Chicago welcomes and mocks Fedor
Part of Fedor Emelianenko’s charm is that he doesn’t look like a killer. Because of his stoic demeanor, he’s often…
Part of Fedor Emelianenko’s charm is that he doesn’t look like a killer. Because of his stoic demeanor, he’s often compared to the Dolph Lundgren character “Drago” from Rocky IV. True, Fedor does appear to come from the same Russian sports machine but he’s not a ripped 6-foot-6 and 300 pounds. At 6-foot, 230, he looks like your chubby next door neighbor. But result are results. He’s 30-1 with the only loss coming because of a cut. The Chicago Sun-Times did a nice job of explaining why he’s so good with its story but how many people will get by this photo and blurb on the back cover of Wednesday’s paper?
“… but with a body like that, how can Russian Fedor Emelianenko be the best mixed martial artist in the world.”
CBS will be presenting the same image on tomorrow night nationwide at 9 p.m. What will a nation of casual fight fans think when they see the Russian? The only thing that will solve negative thoughts about the physique of MMA’s best fight will be a dominant performance. A slow-paced fight like the one UFC featured during the “The Ultimate Fighter” with Roy Nelson and Kimbo Slice could hurt MMA a bit in front of an audience of 2-3 million. It was disappointing to hear the UFC’s Chael Sonnen say he didn’t want to see the fight because it’s, “two fatties swinging like bums.”
He can disrespect the one-dimensional Brett Rogers if he’d like but to take that sort of swipe at Fedor is ridiculous especially from a guy inside the sport.