name	Lee Hasdell
other names	''The Godfather of UK MMA'', ''Kagemusha''
birth name	Lee John Hasdell
birth date	December 13, 1966
birth place	Northampton, England
nationality	English
height
weight class	Heavyweight (MMA) Light Heavyweight (MMA)
style	Kickboxing, Japanese Catch Wrestling
stance	Orthodox
fighting out of	Milton Keynes, England
rank	''black belt in Kickboxing'' ''black belt in Jujutsu'' ''black belt in Daido Juku''
years active	1987-1996, 2000 & 2002 (Kickboxing)1995-2007 (Mixed martial arts)
url	http://www.leehasdell.com/
updated	1 August 2011 }}

Lee Hasdell (born 13 December 1966, in Northampton, England) is a former British mixed martial artist, kickboxer and promoter. He is known as a pioneer of British MMA as he promoted the first professional mixed martial arts events in the UK. The first event was held on 5 October 1997, called ''Total Fight Night'', then followed the ''Night of the Samurai'' events in the late 90's. He is also the UK's Mixed martial arts National Director for ISKA, and is a qualified consultant, judge, referee and official.

Lee Hasdell began his career as a Kickboxer in 1989, eventually winning three British Kick Boxing titles, also winning the World Fenasco shoot boxing Tournament in 1996. Hasdell made his Fighting Network RINGS debut on 18 February 1996 as a Shootfighter. He would later become a Gatekeeper for the RINGS organisation. Hasdell held a professional mixed martial arts contract with them for six years, from 1996 to 2002.

Hasdell has fought notable opponents such as; Kenichi Yamamoto, Gilbert Yvel, Renato Sobral, Mikhail Avetisyan, Mikhail Illoukhine, Volk Han, Fedor Emelianenko, Cyrille Diabaté and Mario Sperry. Throughout his career, Hasdell has fought in organisations including; K-1, Fighting Network RINGS, Pankration, Cage Rage and fought in the ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship.

Martial arts background

Hasdell began martial arts in 1979 at the age of 12. He started training taekwondo, before taking up boxing as well. Hasdell later began karate as he felt that it was more of a mixed style that suited his stand up. After winning a number of local tournaments he decided to study full-contact Karate. In 1985 when he was 18 he started weight training and kickboxing. In 1987 he moved to Milton Keynes from Northampton where he began training in Thai Boxing and began his competitive Amateur Kick Boxing career.

Kickboxing career

Debut and undefeated British champion

Hasdell began his professional Kick Boxing career in 1989 at the age of 22. Taught by Brian Walker, one of Master Toddy's first generation instructors. Hasdell met his instructor in 1987 and stayed with him for six years. In 1991, Lee went over to study in Holland at the Gym International and the Dojo Chakuriki in Amsterdam, this is where Lee was first introduced to Japanese Kickboxing and Kyokushin methods. This transformed Lee's approach to his Kick Boxing training and tuition. This became his foundation for his Mixed martial arts style.

On 9 March 1991, Hasdell captured the WKA British Super-Middleweight Full-Contact title, defeating Tony Manterfield by a seventh round TKO. Later that year, Hasdell defeated Nick Pavlovic for the BIKMA British Light-Heavyweight Thai Boxing title. On 3 July 1992, Hasdell won the BIKMA British Light-Heavyweight Free Style title with a second round knock-out of Bertil Queely. Hasdell was undefeated as British champion for two years.

On 22 January 1994, Hasdell got a shot at the WKA European Super Light-Heavyweight Thai Boxing title against Bob Schrijber from Holland. The fight was held at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow in front of over 20,000 spectators. Hasdell was stopped near the end of the last round due to leg kicks. After his fight against Bob Schrijber, Hasdell continued to fight in the Super Light-Heavyweight division and on 10 April 1994, made a winning comeback. Hasdell defeated Bertil Queely in the third round by Knock-out. On 17 October 1994, Hasdell made a move to Cruiserweight, defeating Bruno Fariot by a first round Knock-out.

K-1 Revenge II

In 1994 Lee was invited to Japan to train at the Seidokaikan the HQ for the K1 organisation, he then returned to Japan on 3 September 1995 to fight at ''K-1 Revenge II''. The bout was against Duane Van Der Merwe in Yokohama, Japan. Hasdell gave away 20 kg in weight to his opponent, Hasdell was defeated at 0:30 of round one by KO from being kneed while in the clinch. Hasdell was one of the first English fighters to compete in K-1.

World Oktagon Shootboxing Challenge 1996

On 20 April 1996, Hasdell entered the Fenasco ''Oktagon Challenge'', an eight man Shoot Boxing tournament held in Milan, Italy in front of 15,000 spectators. The tournament featured eight fighters from all over the world, representing eight different martial arts, Hasdell represented the art of Freestyle fighting.

Hasdell went through to the final with two knockouts over American, Scott Dobbs and Italian Judo champion, Paulo Di Clemente. In the final he faced and defeated Andre Mannaart by decision to become the new World Fenasco Shoot Boxing champion. This victory raised his profile and Fighting Network RINGS president Akira Maeda eventually offered Hasdell a one year contract with RINGS as a professional shootfighter. Hasdell ended up staying with RINGS for six years.

Kickboxing Comebacks

On 16 April 2000, Hasdell made his return to Kick Boxing at the ''K-1 UK Battle of Britain 2000'' held in Birmingham, England. Hasdell fought WKA World Heavyweight Kick Boxing champion Simon Dore in a non-tournament fight. Hasdell won by flying knee at thirty seconds of round three. This was Hasdell's first Kickboxing bout in four years.

Lee Hasdell competed in a Shoot Boxing fight on 2 February 2002, held in Tokyo, Japan. The fight was against French fighter Cyrille Diabate at ''Shoot Boxing: S Volume 1''. Hasdell lost by TKO at 2:18 of the fourth round.

Mixed martial arts career

Becoming a Shootfighter

After fighting at ''K-1 Revenge II'' in September 1995, Hasdell witnessed Rings rules and Shootfighting bouts on the same card. This marked a turning point in his career. Apon returning to the UK, Hasdell began cross training in Mixed martial arts. On 15 October 1995, Hasdell promoted a Kickboxing event in Milton Keynes, England. The event also featured three Shootfights. The main bout of the event was between Lee Hasdell and American Free fighter, Boston Jones in a non-sanctioned Shootfight. The bout was billed as the first ultimate Shootfight in Britain. Hasdell won the fight by knockout in the second round.

