Fedor Emelianenko Age, Record, Next Fight, Weight, Division
Fedor Vladimirovich Emelianenko is a Russian heavyweight mixed martial artist (MMA), sambist, and judoka, currently competing for Rizin Fighting Federation and Bellator MMA.
He has won championships and accolades in multiple sports, most notably in MMA Pride Fighting Championships (heavyweight champion 2003-2007), FIAS World Combat Sambo Championship (Heavyweight Champion 2002, 2005, 2007), and Russian Judo Federation National Championship (Bronze medal 1998, 1999).
Emelianenko has earned numerous MMA accolades. Sports Illustrated, among other publications, named him the top MMA fighter of the 2000s.
Emelianenko is currently a staff member of Russia’s Presidential Council on Physical Fitness & Sports.
On 14 July 2015, after a three-year hiatus from mixed martial arts, Emelianenko announced that he was returning to active competition. As of May 10, 2022, he is #3 in the Bellator Heavyweight Rankings.
Fedor Emelianenko Age
Fedor Emelianenko is 46 years. Emelianenko was born in 1976 in the city of Rubizhne, Luhansk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union.
In 1978, when he was two, his family moved within the Soviet Union to Stary Oskol, Belgorod of the Russian SFSR. His mother, Olga Fedorovna, was a teacher, and his father, Vladimir Alexandrovich, was a welder.
At age 11, Emelianenko began to practice Sambo and Judo under the tutelage of Vasily Ivanovich Gavrilov. A year later, he was admitted to sports classes taught by Vladimir Voronov, a coach who worked with him.
According to Voronov, Emelianenko did not stand out from his peers initially but would achieve future success thanks to his own perseverance and hard work for many years.
Fedor Emelianenko Record
| Professional record breakdown |
| 47 matches | 40 wins | 6 losses |
| By knockout | 16 | 5 |
| By submission | 15 | 1 |
| By decision | 9 | 0 |
| No contests | 1 | |
Fedor Emelianenko Next Fight
The legendary career of former PRIDE heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko will come to an end in 2023.
Emelianenko will fight for one final time when he faces heavyweight champion, Ryan Bader, for the title inside the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California at Bellator 290 on Feb. 4.
The card will air live on CBS, the first time the promotion has aired live on the network and the first time MMA has been live on CBS since 2010.
The fight, which will be the first for the promotion of 2023, is a rematch of the January 2019 bout between the two.
Bader won that fight via TKO in just 35 seconds to win the Bellator Heavyweight World Grand Prix and the then-vacant championship. The win made Bader, who also held the light heavyweight championship, a two-division champion.
Fedor Emelianenko Weight
Fedor Emelianenko weighs 110 kg.
Fedor Emelianenko Division
On 14 July 2015, after a three-year hiatus from mixed martial arts, Emelianenko announced that he was returning to active competition. As of May 10, 2022, he is #3 in the Bellator Heavyweight Rankings.
