tyson did in boxing. The ones who keep bashing Fedor are the ones who love these terrible UFC cards that cost 45 dollars and are full of cloned, cookie cutter lightweights who are dime a dozen. You don’t want Fedor but you’re hoping for a baby weight division next ? Yay
See, its that kinda talk which makes me wonder if people were even watching when he was in his prime. Or if they just look at his record and make statements like that. Would youever hear people talk that way about randy?? OF course not! And he has 10 losses! And two against a lhw while in his prime. Sure he has been past him prime for 5 years, but no hw has ever dominated like he did. 30 wins in a row at hw??? He beat everyone! Including big nog, cro cop, randleman, coleman, herring, all in THEIR prime. There isn’t a fighter in the ufc today who even has a chance to do that, as they’ve all already had at least one ko loss, if not several. And thats fighting in their prime, against fighters in their prime. I just think It’s funny and also annoying how the common fan makes silly remarks, basically repeating Dana, with no real history of the sport. Of course the fights against coleman and hunt were meaningful, hunt is now making his was up the current ufc ranks if you didn’t notice. And while past his own prime, that didn’t stop him from demolishing sylvia and pitbull fresh out of the ufc. Yes they were past their prime too, but the point is he still crushed them.
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see he’s way beyond his prime, and that he lost those 3 fights in a row. But ALL 3 of those dudes are in the ufc now, one is arguably one of the best fighters ever in hendo, and Fedor easily could’ve won that fight, and bigfoot looks as good as he ever has right now, and mind you that fight got stopped by doctors. The other, werdum, he got caught to one of the most elite bjjers on the planet. It’s bound to happen sometime, but it damn sure didn’t in the 30 straight wins Fedor had prior to that. I’m not saying these guys are all world beaters in ufc hw class, but It’s not like they are bums. And they are not excuses either, as he did lose those fights straight up. STill 30-4 isn’t exactly chopped liver. So maybe I rather call that the law Of averages rather than proof that Dana is so right and Fedor is just an old never was blah blah. It’s just my opinion, but I believe that we will not ever know how he will do in the ufc, until he is IN the ufc. And I think he deserves a little benefit oe the doubt till then. Imo. Fedor is still elite enough to compete with the guys in the ufc. Can you honestly tell me he wouldn’t go right into the top 10 hws in ufc? And that he wouldn’t hold SOME chance against carwin, reem (who is a bum on the ground), jds, Cain, Kongo? Of course he would.
So he’s past his prime, and somewhere between the ufc and Fedor’s crap management he’s never made it to the ufc. But the Dana white blackballing campaign can end there. It gets to the point that people are just making careless and silly statements, if not ignorant. Fedor has always been a small hw, so personally I’d like to see him drop down to lhw and come over. Anything. But I think it’ll be a crime if we never get to see him in the ufc…especially when it means I have may have to continue to hear the bs Dana white black propaganda routine echoed everytime his name comes up. Soap box complete.
Fedor didn’t win 30 in a row.
What a true statement. I beleave Dana white is truly just pissed at his management ,/there for Fedors name gets bashed around and Danas a emosional guy and it just got all out of hand . Fedor is loyal to who he works for and is trained bye and managed bye . He trusts there judgement he lisens beleaves in them right or wrong . He goes to work comes home and leaves yhe politics to them period . So what im getting at is . People make mistakes fighters in the ufc make mistakes all the time they get fired all the time and Dana white always says fighters make mistakes all the time but gives them second chances . I ask Dana please give fedor a chance because the ufc managedment failed and so did fedors . Why are they not giving him a second chance because he didnt really get a cgance at all hes a fighter not a manager !!! Dont blame him for being loyal love is blind
Bill G, Fedor did nothing but beat every top contender in their prime, in his day. You can’t just look at his record on sherdog and then feel you have good honest observation.
Fedor was a great fighter ….. rickson gracie was a great fighter ….. the problem is they get older and they are such the focus of everyone that they get studied . And then the game becomes “what to do to beat them ” …… and in Fedors case he hung around long enough to get caught . Rickson at least left undefeated and keeps some of his aura …
Its not that Fedor is a bad fighter Devin … he’s fantastic … just had his run and now its winding down for him .
Oh wow bshero, he won 27 in a row. Big difference. And 31 in a row if you don’t count the bs doctor stoppage in his 5th fight, which he eventually avenged with first round ko. You could’ve at least googled Fedor beforemaking that comment. But thanks for reading what I had to say lol.
And doom I agree totally, but an old Fedor is still better than 95% of the fighters today.
you can always count on Captain Semantics to point out some small detail.
Good post on Fedor btw.
Haha ain’t that the truth. Thanks bradski.
You sure can tell who knows a little bit about the history of MMA. Good Post Devin.
Thanks rick. Eldiablo you basically summed it up nicely. It’s comical to me how the revisionists still try to rewrite history. Sure I’d love to have seen him in the ufc in the last few years (a place Dana begged him to be mind you), but that doesn’t mean that he is all the sudden not good. And even with those losses, I’d love to see anyone rattle off 20 ufcers who would beat him. That sh* is hilarious. Just goes to show that anyone can fall under the spell of the black propaganda machine.