Early Career 1996-1997

On 18 February 1996 at the age of 29, Lee Hasdell made his Official Mixed martial arts debut at ''RINGS Holland-Kings of Martial Arts''. His opponent was Dutch fighter Andre Mannaart. Although the fight ended in a draw, it brought Hasdell to the attention of Akira Maeda, the president of Fighting Network RINGS, a major Japanese promotions company. Akira Maeda was impressed by Hasdell's performance and invited Hasdell to train at Akira Maeda's private Dojo in Yokohama, Japan.

On 26 October 1996, Hasdell fought Cees Bezems in a No holds barred match at ''IMA - Battle of Styles'' held in Amsterdam, Holland. Hasdell lost by Technical knockout due to a cut.

On 2 February 1997, Hasdell returned to RINGS Holland where he fought Dutch fighter, Hans Nijman at ''RINGS Holland-The Final Challenge''. This bout ended up having a controversial finish. In the match Nijman had Hasdell in a Guillotine Choke, Hasdell grabbed the ropes for a rope escape although the referee did not see it, forcing Hasdell to tape out to brake the hold at 51 seconds of round 2.

On 4 April 1997, Hasdell made his Mixed martial arts debut in Japan at ''RINGS: Battle Genesis''. He defeated American fighter, Sean McCully within four minutes by Guillotine Choke. In his second bout in Japan, on 21 June 1997, Hasdell was entered into the ''RINGS Light-Heavyweight Title Tournament'', for fighters under 95 kg. In the first round of the tournament, Hasdell lost to Masayuki Naruse by Submission. Naruse ended up winning the tournament to become Rings's first Light-Heavyweight champion.

Hasdell then went on to defeat Peter Dijkman by Rear naked choke on 5 October 1997, in Milton Keynes, England. This bout was for the vacant UTF RINGS Rules Superfight title. On 25 October 1997, he fought and lost by submission to Joop Kasteel in the first round of the ''RINGS: Mega Battle Tournament'' in Japan.

Gatekeeper 1998-1999

On 7 March 1998, Hasdell fought and defeated Sander Thonhauser by Armbar at 0:55 of round 1. This was a Vale Tudo match for the vacant TFF Vale Tudo Superfight title. Hasdell then fought Hiromitsu Kanehara for thirty minutes in Japan on 29 May 1998, Hasdell lost on points. On 7 June 1998, he fought Dutch fighter, Dave van der Veen in Holland. Hasdell was knocked down in the first round before forcing Dave van der Veen to make two rope escapes. Hasdell then won the match by knockout in the second round.

Hasdell was promoted to the Shooter category and was given the nickname ''The Gatekeeper'', meaning if a fighter from another organisation wanted to join RINGS they had to beat Hasdell first. On 21 September 1998, Hasdell lived up to his name when he knocked out ''UFC Japan Tournament'' Champion, Kenichi Yamamoto, after eleven minutes.

On 11 October 1998, Hasdell fought Hiromitsu Kanehara in a rematch at ''Night of the Samurai II'' held in Milton Keynes, England. Hasdell made two rope escapes in the fight and eventually lost by decision after 15 minutes. He then fought Gilbert Yvel, in his second fight of October 1998. Hasdell lost the fight by TKO, due to a cut.

On 20 November 1998, Hasdell began what would be a trilogy of fights with Japanese fighter, Yasuhito Namekawa. Their first confrontation was held in Osaka, Japan and after twenty minutes, it ended in a draw. Their second bout was held on 23 January 1999 in Tokyo, Japan. Hasdell lost on points after receiving a yellow card for an illegal punch during the fight. Hasdell dominated the stand up and was close to knocking Namakawa out close to the end of the fight, leaving Namakawa with a bloody nose. Although Namakawa was the winner of the match, he had to be helped out of the ring. Their first two bouts in Japan went the full twenty minutes, without a break. Their third and final bout was held in Milton Keynes, England at ''Night of the Samurai 3'', on 7 March 1999. Hasdell was trailing the fight by two points before knocking Namakawa out with a knee at 5:55 of round one.

He returned to Japan on 23 April 1999, defeating Ryuki Ueyama due to disqualification and submitting Ricardo Fyeet four months later. On 15 September 1999, Hasdell fought Satoshi Honma in Tokyo, Japan. After twenty minutes, the bout ended in a draw. The following month, Hasdell faced Dave van der Veen for a second time, this time in Milton Keynes, England. Hasdell won by Armbar at 1:47 of round one to retain his TFF RINGS Rules Shootfighting title.

RINGS King of Kings Tournament 1999

On 28 October 1999, Hasdell entered the ''RINGS: King of Kings tournament'', Lee Hasdell was placed in Block A of the tournament, in the Round of 32 he defeated Achmed Labasanov by TKO at 3:33 of round 2. Hasdell was then eliminated in the Round of 16 by Brazilian fighter, Renato Sobral by unanimous decision. This was the first event in RINGS to introduce the now familiar Mixed martial arts rules. Previous events had used Shootfighting rules.

Later career 2000-2001

On 29 April 2000, Hasdell travelled to Russia where he fought in the Absolute Fighting Challenge's ''Pankration World Championship 2000''. The fight was scheduled for one thirty minute round in an octagon cage. Hasdell lost to Mikhail Avetisyan after tapping out due to strikes. Hasdell began a losing streak upon returning to RINGS. His first fight back was against Mikhail Illoukhine, at RINGS Russia on 20 May 2000. Hasdell dominated the first round with strikes, the second round was much the same but with Illoukhine going for submissions. After two rounds, an extra third round was called for and Illoukhine eventually won by split decision. He then fought Joop Kasteel for a second time, this time at RINGS ''King of Kings Holland'' on 4 June 2000. Hasdell floored Kasteel twice in the opening minute before ultimately losing due to a dislocated shoulder at 1:18 of round one.

At this point, Hasdell had competed in four different fighting styles within only three months; ADCC Submission Wrestling, K-1, Pankration and two Rings King of King rules bouts. On 12 June, 2000, Hasdell stated: ''Taking on 5 matches in 3 months was little bit to much for me I think. Most pro fighters carefully select there fights I did not ever choose the style or fighter so I feel that I took unnecessary risks that most fighters wouldn't.''

Hasdell's final fight of the year was against Volk Han on 22 December, 2000 in the Round of 32 at the ''RINGS: King of Kings tournament''. He lost due to punches in the second round, Hasdell had suffered an eye injury from one of the punches. This was Hasdell's fourth loss in a row under RINGS.

On 28 January 2001, Hasdell travelled to Holland to fight Sander Thonhauser for a second time. Thonhauser kneed Hasdell clean in the face while Hasdell was still on the floor, an illegal move. Due to the following retaliation by Hasdell, the fight was declared a no contest in round 1. Hasdell was then scheduled to face British fighter James Zikic on 11 March at ''Millennium Brawl 2'', but pulled out due to an eye injury received in training. After this incident Hasdell took most of the year off. During this time Hasdell appeared in a music video for American singer Shea Seger.

