Fedor Emelianenko Retired

Fedor’s time in Strikeforce was notable, but only because of the epic failure. Fedor hadn’t lost in 10 years when he got triangled by Fabricio Werdum in June 2010. He proceeded to lose to Bigfoot Silva and Dan Henderson. Even in his Strikeforce run, he never fought Alistair Overeem, the one guy everyone wanted him to fight.

For more than a decade, Fedor’s name cast a shadow on mixed martial arts. No discussion of the top fighters was complete without debating where he was in the pound for pound rankings. To Fedor’s credit, he retired on his own terms and with a win. That’s something a lot of combat sport legends can’t say.