Fedor and Aleksander Emelianenko To Enter Sambo Tournament Later This Month
Fedor Emelianenko
Fedor Emelianenko is considered to be the best heavyweight fighter in the history of MMA, ranking in the top 2 or 3 in every pound for pound ranking you will find. In Russia he is their Michael Jordan, but his sport of calling is Sambo. Fedor and his brother Aleksander will enter the 2009 Russian Combat Sambo Championship, which takes place on February 21st at Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. The two brothers will both enter the competition in the same weight class of 100-Kg, making an all-Emelianenko finals a likely possibility.
Fedor will be looking to do something he hasn’t ever done as he tries to rebound from a third place finish in his last Sambo Tourney. Fedor is in a league of his own when it comes to wins and losses in both sports. He has only suffered 1 MMA loss and that was due to an illegal elbow with many feel that he has never been beaten in the sport of MMA. His recent Sambo loss last November was not as controversial. He suffered a 8-5 loss to Bulgarian Blagoi Ivanov, but was able to finish third in the tournament. The loss was his first in 8 years in the sport.
Everyone outside of Fedor’s camp made this a much larger deal than truth be told. Everyone has a bad day. Although the king of Sambo had seemed to be unbeatable, the loss was simply one loss. One reason the loss was taken out of proportion was the fact that Sambo is more of a past time for him. It isn’t what pays the bills, and outside of Russia it is not what defines the fighter.
Fedor successfully defended his WAMMA world title against Andrei Arlovski via first-round knockout in January and at this time his next opponent for an MMA fight has not been put on paper, though he’s expected to meet Josh Barnett this summer.
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I’d rather see fedor fight Lesnar or Mir
I’d rather see 3 million dollars come running down the street, welcoming me with open arms. Of the two scenarios here, mine is more likely.
hahahahahahahaha holy hell.
thats funny.
sad but true
This post is the reson Fedor will never fight in the octagon, such a shame the top fighter in the world will never fight in the top MMA promotion on earth.I dare say he will make light work of this competition and Josh Barnett
IF, Barnett and Fedor ever fight, seriously I’ve been waiting an awful long time for them to face one another, and for some reason it never happens, but hey they are really good friends soo perhaps this again is just hype? I dunno
Sambo tourney well good for Fedor, it is what he wants to do, and I believe it has a lot to do with Russian pride and his dominance in the sport that keeps him coming back I dunno..
It has to happen who else do Affliction have to put infront of him? He knocked Arlovski out in mid air and took a minute or so to get Tim Sylvia out of there, Barnett is the only plausable option unless Big Country steps up or Overeem decidedes to side step the UFC offer to take him on
There’s gonna be so many ripples in that fight you’ll think you’re watching through the surface of a lake.
Dana said he couldn’t fight in russia if he fought in the UFC or some such ****. Who cares wheat he does at home IMO it was the UFC’s ball to drop when it came to Fedor and they dropped it.
its not the ufc’s fault fedor wants a one fight deal and who wants the chance for fedor to fight once and have the possibility of beating a ufc title holder then leaving wants in it for the ufc …nothing….i dont care at all what happens to fedor……..Also to anyone who thinks fedor will walk through barnett think again barnett is one of the only people that have a real good chance of beating fedor he has a spectacular clinch and wrestling-which fedor shouldnt be able to take him down with that being there and he has a great chin and great striking fedor vs barnett = afflictions nail in the coffin because its the last fight possible for fedor..if he wins….what will afliction have if fedor beats barnett to nothing….what could possibly headline next fedor vs buentello(please! hahaha)….babalu(haha no) theres nothing affliction will quit after two or three more shows they have no more drawing power and there fourth ppv after this next one will earn them probably zero ppv buys!
“it was the UFC’s ball to drop when it came to Fedor and they dropped it.”
Wrong.
Fedor’s handlers came to the UFC talking about, getting them to go in on building arenas in Russia as part of the deal to get Fedor to fight. Fedor’s handlers blew it, not the UFC.
If Fedor takes part in this year’s ADCC like people claim he is, then I will be even more impressed by him doing MMA, Sambo and ADCC grappling in the same year. All he needs to do is enter the Russian judo championships.
Geghard Mousasi is supposed to also take part in the next ADCC and he too is a guy who isnt afrait to fight in all kinds of events.
He won the DREAM MW GP last year, fought K-1 on New Year’s, will do the ADCC and plans to compete as a HW in his next MMA fight.
True athletes who arent afraid to fight under different rules.
MMA is not the end all of fighting, only different rules.