[HD] Fedor Loses - Antonio Bigfoot Silva wins on TKO (Full Fight)

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FEDOR EMELIANENKO VS ANTONIO "BIGFOOT" SILVA

His unbeaten streak finally over after nearly a decade, Fedor Emelianenko throws himself back into the fire as part of Strikeforce's Heavyweight Grand Prix. For an athlete who openly admitted considering retirement in the last year or two, it will be a tall order to find the fire to run the gauntlet and emerge as the winner over a crowded field of various former and current organizational champions.

His first tourney start will come on Saturday against Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva, a former EliteXC heavyweight champion who has lost only once in the last four years, to field entrant Fabricio Werdum. Ironically, Werdum is the man to snap Emelianenko's historic streak.

Standing with the other seven members of the tournament field, Emelianenko is clearly the smallest and at 34 years old, he is also the oldest. All of which would make a Grand Prix tournament victory the biggest achievement of his career.

But there is something else: he is also the most battle-tested. While his record doesn't boast the most fights (that goes to Alistair Overeem, who has 46 pro bouts, 11 more than Emelianenko), the Russian has been fighting high-level opponents longer and more consistently than anyone in the field. There are few situations he hasn't experienced during that time, and now, that even includes legitimately losing.

Emelianenko (32-2, 1 no contest) has always built his success on his speed. Though undersized at about 6 feet tall and 230 pounds, he has the footwork to weave his way into striking range, land strikes, and get out unscathed. This is illustrated in the stats. According to Compustrike, Emelianenko has landed 46.5 percent of his standing strikes over his last nine fights, while his opponents have landed just 32.4 percent. That is a truly impressive number for a fighter that is nearly always at a disadvantage when it comes to reach. And for the record, Silva will have an eight-inch reach advantage against him Saturday, 82 inches to 74.

The stats are even more amazing when you consider that Emelianenko has essentially settled into a boxer in the standup department over the last few years. He averages only four thrown kicks per fight, and kicks are historically landed at a much higher rate than punches, bringing a fighter's overall striking percentage up.

One undervalued part of his game is his wrestling and takedowns. He's taken his foe to the mat on 18 of his last 27 tries (67 percent). Meanwhile, on defense, he's stuffed 14 of 18 attempts.

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• Fedor
• loses
• emelianenko
• bigfoot
• silva
• mma
• freefight
• choke
• martial arts
• combat sports
• fighting
• boxing
• championship
• wrestling
• knockout
• mayweather
• pacquiao
• ufc

[AtomTiger]

Silva looks like a fuckin moron... Fedor is the best ever.

[R3LOAD713]

if it was to the death fedor would NEVER LOSE!

[HemaFTW]

Fedor won a fight while his nose was broken he would never give up

[almazonly]

2011 was a financial crisis.

[Mohsen1985]

plus he's damn near 40

[Mohsen1985]

For a man of fedors size he has been out matching the largest, most skilled heavy weights, now that's skills.

[RussianPobeda]

deformed fuckin monkey, fedor is a winner just for holding through all of it

[XXBUTCHERXx69]

I'm glad Bigfoot won fedor only fights sucky fighters u don't dee him fighting in UFC

[JesseusM]

fedors off steroids and hes old bro what you expect hes just finishing out his contract fights then going to bounce back to russia and band under aged bitches

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