In 2001, Hasdell was given an award from Akira Maeda in Japan for his hard work, dedication and contribution to the martial arts worldwide.

RINGS Absolute Class Tournament 2001

On 20 October 2001, Hasdell returned to winning ways when he fought Bulgarian, Georgi Tonkov at ''RINGS: World Title Series 4''. Hasdell won the match with a flying knee at four minutes and twenty-two seconds of round one. This bout was the first round of the ''RINGS Absolute Class Tournament 2001''. In the Semi-Final of the tournament, on 21 December 2001, Hasdell fought and lost to Fedor Emelianenko by Guillotine Choke at four minutes and ten seconds of the first round. The RINGS company eventually folded in 2002 due to the growing success of Pride FC, making this Hasdell's final fight for RINGS.

Pain & Glory 2004

After almost two and a half years away from Mixed martial arts, Hasdell returned on 24 April 2004. Now fighting at 92kg, around 10kg lighter than his fighting weight in RINGS. His fight was against Japanese fighter, Hiroyuki Ito at ''Pain and Glory'', held at the NEC in Birmingham. Hasdell won by Knock-out at 0:32 of round 1.

Cage Rage 2007

At the age of 40, after a 3 year hiatus from the sport, Hasdell made an unsuccessful return to Mixed martial arts. On 14 July 2007, he fought Brazilian, Mario Sperry, in the Light-Heavyweight division. The event was ''Cage Rage 22: Hard as Hell'', held in Wembley arena, London. Hasdell lost by Rear naked choke in the first round.

Lee Hasdell's last Mixed martial arts fight to date was against Ivan Serati on 1 December 2007, at ''Cage Rage 24: Feel the Pain''. Hasdell began the fight hesitant to throw strikes with Serati dominating the first round with takedowns. Hasdell defended well on the ground until Serati unloaded his ground and pound tactics. Hasdell was lucky to escape the first round after Serati had hyper extended Lee's arm in an armbar at the end of the round.

Hasdell came into the second round with a now injured arm and the round began much the same as the first. To evoid Serati's ground and pound, Hasdell gave up his back to the Italian to set up the Rear naked choke at 1:34 of round 2. Hasdell has now lost 7 out of his last 10 Mixed martial arts fights since 2000.

Other Martial arts

In 2000, Hasdell was awarded his blackbelt in Ju Jutsu and personally invited by the Prince of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates to compete in the ''ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship'' on 1 March 2000. Hasdell competed in the +99 kg category and was eliminated by Mark Robinson after the bout went the distance.

On 21 January 2001, Hasdell won the ''Kamon European Brazilian Jujitsu tournament'' in London.

Lee Hasdell studied the mixed martial arts of Kudo. Sensei Lee received his black-belt directly from Kudo's founder Master Azuma. In February 2008, Lee Hasdell became the first Kudo (also known as Daido Juku) black belt in the UK, under Master Azuma. On 18 November 2008, Lee Hasdell achieved his second Kudo black belt.

On 23 May 2009, Lee Hasdell took part in the U.M.A. International Open Groundfighting and Grappling Championships. Hasdell achieved Gold in the open weight masters division.

Promoter

Before his Mixed martial arts events in the UK, Hasdell has promoted multiple thai-boxing events in the early 1990s.

While fighting in RINGS, Hasdell formed ''Universal Total-Fight Forum'' (UTF), later known as ''Total Fight Forum'' (TFF) and promoted the first Mixed martial arts events in the UK. Which were all held in Milton Keynes, England. The first event was in October 1997. The show featured Vale Tudo and (Rings rules) Shoot fighting matches. Lee's vision for a UK pro-mma scene materialised in 1998, the first in a trilogy of professional MMA events in the UK called ''Night of the Samurai'' which featured international fighters from Japan, USA, Holland, France and Spain. These were among the first mixed martial arts events in Britain. Lee Hasdell also became the representative for RINGS UK in 1998.

Professional Mixed Martial Arts Events

Total Fight Night - October 5, 1997

Night Of The Samurai 1 - March 7, 1998

Night Of The Samurai 2 - October 11, 1998

Night Of The Samurai 3 - March 7, 1999

KRG 5 - October 3, 1999

Ring Of Truth 1 - March 12, 2000

Ring Of Truth 2 - July 9, 2000

Ring Of Truth 3 - October 8, 2000

UZI 1: Cage combat Evolution - November 30, 2002

UZI 2: Combat Evolution - March 8, 2003

Combudo 2 - July 18, 2009

Combudo

The Combudo organisation was founded by MMA pioneer and innovator Lee Hasdell in 2000 the year of the new millennium. Lee's vision was to create an MMA game that would challenge the mind, body and fighting spirit of the participants in a safe, disciplined and respectful environment. Combudo was developed after Lee spent many years staging MMA events in the UK throughout the 90's.

Hasdell's last Kickboxing event was held on 5 July 2008 called ''COMBUDO 1''. The event featured K-1, Kickboxing and Thai Boxing rules. ''COMBUDO 2'' was held on 18 July 2009, which featured mixed martial arts matches.

Media criticism

The events was the source of some criticism in the UK with critics arguing for an outright ban or better regulation of the events. Hasdell responded to the complaints, arguing "''In Japan you are seen as an athlete. [...] Here there is this taboo. It's always on the fringe. I admit it's dangerous but that adds to the thrill of taking part and watching. [...] The sport's appeal is the fact that it is the most dangerous martial art in this country which is a pull for audiences, half of which are women. [...] But all the fighters are properly trained, the rule book is 32 pages long, and there is not much contact to the head.''".

Hasdell's events were also criticised on Trevor McDonald's Tonight programme on 22 July 1999. During this time Hasdell featured on Nightlife LWT and other News programmes. The events were often compared to the Ultimate Fighting Championships, which at the time had very few rules compared to Hasdell's "Total Fighting", which was based on Vale Tudo and RINGS rules matches. Criticism of Hasdell's events continued and on 15 March 2000, Lee Hasdell, Dexter Casey and Lee Murray appeared on Johnny Vaughan's The Big Breakfast.

Teaching Methods

Lee 'Kagemusha' Hasdell was trained in the arts of Japanese Submission Fighting in Japan from 1996 to 2002 at the Maeda Dojo in Yokohama. The lineage of his training goes from Maeda, Yoshihisa Yamamoto, Tsuyoshi Kohsaka, Hiromitsu Kanehara right through to submission fighting legends like Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Karl Gotch, Billy Robinson and Mas Oyama.

