Fedor Emelianenko

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Fedor Emelianenko (IPA: [fiodor jemil^jaˈn^jenkʌ], Russian: Фёдор Емельяненко. September 28, 1976-) is a Russian heavyweight mixed martial arts fighter and the current Heavyweight Champion in the PRIDE Fighting Championships, a major MMA organization based in Japan. He has a professional MMA record of 23-1-0. He was the 1998 bronze medalist in Russian Judo championship; the 2002 World Sambo heavyweight division champion, the 2005 World Combat Sambo champion; Rings: King of Kings 2001 heavyweight tournament champion; Rings: King of Kings 2002 absolute weight class tournament champion and PRIDE FC 2004 Heavyweight Grand Prix tournament champion. He has been the reigning heavyweight champion in PRIDE since March 16, 2003.

1 Biography
- 1.1 Martial Arts Background & Training Regimen
- 1.2 Mixed Martial Arts
2 Record
3 See also
4 Notes
5 External links

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Biography

Fedor Emelianenko was born in 1976 in the Rubezhnoe town in Luhansk regiongg, presently a part of Ukraine (part of the Soviet Union at the time). Fedor's family moved to Stary Oskol, Russia in 1978. His mother, Olga Feodorovna, is a teacher. His father, Vladimir Alexandrovich, is a gas-electric welder. Fedor is the second child in the family and has an older sister, Marina, and two younger brothers, Aleksander (born 1981) and Ivan (born 1988). Aleksander is also an MMA fighter in PRIDE, and Ivan is currently in training.

Fedor finished high school in 1991 and graduated with honors from a professional trade school in 1994. In 1999 he married his wife, Oksana. Fedor's daughter, Masha, was also born in 1999.

Fedor is part of the Red Devil Sport Club camp.

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Martial Arts Background & Training Regimen

Emelianenko's enthusiasm for fighting began with Sambo and Judo. He initially trained under Vasiliy Ivanovich Gavrilov, and later under his current coach, Vladimir Mihailovich Voronov. Voronov remembersgg that ten-year-old Fedor was relatively weak physically and did not have an innate grappling talent; instead, Fedor's biggest strength was his perseverance and strong will.

From 1995 until 1997, Emelianenko served in the Russian Army. His official biography erroneously states that he trained in Sambo during his army years. However, Fedor has specified in his 2005 Amsterdam interviewgg that this is incorrect, and his training in the army was limited to running and strength training in a makeshift gym he put together himself.

In 1997, Emelianenko received the official certification of a "Master of Sports" in Sambo and Judo. Fedor earned bronze medal in 1998 Russian Judo Championsip. In 2000, he started studying striking with arms and legs under coach Alexander Vasilievich Michkov. Fedor started competing in combat sambo and mixed martial arts in 2000, because he "didn't have any money"gg.

Fedor used to weight train extensively, but in 1999 he almost completely substituted his weight exercises with sport-specific training in grappling, boxing and kick-boxing. His strength training consists of daily pull-ups, push ups on parallel bars, and crunchesgg. Emelianenko also runs 12-15 kilometers (7.5 - 9.3 miles) every daygg. Fedor is a proponent of high altitude training, and he travels to Kislovodsk, Russia with his team once or twice a year to train in high altitude.

Fedor's team consists of coach Voronov (grappling), coach Michkov (boxing), coach Ruslan Nagnibida (Muay Thai), and his training partners: his brother, Aleksander Emelianenko, and Roman Zentsov, another PRIDE fighter.

In 2005 Emelianenko started paying special attention to improving his kicking technique. He trained Muay Thai with kickboxer Ernesto Hoost in Netherlands,gg and added a Muay Thai coach, Ruslan Nagnibida, to his team. During his 5 day visit in January 2006 to South Korea to promote Sambo, Fedor mentioned that now he also trains in Tae Kwon Do to improve his kicksgg.

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Mixed Martial Arts

Fedor Emelianenko currently holds a professional Mixed Martial Arts record of 23-1-0. He started his MMA career in the Rings organization and eventually moved on to fight for PRIDE. On March 16, 2003, Emelianenko became PRIDE's heavyweight champion by defeating Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, who had been undefeated for two years.

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. The cut was caused by an elbow strike, illegal under RINGS rules unless the striker was wearing elbow pads; however the tournament format required a winner and loser be acclaimed. 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.

Fedor won the Heavy Weight PRIDE Grand Prix in 2004, defeating such strong wrestlers as Mark Coleman, who Fedor has said influenced his ground and pound game^{[citation needed]}{{#if:||}}<noinclude>, and Kevin Randleman, who scored an impressive suplex on Fedor before losing to a kimura armlock. In semi-final he also defeated an Olympic silver medallist judoka Naoya Ogawa in 52 seconds. In the final he fought Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira for the second time, but ended with a No Contest due to an enormous gash on his head caused by an accidental headbutt. The two fought for the third time later that year at PRIDE: Shockwave for both the PRIDE Heavyweight Championship and the PRIDE Grand Prix title, which was left inconclusive after their last fight. Emelianenko defeated Nogueira once again by unanimous decision.

