Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 28. Chapters: Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, Dan Henderson, Fedor Emelianenko, List of Pride Fighting Championships champions, Takanori Gomi, Wanderlei Silva. Excerpt: Fedor Vladimirovich Emelianenko (Russian: , tr. Fyodor Vladimirovich Yemelyanenko, IPA: ) (born September 28, 1976) is a Russian politician and retired heavyweight mixed martial artist, sambist, and judoka. He has won numerous tournaments and accolades in multiple sports, most notably the Pride 2004 Grand Prix and the World Combat Sambo championship on four occasions, as well as medaling in the Russian national Judo championship. Emelianenko has received widespread acclaim from several major publications, including Sports Illustrated, USA Today, and Sherdog.com. Many analysts, as well as former and current fighters, consider Emelianenko to be the greatest mixed martial artist of all time. He remained undefeated for nearly a decade, during which time he was widely considered the best heavyweight fighter in mixed martial arts. During this reign Emelianenko would capture and retain the Lineal Heavyweight Championship for an astounding 6 and a half years. He would successfully defend the honor 19 times. 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 Emelianenko, was a welder. Emelianenko is the second child in the family and has an older sister and two younger brothers, including professional mixed martial artist Alexander Emelianenko. Fedor trains with his youngest brother Ivan, who has competed in Combat Sambo, and plans to begin a career in MMA in 2010. Emelianenko finished high school in 1991 and graduated with honors from a...