Socrates posted:

He also competes in the Russian and Euro/International Combat Sambo Tournament.

Save Russian Jews posted:

Said it before, saying it again, his loving priest looks like Liam Neeson.

Polemides posted:

Dude looks like Liam Neeson as Rasputin.

Polemides posted:

Dude looks like Liam Neeson as Rasputin.

Wise Learned Man posted:

He could have just given that to kensei, but I guess that wouldn't have been as entertaining.

Tim Takdon posted:

who ran the bobby lashley contest? give me my money.

fatherdog posted:

colonel_korn posted:

If Lashley does not fight on June 16 then this contest is void.

colonel_korn posted:

colonel_korn posted:

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fatherdog posted:

The actions and behaviors of their fighters takes away from the sport! *fights for a promotion that employs Nick Diaz, literally trains with Nazis*

Socrates posted:

Looks like his wife (cute), a trainer (short n' swarthy), his priest (crazy beard), and his translator (Shep Smithy), and some M-1 apparachiks.

7-pic gallery here:

http://www.m-1global.com/lang/en/20...-arrives-in-la/

fatherdog posted:

The actions and behaviors of their fighters takes away from the sport! *fights for a promotion that employs Nick Diaz, literally trains with Nazis*

Eru posted:

if a b-league win streak and not being employed by zuffa don't make you the greatest mixed martial artist of all time, then what does?

Save Russian Jews posted:

wait wait are we talking about fedor or overeem here

kimbo305 posted:

overeem_ko_hari.gif isn't B-league, son.

Save Russian Jews posted:

nor is it mma; please don't troll such a fine thread.

Tim Takdon posted:

i'm short and swarthy

1st AD posted:

The difference is that no one is claiming Overeem as the greatest mixed martial artist ever and an unstoppable cyborg.

Socrates posted:

If you're alluding to his brother Aleks, they have trained apart and in different cities since 2006.

fatherdog posted:

A) Wrong, they train together again now, you'd think such a big fan of Fedor would know these things

B) Roman Zentsov is a long term member of Red Devil Fight team, has been Fedor's training partner for years, and is an outspoken neo-nazi and slavic nationalist with multiple swastika tattoos who regularly speaks at racist rallies in Russia

fatherdog posted:

B) Roman Zentsov is a long term member of Red Devil Fight team, has been Fedor's training partner for years, and is an outspoken neo-nazi and slavic nationalist with multiple swastika tattoos who regularly speaks at racist rallies in Russia

Polemides posted:

What the gently caress, that's such a complete oxymoron I'm speechless. This man will probably die from a massive aneurism caused by cognitive dissonance some day.

Giovanni Qobras posted:

It was simply a term of endearment when he and his team referred to Kevin Randleman as "the negro", you don't understand, he's NEVER lost.

MMAJunkie posted:

Strikeforce's Fedor Emelianenko: "I'm not a fan of the UFC"
by Steven Marrocco on Jun 18, 2010 at 7:40 pm ET
Top-ranked heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko said today that he doesn't think much of the promotion that's so aggressively courted him for more than three years.

"I'm not a UFC fan," Emelianenko said when asked if his June 26 headliner against Fabricio Werdum at "Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Werdum" is more relevant than an a UFC title-unification bout between champ Brock Lesnar and interim title-holder Shane Carwin at UFC 116.

"I would invite all the fans to watch our fight, which I believe is more important," he said through translator Steven Bash.

The winner of Emelianenko (31-1 MMA, 1-0 SF) vs. Werdum (13-4-1 MMA, 2-0 SF) is expected to fight current Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem, who in May defended his title against Brett Rogers.

Overeem and his managers have sparred in the press with Emelianenko's representatives over the potential bout and have traded accusations as to the the long-anticipated fight's delay.

Emelianenko, who this past August signed a three-fight contract with Strikeforce after intense negotiations with the UFC, did not back off his statements when later asked to clarify.

"I'm not a fan of watching [the UFC's] fights," he said. "Compared to a lot of the commercials and promotion in anticipation of their fights, and compared to a lot of the shows I've seen, there seems to be a lot of negativity involved in their shows.

"So I'm just not a fan of watching their programs."

It was the first time Emelianenko took a direct shot at the UFC's product. In the three years since the Russian became a free agent with the shuttering of PRIDE Fighting Championships, he shied away from criticizing the industry-leading fight promotion.

UFC president Dana White alternately has blasted Emelianenko and coveted his services.

"I've signed Brock Lesnar, who came from the WWE, James Toney from boxing – he's a nut chasing me all over the place – Tito Ortiz, whom I hated, and he hated me," White told MMAjunkie.com (http://www.mmajunkie.com) in an interview following UFC 115. "I've kept Chuck Liddell, kept Matt Hughes, kept Rich Franklin, when they were all champions. Anderson Silva, I've dealt with all the crazy [expletive] with him.

"But I can't sign Fedor? How is this possible that I can't sign this guy? It's not possible. These guys don't want to fight the best in the world."

Emelianenko said his dislike of the UFC stems from how its fights are presented and the fighters it employs.

"I think a combination," he said. "And also, in some ways, (it's due to) the actions and the behavior of a lot of fighters from the UFC. It takes away from the sport."

In the past, Emelianenko's manager, Vadim Finkelchtein, has addressed White's claims. But today, the manager and M-1 Global president was silent.

Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker said today that "Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Werdum" has crossed the 10,000 mark in ticket sales, and he expects a full house at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif., for the event.

For more on "Strikeforce and M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Werdum," check out the MMA Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com.

MassRayPer posted:

But really why would he be a fan of UFC?

MassRayPer posted:

Fedor is Russian for joke.


Emelianenko is Russian for duck.

But really why would he be a fan of UFC? They make their champions defend the titles and don't feed them a steady diet of cans. That just isn't the image they should present for this great sport.

am0kgonzo posted:

In Russian, the word negr (“негр”), which sounds like friend of the family, is the usual term for “black people”, which, despite its neutral denotation, is challenged because of the virtually-universal familiarity with US society’s racist usage of friend of the family.

And clearly a racist would also be all buddy buddy with Randleman and get drunk with him backstage, because racists love to get their buzz on with black people.

Try harder.

Giovanni Qobras posted:

So black people don't have names in Russia? Randleman vs Rampage must have been very confusing for them.

MassRayPer posted:

Fedor is Russian for joke.


Emelianenko is Russian for duck.

But really why would he be a fan of UFC? They make their champions defend the titles and don't feed them a steady diet of cans. That just isn't the image they should present for this great sport.