WATCH: When Fedor Emelianenko defeated 7 ft Korean kickboxer in a freak show fight
Fedor Emelianenko has fought a 7 ft kickboxer, whom he dominated the entire first round since that was all it lasted.
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Fedor Emelianenko won against a 7ft kickboxer with an armbar (Image Courtesy - Flickr)
Fedor Emelianenko has dominated the MMA for a long time with a record of 31-1. In one of his fights in Japan, he defeated a 7 ft Korean kickboxer in the first round via armbar.
Emelianenko has fought under multiple different corporations. Managed to win almost all his fights. The heavyweight fighter took multiple challenges which ranged from absurd to proper matchups.
One matchup was against a 7 ft kickboxer Hongman Choi in Japan’s freak show fight. Under normal circumstances, anyone would think that it would be the 7 ft kickboxer who would win. Only if you didn’t know about Emelianenko. He won that fight via first-round submission.
With a career similar to a nomad, he fought everywhere irrespective of the country, corporation, or opponent. A man who took on any opponent and sometimes even fought ridiculous opponents, Fedor Emelianenko had a very successful MMA career.
Fedor Emelianenko won in 36 seconds
The Heavyweight MMA fighter, Fedor Emelianenko, used to fight different opponents – never backing down once and winning all his fight except one. One such example is when Emelianenko fought with Tim Sylvia, he smashed him in 36 seconds.
Emelianenko had to fight Tim Sylvia on 19th July 2008. People who came to watch thought they came in for a long show of two heavyweight fighters’ slugfest. But what happened next was total domination by Emelianenko who first knocked him down then moved on to a brutal ground and pound and finally submitted him with a rear naked choke.
All this happened in just mere 36 seconds. He managed to finish his opponent in mere seconds. This was how dominant Fedor Emelianenko was in his career, prevalent enough to win 31 times out of 32 times he fought professionally.
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