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Fedor Emelianenko’s Five Most Amazing Victories Of All-Time

All-time great heavyweight legend Fedor Emelianenko will make his anticipated Bellator debut versus UFC veteran Matt Mitrione in the main event of this tomorrow’s (Sat., February 18, 2017) Bellator 172 from the SAP Center in Sacramento, California. The former PRIDE legend and heavyweight champion may be in the twilight of his illustrious career, having barely

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The former PRIDE legend and heavyweight champion may be in the twilight of his illustrious career, having barely outlasted UFC castoff Fabio Maldonado with an extremely controversial decision at EFN 50 last June. But ‘The Last Emperor’ is still one of the most popular fighters in MMA, and he brings a five-fight win streak into the Bellator cage this Saturday night.

While his biggest impacts on the sport of MMA may have already been made by Emelianenko, but many fans who have picked up the sport in recent years unfortunately didn’t have a chance to grasp the true greatness and aura of Fedor. That means there’s not a better time to look back on his five biggest wins for hardcore fans and fans new to MMA alike. Here are ‘The Last Emperor’s’ five greatest wins.

5.) Knockout of Andrei Arlovski at Affliction: Day Of Reckoning:

Fedor came into this fight with former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski on an incredible 26-fight unbeaten streak, and his only loss was an incredibly controversial TKO stoppage against Tsuyoshi Kohsaka due to a cut, a loss which he later avenged in Pride.

He was also riding high on the momentum of a finish win over another former UFC champ in Tim Sylvia, who he submitted at Affliction: Banned only six months earlier, but ‘The Pitbull’ was actually taking it to Emelianenko early on in their match, landing crisp punches and inside leg kicks and even rocking Emelianenko with a body kick that bounced him off the ropes.

However, he made the fatal mistake of launching for an ill-advised flying knee on ‘The Last Emperor,’ who was waiting with a picture-perfect right hand that floored Arlovski in what ranks as his cleanest finish of all-time. The victory even earned him ‘Knockout of the Year’ in 2009.

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Video: Recap Of The 2016 UFC Hall Of Fame Ceremony

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As UFC wraps up their eventful International Fight Week in Las Vegas, Nevada on Sunday, they take a look back and honor some of the legends who helped get the sport where it is today.

Featured above is a recap of the …

https://youtu.be/loY9HmtUCrY

As UFC wraps up their eventful International Fight Week in Las Vegas, Nevada on Sunday, they take a look back and honor some of the legends who helped get the sport where it is today.

Featured above is a recap of the 2016 UFC Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony, where Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Don Frye, Bob Meyrowitz and the Pete Williams vs. Mark Coleman fight from UFC 17 were honored by the UFC.

Included in the recap of the ceremony are highlights from the speeches of the aforementioned inductees, as well as quick hosting spots from UFC’s Megan Olivi.

The complete 2016 UFC Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony was streamed live on UFC Fight Pass on Sunday, July 10, 2016.

Pete Williams vs. Mark Coleman Fight From UFC 17 Being Inducted Into UFC HOF

This week, UFC announced the fight that will be inducted in this year’s UFC Hall Of Fame class.

The historic showdown from UFC 17 between Pete Williams and Mark Coleman, a fight that was long-considered one of the best “highlight reel” knockouts of …

This week, UFC announced the fight that will be inducted in this year’s UFC Hall Of Fame class.

The historic showdown from UFC 17 between Pete Williams and Mark Coleman, a fight that was long-considered one of the best “highlight reel” knockouts of all-time with Williams head-kicking Coleman and shocking the MMA world by pulling off the upset.

The Williams-Coleman fight will be inducted this year, along with UFC legend Don Frye, former UFC promoter Bob Meyrowitz, former NSAC executive director and current UFC executive Marc Ratner, and one of the best heavyweight MMA fighters of all time, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira.

The 2016 UFC Hall Of Fame induction ceremony is scheduled to take place on July 10th during International Fight Week in Las Vegas, Nevada, and will air on UFCFightPass.com.

Fedor Emelianenko-Mark Coleman Engage In Crazy Battle

Two heavyweight legends went toe-to-toe back in 2006, as Fedor Emelianenko and Mark Coleman squared off.

As Emelianenko looks to return to action June 17 on UFC Fight Pass at EFN 50 vs. Fabio Maldonado, you can see a replay of that battle between “T…

Two heavyweight legends went toe-to-toe back in 2006, as Fedor Emelianenko and Mark Coleman squared off.