In 1998 Lee formed the RINGS Submission Fighting UK group after Akira Maeda the founder of RINGS Japan came to visit Milton Keynes to watch the legendary Hasdell V Kanehara UK 'Shoot-fighting' match.

Lee was nicknamed the 'Kagemusha' or Shadow Warrior by his fans in Japan, and true to his nickname he keeps many of the training techniques he was taught in the shadows of his own private dojo. He says that he modelled himself on the submission hero Yoshaiki Fujiwara who also started out as a Muaythai and Japanese Kickboxing champion and then studied indepth the arts of Billy Robinson and Karl Gotch submission fighting and became the founder of modern day 'Shootfighting'.

Japanese Submission Fighting is a system of fighting that evolved from the grappling method of 'Catch as Catch Can'. Because Japanese Submission Fighting has always been without a Gi or 'No-Gi' as it is now called. JSF uses techniques like hooking, catching, shooting and figure 4's, it also uses dynamic non-positional speed to secure a finishing hold.

Mixed martial arts record

Professional MMA record

This mixed martial arts record consists of all Lee Hasdell's professional MMA matches including bouts under Rings (King of Kings) rules, Vale Tudo and No holds barred.

|- |Loss | style="text-align:center;"|4-9-0 (1) | Ivan Serati | style="text-align:center;"|Submission (Rear Naked Choke) | style="text-align:center;"|Cage Rage 24: Feel the Pain | style="text-align:center;"|1 Dec 2007 | style="text-align:center;"|2 | style="text-align:center;"|01:34 | London, England | |- |Loss | style="text-align:center;"|4-8-0 (1) || Mario Sperry | style="text-align:center;"|Submission (Rear Naked Choke) | style="text-align:center;"|Cage Rage 22: Hard as Hell | style="text-align:center;"|14 Jul 2007 | style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"|01:39 | London, England | |- |Win | style="text-align:center;"|4-7-0 (1) || Hiroyuki Ito | style="text-align:center;"|KO (Strikes) | style="text-align:center;"|Pain and Glory 2004 | style="text-align:center;"|24 Apr 2004 | style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"|00:32 | Birmingham, England | |- |Loss | style="text-align:center;"|3-7-0 (1) | Fedor Emelianenko | style="text-align:center;"|Submission (Guillotine Choke) | style="text-align:center;"|RINGS: World Title Series 5 | style="text-align:center;"|21 Dec 2001 | style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"|04:10 | Kanagawa, Japan | |- |Win | style="text-align:center;"|3-6-0 (1) | Georgi Tonkov | style="text-align:center;"|KO (Flying Knee) | style="text-align:center;"|RINGS: World Title Series 4 | style="text-align:center;"|20 Oct 2001 | style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"|04:22 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | NC |style="text-align:center;"|2-6-0 (1) | Sander Thonhauser | style="text-align:center;"|No contest | style="text-align:center;"|RINGS Holland-Heroes Live Forever | style="text-align:center;"|28 Jan 2001 | style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"|N/A | Utrecht, Holland | |- |Loss | style="text-align:center;"|2-6-0 | Volk Han | style="text-align:center;"|TKO (Eye Injury) | style="text-align:center;"|RINGS: King of Kings 2000 Block B | style="text-align:center;"|22 Dec 2000 | style="text-align:center;"|2 | style="text-align:center;"|00:08 | Osaka, Japan | |- |Loss |style="text-align:center;"|2-5-0 | Joop Kasteel | style="text-align:center;"|TKO (Shoulder Injury) | style="text-align:center;"|RINGS Holland-King of Kings Holland | style="text-align:center;"|4 Jun 2000 | style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"|01:18 | Utrecht, Holland | |- |Loss | style="text-align:center;"|2-4-0 | Mikhail Illoukhine | style="text-align:center;"|Decision (Split) | style="text-align:center;"|RINGS Russia-Rings Russia | style="text-align:center;"|20 May 2000 | style="text-align:center;"|3 | style="text-align:center;"|05:00 | Ekaterinburg, Russia | |- |Loss | style="text-align:center;"|2-3-0 | Mikhail Avetisyan | style="text-align:center;"|Submission (Strikes) | style="text-align:center;"|IAFC - Pankration World Championship 2000 (Day 2) | style="text-align:center;"|29 Apr 2000 | style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"|N/A | Moscow, Russia | |- |Loss | style="text-align:center;"|2-2-0 | Renato Sobral | style="text-align:center;"|Decision (Unanimous) | style="text-align:center;"|RINGS: King of Kings 1999 Block A | style="text-align:center;"|28 Oct 1999 | style="text-align:center;"|2 | style="text-align:center;"|05:00 | Tokyo, Japan | |- |Win | style="text-align:center;"|2-1-0 | Achmed Labasanov | style="text-align:center;"|TKO (Kick) | style="text-align:center;"|RINGS: King of Kings 1999 Block A | style="text-align:center;"|28 Oct 1999 | style="text-align:center;"|2 | style="text-align:center;"|03:33 | Tokyo, Japan | |- |Win | style="text-align:center;"|1-1-0 | Sander Thonhauser | style="text-align:center;"|Submission (Armbar) | style="text-align:center;"|Night of the Samurai 1 | style="text-align:center;"|7 Mar 1998 | style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"|00:55 | Milton Keynes, England | |- |Loss | style="text-align:center;"|0-1-0 | Cees Bezems | style="text-align:center;"|TKO (Cut) | style="text-align:center;"|IMA - Battle of Styles | style="text-align:center;"|26 Oct 1996 | style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"|N/A | Amsterdam, Holland | |}

Professional Shootfighting record

This Professional record consists of all Lee Hasdell's Mixed martial arts bouts under Shootfighting rules.

