The Pride Fighting Championship was founded in 1997, a month shy of four years after the UFC opened for business. The newcomer organization, based in Japan, quickly overtook the UFC in popularity. The ...

If you've ever seen the face Fedor Emelianenko makes when sitting down for an interview, it might be a familiar sight. In fact, it's the same face the heavyweight MMA legend makes pretty much anytime ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fedor Emelianenko became a near-mythical martial arts figure two decades ago at the grey dawn of the social media age, so his earliest exploits had a tantalizing touch of mystery.

One of the greatest mixed martial artists of all time never got the chance to compete inside the Octagon. There were seemingly several reasons why Fedor Emelianenko was never signed to the UFC.

It was Thursday afternoon and Emelianenko, the consensus greatest heavyweight mixed martial arts fighter ever, had half an hour to find lunch before the final prefight news conference of his career ...

One such legend is Randy Couture, who defeated Tim Sylvia in 2007 to become the oldest fighter to win a UFC title. ‘The ...

The legendary career of Fedor Emelianenko has come to an end at Bellator 290. The final fight of Fedor Emelianenko was not what he wanted — let alone what most fight fans wanted — as he was dominated ...

The legendary Fedor Emelianenko will step into the Bellator cage for the final fight of his storied career on Saturday night. Emelianenko has the potential to end his career on a high note when he ...

It’s the last hurrah for “The Last Emperor”— a final fight for arguably the greatest heavyweight in MMA history. The legendary Fedor Emelianenko — a fighter who helped take the sport from sideshow ...

A heavyweight bout between Fedor Emelianenko and Matt Mitrione was canceled Saturday, just hours before the Bellator MMA event their bout was scheduled to headline at SAP Center in San Jose. On the ...