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Mixed martial arts legend “The Last Emperor” Fedor Emelianenko is fighting Matt Mitrione at Bellator 172 after a four-year hiatus from the sport where he is widely considered the greatest ever.
Fedor has amassed a record of 36-4-1, with notable wins over Ricardo Arona, Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic and Antônio Rodrigo “Minotauro” Nogueira (twice). During his PRIDE run during 2001 to 2009, he won 28-straight fights and exerted a kind of nine-year dominance that is unlikely to ever be challenged.
He is a one-time and the last PRIDE Heavyweight Champion, the 2004 PRIDE Grand Prix Champion and the only holder of the WAMMA Heavyweight Championship, used in the Donald Trump-owned Affliction Entertainment mixed martial arts promotion.