|- |Win | style="text-align:center;"|9-7-3 | Dave van der Veen | style="text-align:center;"|Submission (Armbar) | style="text-align:center;"|Total Fight KRG 5 | style="text-align:center;"|3 Oct 1999 | style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"|01:47 | Milton Keynes, England | |- | style="text-align:center; background:#c5d2ea;"|Draw | style="text-align:center;"|8-7-3 | Satoshi Honma | style="text-align:center;"|Draw | style="text-align:center;"|RINGS: Battle Genesis Vol. 5 | style="text-align:center;"|15 Sep 1999 | style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"|20:00 | Tokyo, Japan | |- |Win | style="text-align:center;"|8-7-2 | Ricardo Fyeet | style="text-align:center;"|Submission (Toe Hold) | style="text-align:center;"|RINGS: Rise 5th | style="text-align:center;"|19 Aug 1999 | style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"|15:01 | Yokohama, Japan | |- |Win | style="text-align:center;"|7-7-2 | Ryuki Ueyama | style="text-align:center;"|Disqualification (Eye-gouging) | style="text-align:center;"|RINGS: Rise 2nd | style="text-align:center;"|23 Apr 1999 | style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"|04:18 | Osaka, Japan | |- |Win | style="text-align:center;"|6-7-2 | Yasuhito Namekawa | style="text-align:center;"|KO (Knee) | style="text-align:center;"|Night of the Samurai 3 | style="text-align:center;"|7 Mar 1999 | style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"|05:55 | Milton Keynes, England | |- |Loss | style="text-align:center;"|5-7-2 | Yasuhito Namekawa | style="text-align:center;"|Decision | style="text-align:center;"|RINGS: Mega battle Tournament 1998 | style="text-align:center;"|23 Jan 1999 | style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"|20:00 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | style="text-align:center; background:#c5d2ea;"|Draw | style="text-align:center;"|5-6-2 | Yasuhito Namekawa | style="text-align:center;"|Draw | style="text-align:center;"|RINGS: Mega battle Tournament 1998 | style="text-align:center;"|20 Nov 1998 | style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"|20:00 | Osaka, Japan | |- |Loss | style="text-align:center;"|5-6-1 | Gilbert Yvel | style="text-align:center;"|TKO (Cut) | style="text-align:center;"|RINGS Holland-The Thialf Explosion | style="text-align:center;"|24 Oct 1998 | style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"|N/A | Heerenveen, Holland | |- |Loss | style="text-align:center;"|5-5-1 | Hiromitsu Kanehara | style="text-align:center;"|Decision | style="text-align:center;"|Night of the Samurai 2 | style="text-align:center;"|11 Oct 1998 | style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"|15:00 | Milton Keynes, England | |- |Win | style="text-align:center;"|5-4-1 | Kenichi Yamamoto | style="text-align:center;"|KO (Palm Strikes & Knee) | style="text-align:center;"|RINGS: Fighting Integration 6th | style="text-align:center;"|21 Sep 1998 | style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"|10:56 | Yokohama, Japan | |- |Win | style="text-align:center;"|4-4-1 | Dave van der Veen | style="text-align:center;"|KO (Palm Strikes) | style="text-align:center;"|RINGS Holland-Who's The Boss | style="text-align:center;"|7 Jun 1998 | style="text-align:center;"|2 | style="text-align:center;"|04:47 | Utrecht, Holland | |- |Loss | style="text-align:center;"|3-4-1 | Hiromitsu Kanehara | style="text-align:center;"|Decision | style="text-align:center;"|RINGS: Fighting Integration 3rd | style="text-align:center;"|29 May 1998 | style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"|30:00 | Sapporo, Japan | |- |Loss | style="text-align:center;"|3-3-1 | Joop Kasteel | style="text-align:center;"|Submission (Headlock) | style="text-align:center;"|RINGS: Mega Battle Tournament 1997 | style="text-align:center;"|25 Oct 1997 | style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"|08:55 | Tokyo, Japan | |- |Win | style="text-align:center;"|3-2-1 | Peter Dijkman | style="text-align:center;"|Submission (Rear Naked Choke) | style="text-align:center;"|Total Fight Night | style="text-align:center;"|5 Oct 1997 | style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"|04:46 | Milton Keynes, England | |- |Loss | style="text-align:center;"|2-2-1 | Masayuki Naruse | style="text-align:center;"|Submission (Shoulder Necklock) | style="text-align:center;"|RINGS: Fighting Extension Vol. 4 | style="text-align:center;"|21 Jun 1997 | style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"|12:58 || Tokyo, Japan | |- |Win | style="text-align:center;"|2-1-1 | Sean McCully | style="text-align:center;"|Submission (Guillotine Choke) | style="text-align:center;"|RINGS: Battle Genesis Vol. 1 | style="text-align:center;"|4 Apr 1997 | style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"|03:59 | Tokyo, Japan | |- |Loss | style="text-align:center;"|1-1-1 | Hans Nijman | style="text-align:center;"|Submission (Guillotine Choke) | style="text-align:center;"|RINGS Holland-The Final Challenge | style="text-align:center;"|2 Feb 1997 | style="text-align:center;"|2 | style="text-align:center;"|00:51 | Amsterdam, Holland | |- | style="text-align:center; background:#c5d2ea;"|Draw | style="text-align:center;"|1-0-1 || Andre Mannaart | style="text-align:center;"|Draw | style="text-align:center;"|RINGS Holland-Kings of Martial Arts | style="text-align:center;"|18 Feb 1996 | style="text-align:center;"|2 | style="text-align:center;"|05:00 | Amsterdam, Holland || |- |Win | style="text-align:center;"|1-0-0 | Boston Jones | style="text-align:center;"|KO (Knee) | style="text-align:center;"|Fighting Arts Gala | style="text-align:center;"|15 Oct 1995 | style="text-align:center;"|2 | style="text-align:center;"|N/A | Milton Keynes, England | |}

Partial Kickboxing record

This Kickboxing record includes the styles of; Full Contact, Muay Thai, Freestyle (Low Kicks), Shoot Boxing and K-1.

Professional kickboxing record - 61 Fights, 44 wins (29 T/KO, 15 Decision), 16 losses and 1 draw.