I said 20 would have a good chance at beating him. Here are 20 that I think COULD beat him these days. I said he wouldnt stand a chance against top 5, not top 20. Keep in mind all Strikeforce HW’s are now UFC HW’s. Antonio Silva, Josh Barnett, Daniel Cormier, Bigfoot Silva, Alistair Overeem, Junior Dos Santos, Cain Velasquez, Frank Mir, Fabricio Werdum, Brendan Schaub, Travis Browne, Cheik Kongo, Shane Del Rosario, Shane Carwin, Pat Barry, Matt Mitrione, Stefan Struve, Roy Nelson, Gabriel Gonzaga, Mike Russow. I didn’t say all 20 would beat him but I don’t think he’d run through many and I believe he would be less than .500 against that lineup today. I’m glad you think that s**t is hilarious lol. I’d put him about 8-12 if he fought those guys as the fighter he is now.
That said I agree with you that he WAS the best heavyweight in the world. Can you agree that todays HW division is much much better than when Fedor ruled? I believe that it obviously is. Not to say if he wasn’t still in his prime he would beat them all and be the champ but he doesn’t stand a chance at holding the belt now.
The s**t that you said that I think is hilarious is that a few (3) years ago he was ko’ing and subbing all the baddest dudes on the planet. It simply isn’t true. You can rag at people for using the fight finder but I don’t know how you can blatently lie about a few years ago what he did and then rag on people for looking up the truth.
the only HWs that would be favored over Fedor would be JDS, Overeem, Cain…Carwin would be a good/tough fight…weve already seen the Bigfoot fight, clear size advantage to Foot…i would easily favor Fedor in the rematch v. Werdum w/o a shadow of a doubt…Mir is very winnable fight for Fedor…and the rest of that list is laughable…Nelson? Russow? Barry? Mitrione? Struve? Fedor would decimate those guys…
i agree to the most part that anyone of them could beat fedor, i’d say fedor is only capable of beating half of them.. i also think if fedor went to 205 he would only be second after jon jones.
Im surprised anyone believes fedor can compete with ufc heavyweights since he didnt look very good against SF competition. I just cant imagine him not getting seriously injured against pat barry, meathead, or russow, let alone the ‘tier 1′ guys cain, jds, reem, etc. Maybe its just me but in his last SF fights he looked really out of shape/fat. I think he’d do well against kimbo slice, or maybe even lesnar since brock seems to have forgotten how to wrestle.
r u serious? i swear to christ, i think fedor would beat all 3 of those guys in the same night…meathead??? russow??? barry??? do you actually watch these guys fight? stop watching MMA immediately…you have no clue what youre saying…those guys wouldnt stand a chance…
I’ll stop watching mma right away and maybe you can stop rubbin them out to your fedor screensaver
You’re list that you just made is your opinion, so that’s fine, but its absurd to me. In fact that list is pretty much delusional. I’m actually so happy you put that on the internet for everyone to see. Just goes to show you how far from reality some people can get… Yeah I said a few years ago he was koing ex ufc champs still. And he was so…? Maybe he would’ve beat your barnett too, if he wasn’t roiding away as usual. Which btw I like how far you tried to stretch for that list, But him and cormier aren’t in the ufc yet and I doubt barnett ever will be.
And the point is, the fact that he wasn’t fighting ufc fighters a few years ago, in a division that you yourself claimed was weak, does not mean he again was anything less than the best. That’s just more Dana white kool aid drinking right there. But then again you already proved that by saying that I’m supposed to agree that the class of hw fighters was worse back then. I LOVE when people do that! The weight class was all the best fighters in the world at that time. JUst like any other sport. They’re the best of the best and its a level playing field. I’m sorry the rest of this we can call difference of opinion, but that is Just outright revisionist history program right there. Big nog and cro cop were as good as an hws ever to fight. And Fedor demolished them. The way most divisions go, one guy beats one guy, another beats him, the other beats that guy, etc. But Fedor just refused to lose. Many of his other fights were against the best of the best at the time, and every time he would have all the pressure of living up to being the legend that he was. And yet he won every time. That’s the part that I believe you forget about Fedor.
Barnett has already been in the UFC he took Randy’s HW title away
Barnett has already been in the UFC he took Randy’s HW title away from him and caused him to eventually drop down to LHW.
Mikemac, I appreciate you having an opinion. It’s your right. But the fact that you said he looked out of shape/fat proves to me you know nothing about him, as that’s the way he fought his whole career. Barry, meathead having a chance?? Lol. Omfg!!! I can’t even discuss this anymore with you guys. What the hell am doing.
@devin
Check out his weigh in pics (or the fight itself) for the silva fight. I will admit I have not seen all fedor’s fights but I have seen a reasonable amount and in his prime he never had that much of a sh!t locker. I do realize he never had the GSP abs but he always looked solid and in shape. Again I’m giving my opinion but he couldn’t make it to the 2nd round with hendo, how could he last against a real HW, or a 205er that could wrestle? Again all this debate is pointless because he had the chance to sign with UFC and fight the best and chose not to. Him coming back to the UFC is as likely as Paul Daley and Hermes Franca headlining next years superbowl weekend.
all you need to know is fedors record in north america is 3-3!!enough said. aside from nog who has he actually beat thats every amounted to anything. when he wasnt in japan fighting middleweights and soup cans he was getting knocked out by middleweights in the U.S! If hes the best hw why is he taking fights with lindland and dan henderson! look at the “best” fighters: jon jones he beat machida rampage shogun in one year, look at junior dos santos he beat everyone from carwin, gonzaga, cain, werdum now he will fight overeem! what about gsp hes cleared his division twice and he will fight condit or diaz in the summer! ALL THE CHAMPIONS FIGHT THE NEXT BEST GUY AT THAT TIME THEY DONT HAVE THEIR MANAGEMENT PICK THEIR FIGHTS! AN OLD SAYING TO BE THE BEST YOU HAVE TO BEAT THE BEST AND FOR THOSE FEDOR NUTHUGGERS TELL ME A GUY HES BEAT THAT IS RANKED!!!!
stop w/ this KOd by a middleweight horse crap propaganda…Dan Hendo stands in a class of his own and is fully capable of knocking out any HW on the planet…hes certainly not just some MW…dude has a iron clad jaw and a bazooka fist…id give Hendo a punchers chance against any fighter in any weight class anytime and if you had a clue you would too…
Lol on the super bowl weekend comment. Killer Fedor is no longer the best hw, no ones debating that. But he beat the best of the best for many years. YOu may only know the cro cop of ufc, but he used to be God. Like bones Jones good. And in that 10 year span Fedor cleared out all the good guys, just like bones and Gsp did. My main point is that once again many people (not everyone cuz most of the old school mma fans have posted agreement here), but many don’t know history and try to recreate it off of looking at records. Fedor may not be the best, but he damn sure was, and he’d slide easily into the top 5 to 7 hws in ufc, and compete at a much higher level than Dana would lead you to believe. That is, if he could get his crap management out of the way. Something that the first person who posted on this subject said, and that I was merely tryin to agree with lol.
Just saw the weighins for Evans fight tomorrow. I saw two heavyweights from strikeforce that are fighting on the card. They did not do well in strikeforce, yet here they are in ufc. Yet Dana White says ” Fedor sucks” C’mon
its just rhetoric…DW was claiming Brock was the baddest man on the planet…howd that turn out? the rest of us logical MMA fans knew once he fought real comp. he was getting destroyed…Carwin exposed him, Cain smashed him, Reem retired him…Lesnars only credible MMA accomplishment was going 1-1 w/ Mir…i love Randy but he was tailormade for Lesnar…
Everyoine gets sooner orlater if they are “able” to stick around long enough.Fedor s fights are always exciting,he comes out swinging-hard.Does everyone forget he knocked werdum down right into fight then jumped in and got caught,same with hendo who can take a punch went down-of course fedor jumped in and got caught-early stoppage for sure wether he wouldve won or not??silva doc stop might have come back,although if he didnt get a knock out propabbly lost on cards.If he beat werdum,hendo, dana people would say hendo past and werdum is a nobody.But after they fight fedor all the sudden they are big news.When your around long enough and at the top you get studied more so of course it gets harder.Does anyone think guys like ken shamrock,dan severn would do as good now as they did then?
Good points Greg and day. Btw Idk what word I meant to write but it wasn’t killer lol
Christ tom, thank you! Where were you this whole last week? lol. You see what I’ve been dealing with… It’s nice to know there are a few others with some common sense around here. No ones overhyping Fedor Mike, this is common mma knowledge, based off actual knowledge of the sport.
Barnett has already been in the UFC he took Randy’s HW title away
Fedor Emelianenko vs Jerome Le Banner? it would be interesting fight but then fedor could lose by knockout…
Eagle well done on typing out close to a full sentence there.
Who is so great in UFC HW? The only really good one is Overeem. Next is JDS. These are the two men who could beat Fedor. Fedor has capabilities to beat all of them. All 3 loses were by accedent. Anybody could suffer a loss like those. I ma sure that if he fight Silva, Werdum or Hendo, he would win. All the UFC fans we talking about Lesnar – how great was he. Lesnar is 00 – WC. Nothing! I can tell you, that there is no other HW fighter that has more endurance than Fedor. The guys with the muscles cannot fight even 2 intensive rounds. And, if Fedor hits – means KO for sure. While Fedor’s chin is very strong!!! Do NOT underestimate him! Just 2 years ago, nobody was even thinking about Fedor being defeated, but now, all of you became very confident. U call Jeff Monson a can, but Jeff still can beat most of the HW in UFC. And, nobody so far had beaten so hard Jeff as Fedor did.
Fedor should ditch management, drop to 205 and fight at ufc. He`ll be champion again.