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.

On December 31, 2005 Fedor fought Zuluzinho and defeated his opponent in 26 seconds by submission due to punches.

He is currently recovering from a hand injury and is scheduled to face PRIDE's Open Weight Grand Prix winner.

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Record

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Judo

Moscow International Tournament 100 kg weight 3rd place (January 24, 1999)
A-Tournament Sofia 100 kg weight 3rd place (February 7, 1999)
Russian Championships Kstovo (absolute division) 3rd place (December 5, 1999 according to JudoInside; 1998 according to the Fedor's official website).
Dutch Grand Prix Rotterdam 100 kg weight - 7th place (April 1, 2000)

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Sambo

Russian Combat Sambo Champion (Moscow championship, 2002)
World Combat Sambo Champion (heavyweight division) (Saloniki, Greece, 2002)
World Combat Sambo Champion (absolute division) (Panama, 2002)
World Combat Sambo Champion (heavyweight division) (Prague, Czech Republic, 2005)

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Mixed Martial Arts

23 wins (6 TKO's, 10 submissions, 7 decisions), 1 loss (TKO (Cut)).

RINGS King of Kings Heavyweight Tournament Champion (2001)
RINGS World Absolute Class Tournament Champion (2001)
PRIDE Heavyweight Champion (3/16/2003-present)
PRIDE Heavyweight Grand Prix Tournament Champion (2004)

12/31/2005	Win	Zuluzinho	PRIDE Shockwave 2005	Submission (Punches)	Round 1, 0:26
8/28/2005	Win	Mirko "CroCop" Filipovic	PRIDE Final Conflict 2005	Decision (Unanimous)	Round 3, 5:00
4/3/2005	Win	Tsuyoshi Kohsaka	PRIDE - Bushido 6	TKO (Doctor Stoppage)	Round 1, 10:00
12/31/2004	Win	Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira	PRIDE-Shockwave 2004	Decision (Unanimous)	Round 3, 5:00
8/15/2004	NC	Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira	PRIDE-Final Conflict 2004	Cut From Accidental Headbutt	Round 1 3:52
8/15/2004	Win	Naoya Ogawa	PRIDE-Final Conflict 2004	Submission (Armbar)	Round 1 0:54
6/20/2004	Win	Kevin Randleman	PRIDE-Critical Countdown 2004	Submission (Kimura)	Round 1 1:33
4/25/2004	Win	Mark Coleman	PRIDE-Total Elimination 2004	Submission (Armbar)	Round 1 2:11
12/31/2003	Win	Yuji Nagata	Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2003-Inoki Festival	TKO (Punches)	Round 1 1:02
8/10/2003	Win	Gary Goodridge	PRIDE-Total Elimination 2003	TKO (Strikes)	Round 1 1:09
6/8/2003	Win	Kazuyuki Fujita	PRIDE 26-Bad to the Bone	Submission (Choke)	Round 1 4:17
4/5/2003	Win	Egidijus Valavicius	Rings Lithuania-Bushido Rings 7: Adrenalinas	Submission (Kimura)
3/16/2003	Win	Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira	PRIDE 25-Body Blow	Decision (Unanimous)	Round 3 5:00
11/24/2002	Win	Heath Herring	PRIDE 23-Championship Chaos 2	TKO (Cut)	Round 1 10:00
6/23/2002	Win	Semmy Schilt	PRIDE 21-Demolition	Decision (Unanimous)	Round 3 5:00
2/15/2002	Win	Chris Haseman	Rings-World Title Series Grand Final	TKO (Lost Points)	Round 1 2:50
12/21/2001	Win	Lee Hasdell	Rings-World Title Series 5	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	Round 1 4:10
10/20/2001	Win	Ryushi Yanagisawa	Rings-World Title Series 4	Decision (Unanimous)	Round 3 5:00
8/11/2001	Win	Renato Sobral	Rings-10th Anniversary	Decision (Unanimous)	Round 2 5:00
4/20/2001	Win	Kerry Schall	Rings-World Title Series 1	Submission (Armbar)	Round 1 1:47
4/6/2001	Win	Mihail Apostolov	Rings- Russia-Russia vs Bulgaria	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	Round 1 1:03
12/22/2000	Loss	Tsuyoshi Kohsaka	Rings-King of Kings 2000 Block B	TKO (Cut)	Round 1 0:17
12/22/2000	Win	Ricardo Arona	Rings-King of Kings 2000 Block B	Decision (Unanimous)	Round 3 5:00
9/5/2000	Win	Hiroya Takada	Rings-Battle Genesis Vol. 6	KO (Punches)	Round 1 0:12
8/16/2000	Win	Levon Lagvilava	Rings-Russia vs Georgia	Submission (Choke)	Round 1 7:24