{| style="font-size: 85%; text-align: left;" class="wikitable sortable" width="100%" |- !style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Result !style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Opponent !style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Method !style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Event !style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Date !style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Round !style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Time !style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Location !style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Notes |- |Loss | Cyrille Diabate | style="text-align:center;"|TKO (Doctor Stoppage) | style="text-align:center;"|Shoot Boxing: S Volume 1 | style="text-align:center;"|1 Feb 2002 | style="text-align:center;"|4 | style="text-align:center;"|02:18 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | Simon Dore | style="text-align:center;"|KO (Knee) | style="text-align:center;"|K-1 UK Battle of Britain 2000 | style="text-align:center;"|16 Apr 2000 | style="text-align:center;"|3 | style="text-align:center;"|00:30 | Birmingham, England, UK | |- |Win | Andre Mannaart | style="text-align:center;"|Decision | style="text-align:center;"|World Oktagon Shoot Boxing Challenge | style="text-align:center;"|20 Apr 1996 | style="text-align:center;"|5 | style="text-align:center;"|03:00 | Milan, Italy | |- |Win | Paulo Di Clemente | style="text-align:center;"|KO (Knee) | style="text-align:center;"|World Oktagon Shoot Boxing Challenge | style="text-align:center;"|20 Apr 1996 | style="text-align:center;"|2 | style="text-align:center;"|01:02 | Milan, Italy | |- | Win || Scott Dobbs | style="text-align:center;"|KO (Kicks) | style="text-align:center;"|World Oktagon Shoot Boxing Challenge | style="text-align:center;"|20 Apr 1996 | style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"|01:08 | Milan, Italy | |- | Loss | Duane Van Der Merwe | style="text-align:center;"|KO (Knee) | style="text-align:center;"|K-1 Revenge II | style="text-align:center;"|3 Sep 1995 | style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"|00:30 | Yokohama, Japan | |- | Win | Bruno Fariot | style="text-align:center;"|KO (Punch) | style="text-align:center;"|N/A | style="text-align:center;"|17 Oct 1994 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|01:20 | Northampton, England | |- | Win | Bertil Queely | style="text-align:center;"|TKO |style="text-align:center;"|N/A |style="text-align:center;"|10 April 1994 |align="center"|3 |align="center"|N/A | Milton Keynes, England | |- | Loss | Bob Schreiber |style="text-align:center;"|TKO (Leg Kicks) |style="text-align:center;"|N/A |style="text-align:center;"|22 Jan 1994 |align="center"|5 |align="center"|N/A | Moscow, Russia | |- | Loss | Duncan Airlie James |style="text-align:center;"|TKO (Cut) |style="text-align:center;"|N/A |style="text-align:center;"|9 Oct 1993 |align="center"|N/A |align="center"|N/A | England | |- | Loss | Perry Telgt |style="text-align:center;"|TKO (Cut) |style="text-align:center;"|N/A |style="text-align:center;"|2 Oct 1993 |align="center"|2 |align="center"|N/A | Arnhem, Holland | |- | Loss | Paul Senior |style="text-align:center;"|Split Decision |style="text-align:center;"|N/A |style="text-align:center;"|25 Jun 1993 |align="center"|7 |align="center"|N/A | Bedford, England | |- | Loss | Paval Rumas |style="text-align:center;"|Split Decision |style="text-align:center;"|N/A |style="text-align:center;"|28 May 1993 |align="center"|10 |align="center"|N/A | Katowice, Poland |

|- | Win | Jerrell Vjent |style="text-align:center;"|N/A |style="text-align:center;"|N/A |style="text-align:center;"|25 Oct 1992 |align="center"|N/A |align="center"|N/A | Bromley, England | |- | Win | Everton Crawford |style="text-align:center;"|Decision |style="text-align:center;"|N/A |style="text-align:center;"|18 Jul 1992 |align="center"|N/A |align="center"|N/A | Bedford, England | |- | Win | Bertil Queely |style="text-align:center;"|KO |style="text-align:center;"|N/A |style="text-align:center;"|28 Jun 1992 |align="center"|2 |align="center"|N/A | Bedford, England | |- | Win | Nick Pavlovic |style="text-align:center;"|Decision |style="text-align:center;"|N/A |style="text-align:center;"|1991 |align="center"|N/A |align="center"|N/A | Bedford, England | |- | Win | Tony Manterfield |style="text-align:center;"|TKO |style="text-align:center;"|N/A |style="text-align:center;"|9 Mar 1991 |align="center"|7 |align="center"|N/A | Barnsley, England | |- | Loss | Eugene Valerio |style="text-align:center;"|Decision |style="text-align:center;"|N/A |style="text-align:center;"|1990 |align="center"|5 |align="center"|N/A | Wales | |- | Win | Dave Gonquin |style="text-align:center;"|TKO |style="text-align:center;"|N/A |style="text-align:center;"|1989 |align="center"|3 |align="center"|N/A | Northampton, England | |- | Win | Graham Chester |style="text-align:center;"|TKO |style="text-align:center;"|N/A |style="text-align:center;"|9 April 1989 |align="center"|2 |align="center"|N/A | England | |- | Win | Chris Haines |style="text-align:center;"|TKO |style="text-align:center;"|N/A |style="text-align:center;"|10 Feb 1989 |align="center"|2 |align="center"|N/A | Northampton England | |}

Submission Grappling record

{| style="font-size: 85%; text-align: left;" class="wikitable sortable" width="100%" |- !style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Result !style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Opponent !style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Method !style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Event !style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Date !style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Round !style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Time !style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Location !style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Notes |- | Win | Ian Bromley |style="text-align:center;"|N/A |style="text-align:center;"|U.M.A. International Open Groundfighting and Grappling Championships |style="text-align:center;"|23 May 2009 |align="center"|N/A |align="center"|N/A | Stoke-on-Trent, England | |- | Win | Sean Smith |style="text-align:center;"|N/A |style="text-align:center;"|U.M.A. International Open Groundfighting and Grappling Championships |style="text-align:center;"|23 May 2009 |align="center"|N/A |align="center"|N/A | Stoke-on-Trent, England | |- | Win | Martin O’ Halloran |style="text-align:center;"|N/A |style="text-align:center;"|Kamon European Brazilian Jujitsu tournament (Copa Luiz Carlos Guedes) |style="text-align:center;"|21 Jan 2001 |align="center"|N/A |align="center"|N/A | London, England | |- | Loss | Mark Robinson |style="text-align:center;"|Points |style="text-align:center;"|ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship |style="text-align:center;"|1 Mar 2000 |align="center"|1 |align="center"|10:00 | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. | |}

Championships & accomplishments

Kick Boxing titles

WKA British Super-Middleweight Full-Contact champion (March 1991-c.1991)

BIKMA British Light-Heavyweight Thai Boxing champion (c.1991-c.1994)

BIKMA British Light-Heavyweight Free Style champion (June 1992-c.1994)

World Fenasco Shoot Boxing champion (1996)

Mixed martial arts titles

UTF RINGS Rules Superfight champion (October 1997-c.2000)

TFF Vale Tudo Superfight champion (March 1998-c.1998)

Grappling titles

Kamon European Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu open winner (2001) Gold

UMA 'No Gi' Groundfighting Championships (Mens Masters Division Open Weight) winner (2009) Gold

References

External links

RINGS fight history

K-1 Record

Official Kudo UK website

Combudo website

A Brief History Of British MMA

Interview by Idai Makaya

The British are Coming

Category:1966 births Category:Living people Category:English mixed martial artists Category:Light heavyweight mixed martial artists Category:Heavyweight mixed martial artists Category:British jujutsuka Category:British karateka Category:English kickboxers Category:People from Milton Keynes Category:People from Northampton

ja:リー・ハスデル

name	Ivan Serati
other names	Il Terrible
birth place	Monza, Italy
nationality	Italian
height
weight
weight class	Light Heavyweight Heavyweight
style	Boxing, Vale Tudo
fighting out of	Milan, Italy
team	Sure Grip Vale Tudo
mma kowin	8
mma subwin	3
mma decwin	1
mma koloss	3
mma subloss	1
sherdog	16300
updated	}}

Ivan Serati is an Italian mixed martial artist, Serati previously fought for promotons UWC and Cage Rage. He has a current record of 11 wins and 3 losses. Serati fights in the Heavyweight and light-heavyweight divisions. He has won nine times within the first round of the fight by either TKO or submission. Ivan Serati made his UFC debut at UFC 93, losing by 1st round TKO against Tomasz Drwal.

