By the numbers: The career statistics of Fedor Emelianenko

 The P4P though are not official and really have no meaning regardless. Fedor was the champion of Pride who the majority of MMA fans including myself believed the majority of the best HW’s were in Pride. The one fight I still want to see to this day is Barnett vs Fedor!!

I would like to also point out that the first sentence, isn’t really a sentence.

 Like really AA a top five? Look what Mir did to a better Big Country and look at the problems BC gave AA, if AA was really a top five that would make Mir as a top 3?

Fabricio Werdum on November 19th, 2009 was ranked number 10 in the consensus rankings. This was less than two weeks after his victory over “Bigfoot” and before his match with Fedor had been announced. And so where was Werdum when the fight went down? By June 24th he had skyrocket all the way to… number 9. What is even more outrageous is that in his rise he had leapfrogged an inactive and unlicensed Josh Barnett and Brett Rogers, who was coming off two losses.

Ok, so maybe Werdum isn’t the best example. But surely no one can forget the bump that Brett Rogers got after he was announced as Fedor’s opponent, entering their November 7th, 2009 fight at number 8 in the rankings. And what was Brett’s ranking in July of that year, several weeks before Strikeforce announced his fight with Fedor, and even before fans knew that Fedor would be even signed to the promotion? Number 8.

Well, then what of Josh Barnett who was ranked number 2 before their scheduled match at Affliction 3? Well, he was number 3 in January of that year, going into his “Affliction: Day of Reckoning” fight, and then jumped to number 2 immediately following it on the strength of his victory and, perhaps more importantly, then number 2 Andrei Arlovski’s loss.

Andre Arlovski’s himself was number 6 after leaving the UFC and before his fight with number 10 Ben Rothwell. After his impressive showing he jumped to number 4, over future “bump” beneficiaries Josh Barnett and Fabricio Werdum, eventually making it to number 2 in time for his fight with the Last Emperor. Now could we take Arlovski’s rise as evidence that the “bump” exists. Perhaps, but the more likely answer might be that while Andrei was beating number 17 Roy Nelson on CBS, both Randy Couture and Antonio Rodrigo Noguiera, the two fighters that had been ranked above him, lost.

The fighter that best provides any evidence of a “bump” is Tim Sylvia, who was number 7 following his exit from the UFC and came in at number 5 by the time Affliction: Banned was held. But even still he was completely domintaing Minotauro until he got guillotine. At the time a solid number 5.

So are there any heavyweights that receive a bump? Well, there is one obvious example, a fighter who was unranked in March of 2008, following his victory over an unranked, 1-0 UFC novice, came in at number 15 after he was announced to fight for the interim title, and number 10 by the time the fight took place in December of 2009. And during that whole time, as he was rising in the ranks, he didn’t have a single fight that could explain his rise.

This fighter’s name is Frank Mir, and unfortunately for “bump” theorists his opponent was Big Nog and not Fedor. Another is Carwin who, unexplainably got to #10 by KOing a non-top 10 opponent in Gonzaga and then climbed the rankings to number 6-8 spot although he did not fight for an entire year after the KO win over Gabe.

And don’t even get me started on Lesnar.

Rickson Gracie could have fought at HW and gone 250-0…. easy!!! He could have racked up 250 wins in a week if he wanted. In fact, he could have fought all 250 people at once and still won.

And, no, that was not an oxymoron.

some mean a little

Such as?

Which was the loss to Bigfoot. Thats like trying to define Anderson’s record solely by how he performed against Chael.

It doesnt make any sense to do that.

Big Tim looked very good against Big Nog, he was close winning that fight. It’s not like Tim was completely done by the time Fedor fought him. That’s worth mentioning.

Why is he not fighting in the GP like is is supposed and will now rather fight in Russia against a nobody?

Ask yourself that instead of questioning why Fedor didnt fight him.

Look at how long football players last. 3 years max. Boxers 3-6 depending on their fighting style and strength of opposition.

MMA fighters on average last for about 5 years. Fedor dominated for 10. Also your last statement is foolish. No man is unbeatable and everyone and their grandmothers predicted he would one day lose.

Fedor blows.

Agreed. Wand and his Japanese faked fights and Fedor’s 3-2 record

Unless Fedor subs him, this one is going to the judges.

Tbh I see what you’re saying. But if we all just agreed that would make these forums a lot less exciting, and quite pointless actually. I personally love the fedor debate, but only when its done the way like ANS and Choro have been doing it, respectfully and with some facts. The arguments can definitely get stale when people resort to name calling and being disrespectful.
Will we ever come to a final conclusion on where fedor stands in history? Probably not. But hey at the very least talking about fedor will help us remember the good ol’ days in pride
So let the debates continue I say.

How many legendary football/basketball/baseball players from the ’50’s and ’60’s would be dominating their respective sports today? Fighters evolve and while a prime Fedor might not have the same success today that he did during his legendary run, that doesn’t diminish his accomplishments against the best of his generation.

last night

he got wrecked

and before someone says it, i know he fought most of his fights in a ring

“Exciting to watch, went for the finish, dominated and stayed humble throughout”.

Not a direct quote but great post IMO
+1

1. Fedor has held five MMA championships
2. Fedor holds the best win streak in all MMA at 26
3. Fedor has never been knocked down by any type of strike
4. Fedor has a finishing percentage of 79% 77%
5. Only one fighter has ever stopped Fedor in a fight. The other two were stoppages by doctors
6. Fedor has defeated five different heavyweight champions, seven times
7. Fedor has 70 total takedowns
8. Fedor has secured 22 victories in the first round
9. Fedor has 12 wins under two minutes
10. And four wins under one minute
11. Fedor has only lost to guys that are top 10 and had a total of 70-pounds (combined) over him.
12. 18 of Fedor’s opponents were ranked in the top 10 or higher.
13. Fedor is the only heavyweight to beat a true number one and then defend that position against the true number two. Cain Velasquez and Junior dos Santos will become the second pair of heavyweights to ever accomplish such feat.
14. Has longest time going undefeated out of anyone active in mixed martial arts at 10 years.
15. Ranked number one in his division and pound-for-pound longest time out of anyone in MMA at seven years. He is the most elusive, least-hit fighter of all time over the length of his career. Only young Lyoto Machida comes close. He is also one of the most skilled judokas in the world in addition to the most decorated combat sambo fighter in history.

 I wish he would of made the change earlier and if he decides to continue I think he really should move down.