THE FEDOR FILE - Who is the Last Emporer?
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
, Posted by MMA Explosion at 3:00 PM
Full name: Fedor Vladimirovich Emelianenko
Born: Sept. 28, 1976 in Rubizhne, Luhansk in what is now Ukraine
Resides: Stary Oskol, Russia
Personal: Recently married to Marina. Two daughters -- one from previous wife Oksana.
Record: 30-1-1 Ht: 6-0 Wt: 231
Nickname: The Last Emperor
PRE-FIGHTING CAREER
- Graduated from high school in 1991, then graduated from trade school in 1994
- From 1995-1997, served in the Russian army as a firefighter
PAST HONORS
- Four-time winner of the World Combat Sambo championships.
- Medaled in the Russian national Judo championship.
- Five time MMA champion (Rings World Heavyweight, King of Kings Championship, Pride World Heavyweight and Heavyweight Grand Prix, World Alliance of Mixed Martial Arts)
- Carried Olympic torch through St. Petersburg in 2008
- Andrei Arlovski, Tim Sylvia, Matt Lindland, Mark Coleman, Mirko ''Cro Cop'' Filipovic, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Kevin Randleman.
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