Serati's last fight was a first round Submission loss to Marcus Vänttinen in Helsinki, Finland.

Mixed martial arts record

|- | Loss |align=center| 12–4 | Marcus Vänttinen | Submission (punches) | FF: Fight Festival 28 | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 4:19 |Helsinki, Finland | |- | Win |align=center| 12–3 | Shaun Lomas | Submission (rear naked choke) | Ultimate Warrior Challenge 13 | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 3:00 |Essex, England, UK | |- | Win |align=center| 11–3 | Mario Trujillo | TKO (strikes) | Panama Fight League 1 | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 3:15 |Panama City, Panama | |- | Loss |align=center| 10–3 | Tomasz Drwal | KO (strikes) | UFC 93 | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 2:02 |Dublin, Ireland | |- | Win |align=center| 10–2 | Claudio da Silva | KO (punches) | No Limits: MMA | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 2:15 |Italy | |- | Win |align=center| 9–2 | Frantisek Smetanka | Submission (Rear Naked Choke) | UWC 7: Redemption | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 0:44 |Essex, England, UK | |- | Win |align=center| 8–2 | Roman Webber | TKO (strikes) | Cage Rage 25 | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 0:48 |London, England, UK | |- | Win |align=center| 7–2 | Lee Hasdell | Submission (Rear Naked Choke) | Cage Rage 24 | |align=center| 2 |align=center| 1:34 |London, England, UK | |- | Loss |align=center| 6–2 | Marc Goddard | TKO | AM 13: Unlucky for Some | |align=center| 2 |align=center| 1:34 |England, UK | |- | Win |align=center| 6–1 | Sergei Matkine | Decision (unanimous) | Ultimate Warrior Challenge 4 | |align=center| 3 |align=center| 5:00 |England, UK | |- | Loss |align=center| 5–1 | Vitor Belfort | TKO (punches) | Cage Rage 21 | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 3:47 |London, England, UK | |- | Win |align=center| 5–0 | Keith Dace | TKO | Ultimate Warrior Challenge 3 | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 0:53 |England, UK | |- | Win |align=center| 4–0 | Riciardas Zlatkus | TKO (referee stoppage) | CWFC: Showdown 2 | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 0:45 |Sheffield, England, UK | |- | Win |align=center| 3–0 | Makik Mansin | Submission (Strikes) | Ultimate Warrior Challenge 2 | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 0:30 |Southend, England, UK | |- | Win |align=center| 2–0 | Darious Darious | TKO | Ultimate Warrior Challenge 1 | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 0:15 |Essex, England, UK | |- | Win |align=center| 1–0 | Alfredo Achilli | TKO | New Generation Tournament 1 | |align=center| 1 |align=center| 0:26 |Monza, Italy |

References

External links

Ivan Serati sherdog profile

Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Living people Category:Italian mixed martial artists Category:Light heavyweight mixed martial artists Category:Heavyweight mixed martial artists Category:People from Milan Category:People from Monza

name	Fedor Emelianenko
native name	Фёдор Емельяненко
native lang	Russian
birth name	Fedor Vladimirovich Emelianenko
birth date	September 28, 1976
birth place	Rubizhne, Luhansk, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
other names	The Last Emperor
nationality	Russian
height ft	6
height in	0
weight lb	223
weight class	Heavyweight (265 lb)
reach in	74
style	Sambo, Judo, Boxing,
stance	Orthodox
fighting out of	Stary Oskol, Belgorod, Russia
team	Red Devil Sport Club
trainer	Vladimir Voronov ''(Sambo and Judo)'' Alexander Michkov ''(Boxing)''
rank	International Master of Sports and Black Belt in Judo 1st Razryad Grand Master in Sambo
years active	2000–present (MMA)
mma win	31
mma kowin	8
mma subwin	16
mma decwin	7
mma loss	4
mma koloss	3
mma subloss	1
mma nc	1
spouse	Oksana (1999–2006) Marina (2009–present)
children	2
relatives	Alexander Emelianenko (brother) Ivan Emelianenko (brother)
url	http://efedor.ru/index_eng.shtml
sherdog	1500
updated	}}

}}

Fedor Vladimirovich Emelianenko) (born September 28, 1976) is a Russian heavyweight mixed martial artist. He has won numerous tournaments and accolades in multiple sports, most notably the Pride 2004 Grand Prix and the World Combat Sambo championship on four occasions, as well as medaling in the Russian national Judo championship.

He holds the distinction of having held five separate major championships, including the RINGS Open-Weight and Absolute Class Tournament winner, the Pride Fighting Championships World Heavyweight and Heavyweight Grand Prix Championships, and the World Alliance of Mixed Martial Arts Heavyweight Championship. He holds notable wins over many former champions such as Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira (twice), Mirko Filipovic, Andrei Arlovski, Tim Sylvia, Kevin Randleman, Mark Coleman (twice), Semmy Schilt and Renato Sobral.

Emelianenko has received widespread acclaim from several major publications, including ''Sports Illustrated'', ''USA Today'', and ''Sherdog.com''. Many analysts, as well as former and current fighters, consider Emelianenko to be the greatest mixed martial artist of all time. He remained undefeated for nearly a decade, during which time he was widely considered the best heavyweight fighter in mixed martial arts, but is now on a three-fight losing streak.

Biography

Emelianenko was born in 1976 in the city of Rubizhne, Luhansk in what was then the Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine). In 1978, when he was two, his family moved within the Soviet Union to Stary Oskol, Belgorod of the Russian SFSR. His mother, Olga Fedorovna, was a teacher and his father, Vladimir Alexandrovich Emelianenko, was a welder. Emelianenko is the second child in the family and has an older sister and two younger brothers, including professional mixed martial artist Alexander Emelianenko. Fedor trains with his youngest brother Ivan, who has competed in Combat Sambo, and plans to begin a career in MMA in 2010.

