It’s safe to say that Fedor Emelianenko is one of the greatest heavyweight fighters the sport of mixed martial arts has ever seen. Even the greatest.
What’s also safe to say is that the man is far over the hill and he should never show his face in the UFC.
UFC President Dana White was just making sure everyone was on the same page when he told TMZ that Fedor “sucked.”
You can’t help but love Emelianenko’s fighting style and aggressiveness, but age is starting to catch up with him and he isn’t the unstoppable force he once was.
The aura is gone.
While I still will never say that Fedor sucks because he is probably tougher than 100 percent of the humans on this planet, I will say that his skills have diminished with age and it’s time to hang it up.
While Emelianenko has only lost four fights in his entire career, three have been in the last five bouts. Add that to the fact that he isn’t fighting the best MMA opponents in the world and his legacy isn’t as spotless as it once was.
The reason Fedor was so good was because he fought like his life depended on each match. He told himself that he would be sent back to work in the fields if he lost. That’s what drove him.
Maybe he is losing because focus has turned to more material needs.
Legendary play-by-play announcer Michael Schiavello reported on twitter about last week’s Emelianenko fight:
BTW Fedor is SUCH a DIVA! Other fighters & us sat on bus for about 90 min after show because Fedor apparently needs a bus all to himself! Even Bibi Fernandes and his team were booted off the second bus because “that is Fedor’s bus,” mind you these are like 70 seat tour buses!
If this is true, I think it’s obvious that Fedor is making tons of money and is just trying to continue the money train. We can’t really blame the man for wanting to make money and do what he loves, but for his own legacy, he should cease the madness.
If Emelianenko doesn’t care about legacy, then I say fight away!
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