Media Fedor incredible come back from retirement recap. (2015-2023)

[RedMountain]

Fedor come back from retirement in Dec/2015 and fought until Feb/2023. He gave us 9 fights in 8 years including the pandemic.

-Jaideep Singh, (Rizin Fighting Federation Dec / 31 / 2015):
Fedor helped Japan to found the spiritual successor of Pride FC and Dream MMA.

-Fabio Maldonado (EFN 50 Jun / 17 / 2016)
Fedor promoting MMA in Russia, with an expectacular fight with a crazy comeback, fighting in St. Petersburg, Russia for the first time.

-Matt Mittrione (Bellator 180 Jun / 24 / 2017)
Fedor debut in Bellator, first Ko lost after a crazy double Knock out.

-Frank Mir (Bellator 198 Apr / 28 / 2018)
Fedor Ko another UFC former HW champ in the first round. In Bellator first eight man HW Grand prix.

-Chael Sonnen (Bellator 208 Oct / 13 / 2018)
Fedor advance to the finals in the HW grand prix stopping Chael.

-Ryan Bader (Bellator 204 Jan / 26 / 2019)
Fedor was stopped in the finals in a tournament with (Mittrione, Nelson, Rampage, Sonnen, Mo Lawal, Mir and Bader)

-Rampage Jackson (Bellator 237 Dec / 29 / 2019)
Fedor face another legend in Rampage Jackson and get the win.

-Tim Johnson (Bellator 269 Oct / 23 / 2021)
Fedor take on Tim with an expectacular knock out when Tim was #2 ranked in the HW division.

-Ryan Bader 2 (Bellator 290 Feb / 04 / 2023)
Fedor retire with the applause of the crowd and the support of all the legends of his time to end an era.



Fedor in my eyes will always be the goat and my favorite fighter, and the reason I watch mma.
I am proud of him and I hope that everyone can appreciate not only his fights, but everything he did for mixed martial arts.

 

[The_Demon_In_Me]

 

[ThunderL1ps]

 

[Buff]

There will never be another Fedor Emelianenko.

The GOAT HW.

 

[Deleted member 110072]

I think people maybe hoped he was still near peak in his early comeback given that he did look good in his last few wins before his layoff but really given that he obviously wasnt I think it was ultimately a good run, won all the fights against guys of his own generation with some nasty finishes.

 

[BFoe]

Thank you TS, I was going to do this same thread!
6-3 overall since returning, two title shots. He was clearly old and way past his best, but he gave us some great moments and had a good 2nd run.

 

[cws80us]

The end of his career was not as bad as BJ, but the decline was certainly evident. And, unfortunately, like BJ many noobs only saw the downside and will never understand how truly great those guys really were during ther prime.

 

[HNIC215]

Guys need to retire earlier in their careers... hate seeing legends retire by getting KO'd.

Make your money, establish your legacy and leave with your health and wealth intact.

 

[ComfortablyNumb55]

He may even be a better man than he was a fighter.

A beautiful soul.

 

[chimpoehurricane]

I wish he came to ufc, fought couture, fought Brock, and stuff. The fall from grace is gross. Father time is savage.

 

[RedMountain]

 

[Riodejaneirofan]

One of the greats no matter what... Sad to see him go with a loss and dominated the way he was but for a guy close to his 50s it was a great run...

 

[Paul E Gensinger]

Fedor come back from retirement in Dec/2015 and fought until Feb/2023. He gave us 9 fights in 8 years including the pandemic.

-Jaideep Singh, (Rizin Fighting Federation Dec / 31 / 2015):
Fedor helped Japan to found the spiritual successor of Pride FC and Dream MMA.

-Fabio Maldonado (EFN 50 Jun / 17 / 2016)
Fedor promoting MMA in Russia, with an expectacular fight with a crazy comeback, fighting in St. Petersburg, Russia for the first time.

-Matt Mittrione (Bellator 180 Jun / 24 / 2017)
Fedor debut in Bellator, first Ko lost after a crazy double Knock out.

-Frank Mir (Bellator 198 Apr / 28 / 2018)
Fedor Ko another UFC former HW champ in the first round. In Bellator first eight man HW Grand prix.

-Chael Sonnen (Bellator 208 Oct / 13 / 2018)
Fedor advance to the finals in the HW grand prix stopping Chael.

-Ryan Bader (Bellator 204 Jan / 26 / 2019)
Fedor was stopped in the finals in a tournament with (Mittrione, Nelson, Rampage, Sonnen, Mo Lawal, Mir and Bader)

-Rampage Jackson (Bellator 237 Dec / 29 / 2019)
Fedor face another legend in Rampage Jackson and get the win.

-Tim Johnson (Bellator 269 Oct / 23 / 2021)
Fedor take on Tim with an expectacular knock out when Tim was #2 ranked in the HW division.

-Ryan Bader 2 (Bellator 290 Feb / 04 / 2023)
Fedor retire with the applause of the crowd and the support of all the legends of his time to end an era.

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Fedor in my eyes will always be the goat and my favorite fighter, and the reason I watch mma.
I am proud of him and I hope that everyone can appreciate not only his fights, but everything he did for mixed martial arts.

TLDR.
NOT incredible.
Like seriously, NOT incredible.
But he did beat the guy who used to have a really cool mustache.
And he did beat an old Chael Sonnen at HW. I mean, if you think beating a MW at heavyweight is incredible, then we probably have different definitions of the word incredible.
So basically, we are ALL incredible.
Including you.
You are quite incredible.

 

[Bobby Boulders]

I'm just throwing this random post in one of these threads to acknowledge that I love that there are more Fedor threads in teh Heavies this morning than threads actually about anything UFC related.

Keep up the good work, buds.

 

[CinemaKingdom]

Honestly, 6-3 isn't even that bad. Pretty much the record of the typical top HWs these days. Especially since his run was from his late 30s to 46 years old. Added some big names to his resume as well.

 

[Johnnny]

I am proud of him

 

[HaulParris]

That Maldonado fight result was very questionable.

 

[Schoolboy Q]

I’m honestly surprised we haven’t seen a submission win from Fedor in ages, I think the last time was Tim Sylvia? Jesus.

 

[Chubz]

I’m honestly surprised we haven’t seen a submission win from Fedor in ages, I think the last time was Tim Sylvia? Jesus.

Yeah, it seems he abandoned that aspect all together and became a one-trick-pony power puncher.

 

[TJ177]

I’m honestly surprised we haven’t seen a submission win from Fedor in ages, I think the last time was Tim Sylvia? Jesus.

If you looked at all the subs he got, they were mostly against guys with bad sub defense. Ogawa was legit - but over time the white belt armbar opportunities went away.