Fedor Emelianenko

By Chart Topper “The UFC has the most fighters, but they can’t say they have the best,” says Matt Lindland, former UFC fighter participating this Saturday for Affliction’s show at the Honda Center in Anaheim. The main event is between the above fighter Lindland is referring to, Fedor Emelianenko and Andrei Arlovski. These two men are distinguished and proven fighters and like any other top fighter they have a heart for competition. Losing for them is just not an option to consider. When two fighters like this face off, I believe the results will be predictable. The fight has the makings of a classic, setting the bar for fight promotions in 09. This promotion, if all goes as planned can produce some unwanted competition for the UFC, which has so convincingly do...   [read the full post]

By Chart Topper In July 2008, “Affliction Banned”, Trump’s Affliction-M1 Entertainment Company’s first promoted ‘card’ featured the world’s top 10 heavyweight MMA fighters, including Fedor “The Last Emperor” Emelianenko (considered the #1 MMA heavyweight for the past 5 years) vs. Tim “The Maine-iac” Sylvia, turning Trump’s Affliction into the UFC’s main competition in just one fight. The event sold out the 16,000 seat Honda Center arena, reached more than 500,000 people on pay-per- view and was attended by celebrities including N.Y. Giant Michael Strahan, L.A. Dodgers pitcher Brad Penny, heavy metal band Megadeth, TV and film actor Michael Madsen, and wrestling legends Bill Goldberg, “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, “Rowdy” Roddy Piper and “The Und...   [read the full post]

By Chart Topper Fedor On Freddie Roach’s recent comments: THE BEAUTY ABOUT MMA IS THAT EVERY FIGHTER HAS HIS OWN UNIQUE STYLE AND PREFERENCES. BUT IT IS NOT A BEAUTY CONTEST. WE FIGHT TO SEE WHICH FIGHTER’S APPROACH PREVAILS. BUT AGAIN, WE ARE NOT BOXING AND WE ARE NOT FIGHTING SAMBO. WE FIGHT MMA. Fedor On Dana White/UFC: I DO NOT PAY TOO MUCH ATTENTION TO WHAT DANA WHITE SAYS IN THE MEDIA. HE IS TRYING TO SELL ONE THING AS GOOD AND MAKE YOU NOT BUY ANOTHER THING BY SAYING IT IS BAD. I JUST WANT TO FIGHT THE BEST FIGHTERS IN THE WORLD. I AM LUCKY THAT THE BEST HEAVYWEIGHT FIGHTERS IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW ARE WITH M-1 GLOBAL AND AFFLICTION. IF THE SITUATION IS RIGHT AND THERE IS SOMEONE REALLY GOOD IN THE UFC THAT WILL FIGHT ME THEN I WOULD BE FINE WITH FIGHTING THEM.   [read the full post]

By Chart Topper Here’s a lengthy interview(translated from here) with Aleksander Emelianenko, top 15 world heavyweight and the brother of Fedor Emelianenko. Aleksander Emelianenko. Nicknamed Death. Not even boxing, something else? If you’re more talented than Fedor, why is he number one and undefeated, and you’re just barely making the top 10? more…) Here’s a lengthy interview(translated from here) with Aleksander Emelianenko, top 15 world heavyweight and the brother of Fedor Emelianenko. Aleksander Emelianenko. Nicknamed Death. Three time combat sambo champion and one of the most extravagant masters in MMA jumped into a conversation with the journalists of SE. We met Emelianenko junior on the Krasin Street, near the [...]   [read the full post]