Considered by many to be the best fighter in MMA’s history and having been the most dominant fighter in the now extinct Pride event, Fedor Emelianenko showed he’s also the best at his original martial art, sambo. The chubby fighter needed but 40 seconds to become five-time world champion of combat sambo (a style where punches and kicks are permitted) this Saturday in Prague, Czech Republic.
Yancho Dmitrov was the only one that showed up to face Fedor in the semifinal, all the other competitors in the bracket did not show up to fight, even the finalist from the other bracket.
“This fourth gold medal ended up being the strangest. For the first time in my career all my opponents refused to step on the mat. I admit similar situations have happened, they’ve asked me to hit more softly on the head to avoid injuries. Not to mention in the 2002 Worlds, when I signed up for the competition, 7 fighters immediately quit the tournament, but what happened this time in Prague had never happened to me before,” declared the former Pride champion.
