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 ...

MMA moves fast, and it’s easy to forget some of the greatest fighters that laid the path for the new generation of talent to take over. One of his finest fights was his performance against the late ...

Fedor Emelianenko had a homecoming for the ages, four years ago today. Arguably the greatest fighter to never step foot in the UFC Octagon, Fedor Emelianenko had a legendary 48-fight pro MMA career ...

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.

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 ...

Ask around for stories about Fedor Emelianenko and you get back similar responses insofar as what people don’t say about the Russian heavyweight great. Advertisement “There’s nothing crazy to share,” ...

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Fedor Emelianenko lost his final mixed martial arts bout Saturday night when Ryan Bader stopped him halfway through the first round with a relentless ground-and-pound finish ...