As Emelianenko looks to return to action June 17 on UFC Fight Pass at EFN 50 vs. Fabio Maldonado, you can see a replay of that battle between “The Last Emperor” and the UFC Hall of Fame fighter.

Bigger Is Better: The Greatest Heavyweight Title Fights In UFC History

The UFC heavyweight landscape is one littered with towering mountains, turbulent storms, and unpredictable weather. It plays host to the baddest mixed martial artists in the world. While many champions have come and gone, the division has nonetheless produced countless barbarians. But the violent nature of the weight class as a whole has ultimately prohibited

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The UFC heavyweight landscape is one littered with towering mountains, turbulent storms, and unpredictable weather. It plays host to the baddest mixed martial artists in the world.

While many champions have come and gone, the division has nonetheless produced countless barbarians. But the violent nature of the weight class as a whole has ultimately prohibited any one titleholder from ever defending the belt more than twice.

That sort of divisional hot potato may differ from other UFC factions, but it subsequently produces some of the best championship overthrows the promotion has ever seen. And considering many of those contests end in devastating fashion, the watching gets good.

Based on divisional importance, overall performances, and long-lasting worth, here are the 10 greatest heavyweights title fights in UFC history.

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UFC Hall of Famer Mark Coleman Hospitalized with Hip Complications

One would think after having a UFC Hall of Fame career that Mark “The Hammer” Coleman should be living in the lap of luxury. But that’s not the case at all.
According to a GoFundMe page set up by Wes Sims titled “Save The Hammer…

One would think after having a UFC Hall of Fame career that Mark “The Hammer” Coleman should be living in the lap of luxury. But that’s not the case at all.

According to a GoFundMe page set up by Wes Sims titled “Save The Hammer,” Coleman is dealing with some major medical complications.

Mark had a hip replacement in 2013 and after surgery was named Wrestling Coach for Team Penn on Season 19 The Ultimate Fighter. After filming and returning home his hip popped out several times and pain began on the other side. He has struggled and lived with the pain for well over a year and became sick a couple weeks ago. He was taken to hospital where a doctor checked him out and had to stay for four days on antibiotics, when released he went to see hip doctor again and scheduled to have surgery on March 9th, only to discover while open on operating table he was full of infection and very close to being septic and lucky to have caught this!

Coleman remains hospitalized with a plastic hip until doctors can perform a full surgery in April. The page expresses that Coleman has no income and that his insurance is about to run out. Coleman’s financial troubles are nothing new. The UFC Hall of Famer put his Pride Grand Prix tournament trophy up for bidding on eBay last year.

It’s sad to see someone who had such a storied career in this position.

Prior to the Zuffa days of the UFC, Coleman became a certified monster inside the cage. He entered the UFC after winning a NCAA Division I Wrestling Championship at Ohio State University and a seventh-place finish at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Coleman dominated the competition at both UFC 10 and UFC 11, winning back-to-back UFC tournaments. Included in those tournament bouts were wins over early MMA stalwarts Gary Goodridge and Don Frye.

At UFC 12 Coleman would become the first-ever UFC heavyweight champion after tapping out Dan “The Beast” Severn in under three minutes.

It’s this run fans of Coleman point to when they mention him as “The Godfather of Ground-and-Pound.” Coleman’s UFC success wouldn’t last much longer however, and he dropped three consecutive fights inside the Octagon.

Although he exited the UFC on bad terms, Coleman rebounded greatly by winning the Pride Grand Prix tournament in 2000. Finding mixed success, Coleman did battle with some of MMA’s legendary icons such as Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Fedor Emelianenko, Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic and Mauricio “Shogun” Rua.

His Pride 31 victory over Rua presented MMA fans with a quality memory as two rival camps nearly entered an all-out brawl following the fight.

Coleman’s MMA career came full circle as the legend wrapped it up for the same company he began with. He would only find one victory in his second UFC tenure but did take part in a rematch with Rua and the first-ever UFC Hall of Famer vs. UFC Hall of Famer bout in UFC history with his UFC 109 clash against Randy Couture.

As many MMA fans know, few fighters break into the MMA game to make it rich. This is even more true for guys who competed prior to Zuffa running the show or “the dark ages” of the UFC as some will call it.

There have been a flood of donations in only a matter of hours, including from former Pride announcer Mauro Ranallo. Let’s all hope this MMA legend can get back to just having the ability to live a normal life after the hours of torment Coleman endured in the cage and gym to provide entertainment for us fans.

Get well soon, Hammer.

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