Ballet of Violence

Fedor Emelianenko ↘↖

While Nogueira’s ground game and patient style had been like quicksand to opponents, Emelianenko danced on it. After a few minutes of increasingly one-sided action, Emelianenko postured up in Nogueira’s guard, reared back and delivered a massive right hand that landed flush, bouncing the champion’s head off the canvas. It remains one of the hardest blows anyone has ever weathered from their back. If you watch it again, you can see Nogueira go out and then re-boot like a computer, shaking off the cobwebs from the punch that essentially had him on the defensive for the rest of the night.

— Jason Probst - 10 Most Memorable Championship Shockers: Part 2

14 December 2009 • Antonio Rodrigo Minotauro Nogueira Fedor Emelianenko Pride Jason Probst

fighting: cagepotato.com In case there’s anyone left who still thinks the stoppage was early.

fighting:

cagepotato.com

In case there’s anyone left who still thinks the stoppage was early.

11 November 2009 • reblog: fighting • Fedor Emelianenko Brett Rogers Strikeforce KO Aftermath

The Internet is full of Wise Asses

Fedor Rogers KO gif

but this is kind of hilarious.

11 November 2009 • Fedor Emelianenko Brett Rogers Strikeforce

Analyzing Fedor's Performance: Powerful Combinations Lead to Role Reversal - Bloody Elbow

9 November 2009 • Fedor Emelianenko Brett Rogers Strikeforce Leland Rolling

mashup of images by Dave Mandel and Tracy Lee

mashup of images by Dave Mandel and Tracy Lee

9 November 2009 • Fedor Emelianenko Andrei Arlovski Brett Rogers Affliction Strikeforce Dave Mandel Tracy Lee

by Tracy Lee bitchface: I honestly thought it was gonna end here I thought so, too, at first.  Then I saw he didn’t have guard and figured he was using it to sweep.  So many damn exciting moments in this fight.

by Tracy Lee

bitchface:

I honestly thought it was gonna end here

I thought so, too, at first.  Then I saw he didn’t have guard and figured he was using it to sweep.  So many damn exciting moments in this fight.

9 November 2009 • reblog: bitchface • Fedor Emelianenko Brett Rogers Strikeforce Tracy Lee

by Tracy Lee for CombatLifestyle

by Tracy Lee for CombatLifestyle

8 November 2009 • Fedor Emelianenko Brett Rogers Strikeforce Tracy Lee

The only upside to hearing those chants of “USA”

Was hearing them abruptly silenced.  Or as a BE member put it:

“I liked the part where Fedor hit him in the face super hard.”

8 November 2009 • Fedor Emelianenko Strikeforce Brett Rogers

I met a bear in the zoo. A bear is very strong; very hard for a human to kill a bear with simple methods.

— Fedor Emelianenko

7 November 2009 • Fedor Emelianenko

I look into his eyes and I see nothing. I don’t see if he’s serious. I don’t see if he’s trying to be funny. I can’t sense anything from him. A lot of people say, ‘Don’t pay attention to his demeanor because it will psyche you out.’ It’s true. I feel that.

— Brett Rogers finally understands why Fedor Emeliaenko is top dog - Josh Gross - SI.com

6 November 2009 • Brett Rogers Fedor Emelianenko Josh Gross