MMA: Fedor Emelianenko

If you haven’t heard of MMA, you should fix that. And if you’ve heard of MMA but are UFC-biased, you should fix that too. There are tons of amazing fighters out there that aren’t yet in the UFC.

But most importantly, if you know of MMA and of UFC but don’t know of Fedor Emelianenko, you are missing out.

Fedor is widely considered to be the best MMA fighter ever. He’s a God when striking or grappling, and can take massive punishment and come back to destroy you. Check out this fight with Randleman where he gets dropped on his neck, rolls over, and submits him like it never even happened.

Then at the end he tries to help him up as if to say sorry. The guy is inhuman. Oh, and he never stares people down in the ring. He looks down and is always respectful. Then he comes out and hurts you. When this beast was asked if he had any pets he responded:

Yes, I have a pet turtle.

Fear any man who ignores being dropped on his neck and has a pet turtle. And here’s a highlight reel: