Fedor Emelianenko achieved various UFC legends during his 47-Vecht career, but his victory over Chael Sonen was one of the most impressive.
Fedor Emeliansko will forever be considered one of the greatest hunters of all time, which is rare for someone who has never fought in the UFC.
Although 'The Last Emperor' never fought in the best promotion, he and his team had various conversations with Dana White over the years with regard to a possible signature.
UFC icon Joe Rogan, however, revealed that the reason that Fedor was never signed at the UFC is that his team priced him from negotiations by saying that they wanted co-ownership of the UFC, that White did not want to give up.
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Fedor Emeliansko destroyed Chael Sonnen in enormous collision
Despite the fact that he has never fought under the UFC banner, the Russian heavyweight has shared the cage with various UFC legends over the years, including Rampage Jackson, which he has given Face factory in the penultimate victory of his career.
Before Emeliansko De Kooi shares with the former UFC -light heavyweight champion, however, Emelianenko was demonstrably the biggest trash can of the UFC, Chael Sonen.
After fighting here, there, and everywhere, the Russian drew a deal to fight in Bellator, where he lost his debut against Matt Mitrione.
He then recovered from that disappointing outing by eliminating the former UFC Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir in the first round.
At the time 42 years old, Emelianenko was matched with fellow veteran, Sonnen, who had a two-fighter wintreak in Bellator.
After an enormous expectation of the fight, Fedor showed exactly why he is generally considered the greatest heavyweight hunter of all time when he dropped Sonnen within the first four seconds of the first round.
'The Last Emperor' scored a few more knockdowns before Sonen slowly worked his way back in the fight by using his wrestling.
Although, with less than a minute left from the fight, Sonnen tried another Takedown, but it was reversed by the Russian, who unleashed Helliclace ground-and-pounds on the garbage man, which led to the referee who came in to stop the fight.
Sonnen claimed that Fedor hit him 'like a rocket'
Emeliansko was not only considered a big because of his incredible good roundedness, but he was also considered one of the most difficult batters in the MMA history.
A few months away from their fight, Sonen explained Fedor's bumps as rocket-like, a backup of claims of his power.
“Guys, he hit me so hard that it was like a rocket, I keep calling it a rocket, I was hit by a rocket,” said Sonen.
There are conversations that the 48-year-old could return to combat sports, because Conor McGregor recently hinted that he is in conversation to sign for BKFC.