Saturday 20 February 2010

Who Can Beat Fedor Emelianenko ?

Fedor Vladimirovich Emelianenko is a Russian Heavyweight Mixed Martial Arts MMA fighter. Fedor is one of the most popular and crowd-pleasing fighter and has been universally considered as the best heavyweight fighter in the world. He has won 32 professional fights, with only one controversial defeat coming against Tsuyoshi Kohsaka in 2000, many consider Fedor technically unbeaten in MMA. Fedor became PRIDE's heavyweight champion by defeating Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira in 2003, who had been undefeated for two years.
Fedor trains so hard, he kills himself in gym. He is getting better and better in his every next fight. He has outclassed his opponents, on pure speed and accurate precise power. He has defeated top ranking fighters including Brett Rogers, Andrei Arlovski, Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (twice), Mark Hunt, Kevin Randleman, and Mark Colman (twice). On July 19, 2008, he defeated Tim Sylvia to become the first ever WAMMA heavyweight champion.
Fedor has defeated the top contenders of the world but still he has to face some challenges to show the world how dominant he is.
Fabricio Werdum seems to be next for Fedor. Fabricio is Black Belt in Jiu-Jitsu and in Judo, with the record 13W-4L. He has defeated Aleksander Emelianenko in November 2006 and has got more confidence after defeating “Bigfoot” Antonio Silva in November 2009.
While I think Fabricio Werdum has a very slim chance at defeating Fedor Emelianenko. Fedor's strength and transition game could easily nullify Werdum's abilities. 
Frank Mir is a former UFC Heavyweight Champion and a UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion. Mir is currently ranked the number 3 heavyweight in the world by Sherdog. Frank is an intelligent fighter, many think frank can give Fedor a tough time. Mir struck to his game plan against Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and knocked out Nogueira in second round.
Randy Duane Couture is a three-time former heavyweight champion and a two-time light-heavyweight champion of the UFC. Couture is generally recognized as a clinch and ground-and-pound fighter who uses his wrestling abilities. But I think Fedor has better hands and speed, being Sambo world champion Fedor is a world-class wrestler,  and has the better submissions from the bottom. He is also younger and faster than Couture.
Former professional and amateur wrestler Brock Edward Lesnar is currently the UFC Heavyweight Champion. He captured the UFC Heavyweight Championship from Randy Couture on November 15, 2008 and avenging his earlier loss to Mir by way of a second round TKO. According to the MMAWeekly.com he is ranked number 2 Heavyweight in the world. Many think that Brock's size will be too much for Fedor to handle but by beating the giants such as Semmy Schilt, Hong Man Choi, Zuluzinho, Tim Silvia, and Brett Rogers, Fedor has proven decisively that size doesn't matter when you are in a fight with him.


Alistair Overeem is the current Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion. He always had good striking, but he has vastly improved his game over the years. The big question with Overeem in his Pride days was his suspect chin, but he seems to be a whole new animal now. Fedor Emelianenko Vs Alistair Overeem is increasingly looking like it will be one of the big MMA fights of 2010. It will likely be one of the toughest fights Fedor will ever undertake in his career. It could be a bout in which Fedor Emelianenko actually stands a good chance of losing.

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