5 things you might not know about Fedor Emelianenko via bknapp52635 Bellator290
As Emelianenko makes his way towards his five-round showdown with Bader and tries to leave the sport as a champion, here are five things you might not know about him:Emelianenko was born in Rubizhne, Ukraine, in what was then the Soviet Union on Sept. 28, 1976. His family moved to Stary Oskol, Russia—roughly 400 miles south of Moscow—when he was still a toddler. Emelianenko resides and trains there to this day.“The Last Emperor” is a four-time world champion on combat sambo.
Emelianenko struck gold inside the World Combat Sambo Federation in 2002 and inside the International Federation of Amateur Sambo in 2002, 2005 and 2007.Emelianenko made his professional mixed martial arts debut at the age of 23 when he submittedwith a first-round guillotine choke at a Rings event on May 21, 2000. He has since posted wins in three different decades: the 2000s, the 2010s and the 2020s.
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