Emelianenko finished high school in 1991 and graduated with honors from a professional trade school in 1994. From 1995 until 1997, he served in the Russian Army as a military firefighter. In 1999, he married his wife Oksana, and their daughter Masha was born in the same year. They divorced in 2006. On December 29, 2007, his second daughter, Vasilisa, was born to his long time girlfriend Marina. Emelianenko and Marina married in October 2009. In his spare time, he likes to read, listen to music, and draw. He is a practicing Orthodox Christian and a parishioner at the church of St. Nicholas in Stary Oskol. His confessor is archpriest Andrei Zinoviev. His entrance theme song, ''oy, to ne vecher'', was performed at his request by archdeacon Andrey Zheleznyakov, solist at the Episcopal Choir of the Nizhny Novgorod Diocese.

Emelianenko had the honour of being one of 80 Russian sporting champions, cultural icons and national heroes to carry the Olympic torch in St. Petersburg in 2008.

Club affiliation

Emelianenko began his mixed martial arts as a member of Russian Top Team (RTT), training with the first generation of Russian RINGS competitors, such as Volk Han and Andrey Kopylov. After winning his Pride Heavyweight title, a rift grew between Emelianenko and the manager of RTT, Vladimir Evgenevich Pogodin. According to Emelianenko, Pogodin, who held the position of vice-president in the World Sambo Federation, attempted to control Emelianenko's career through threats and abuse of his position to deny "Master of Sport" ranks to Fedor and his brother Alexander. Emelianenko alleged he was deceived by Pogodin in financial disputes between Pogodin and Emelianenko. After his bout with Gary Goodridge, the Emelianenko brothers left Russian Top Team and began to train in St. Petersburg with the Red Devil Sport Club, which is managed by Vadim Finkelstein. To date, Finkelstein is still his manager. Emelianenko is a member of the VOS gym in Holland, where he trains with Johan Vos and Lucien Carbin. Emelianenko has trained with the likes of Ernesto Hoost, Tyrone Spong, and Denis Lebedev.

Mixed martial arts career

RINGS

Emelianenko made his MMA debut for the Japanese RINGS organization. RINGS had a different set of rules that did not allow head strikes on the ground (which later on would be recognized as one of Emelianenko's biggest strengths).

Here Emelianenko suffered his first loss in the sport, a very controversial one that came at the hands of Tsuyoshi Kohsaka at the King of Kings 2000 Block B event on December 22, 2000, via doctor stoppage due to a cut 17 seconds into the fight. Footage shows that the cut was caused by a missed looping punch where Kohsaka's elbow struck Emelianenko's head. Elbow strikes were illegal under RINGS rules unless the striker was wearing elbow pads, which Kohsaka was not. Emelianenko says that this elbow reopened a cut sustained in his previous fight against Ricardo Arona. Since the fight was in a tournament format, a winner and loser were required as draws or no-contests could not be awarded. Since Emelianenko could not advance due to his injury, Kohsaka moved on (the match would have been a no contest or disqualification victory for Emelianenko otherwise). Many MMA fans disregard that loss due to its illegal nature, and considered Emelianenko to be technically undefeated in MMA until he lost to Fabricio Werdum. The tournament was eventually won by Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira, who would later be Emelianenko's fiercest rival in MMA. Emelianenko would later avenge the first loss of his career when he rematched Kohsaka at Pride Bushido 6.

After defeating veteran Renato Sobral in an elimination bout, Emelianenko went on fight for the World Heavyweight Class Championship against Bobby Hoffman the same night. However, Hoffman refused to fight Emelianenko, claiming he sustained a injury to his shoulder during his previous match, and forfeited the final. A win was awarded to Emelianenko by default, and he was given the RINGS Heavyweight Class Championship.

On February 15, 2002, Emelianenko defeated Chris Haseman and won the RINGS Absolute Class Tournament, the last tournament ever held by RINGS.

Pride Fighting Championships

Entering the Pride Fighting Championships on the heels of winning the RINGS King of Kings 2002 tournament, Emelianenko debuted at Pride 21 on June 23, 2002 against the , Dutch fighter Semmy Schilt, whom he defeated by unanimous decision. His next opponent was heavyweight Heath Herring, in a contest to establish the number-one contender for the heavyweight title. Emelianenko, considered an underdog at the time, dominated Herring with ground and pound, winning by doctor stoppage after the first round. This victory against a perennial contender brought him into title contention.

Emelianenko was then signed to fight heavily favored Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira for Pride's Heavyweight Championship title at Pride 25 on March 16, 2003. Nogueira was coming off wins against Mark Coleman, Heath Herring and a shocking comeback victory against Bob Sapp, as well as his victory in the RINGS 2000 King of Kings Tournament, in which Emelianenko had participated. Nogueira was considered by many fans to be virtually unbeatable, due to his endurance and submission skills. Emelianenko rocked him early with punches, and Nogueira pulled guard. Emelianenko then survived Nogueira's guard, considered the most dangerous in MMA, and easily defended all of Nogueira's submission attempts, dominating him for 20 minutes with a brutal ground and pound. The judges rendered a unanimous decision, and Emelianenko became the second Pride Heavyweight Champion, a title he would never lose.

Three months later Emelianenko embarked on his title reign. His first match was against the former IWGP Heavyweight champion, amateur and professional wrestler Kazuyuki Fujita. A heavy favorite, Emelianenko was expected to make quick work of Fujita, but was caught by a right hook that stunned him. Badly hurt, he worked his way to a clinch, but was taken down. With Fujita unable to amount a significant offense Emelianenko was able to recover. Emelianenko worked his way up and knocked Fujita down with body kick and a punching combo. He then submitted Fujita at 4:17 in the first round with a rear naked choke. Emelianenko reminisced about it in February 2009, "Fujita is the only one who ever hit me right, and he hit hard!".

Next came a one-sided bout against heavy underdog Gary "Big Daddy" Goodridge at Total Elimination 2003. Emelianenko took down Goodridge after wobbling him with standing combinations, then finished him with a ground and pound technique in the first round by referee stoppage after delivering unanswered punches and kicks to the head. Emelianenko broke his hand in this fight, resulting in surgery. He has since reinjured this hand, leading to the postponement of several bouts. In 2011, Goodridge recalled his fight with Emelianenko; "Fedor hits so hard, I don't remember anything (from the fight). No one has his speed and power combo. He fought for 10 years at the top. He doesn't owe anything else to the sport."

His next fight against New Japan professional wrestler Yuji Nagata at Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2003 ended the same way, with Emelianenko first knocking Nagata to the ground twice with punches. Emelianenko fought at this event as opposed to Shockwave 2003 on the same day due to being offered a higher fight purse because of the great deal of competition between the Japanese television networks screening these events and K-1 Premium Dynamite!! on the same night. That move upset the managers of PRIDE, who set up an interim title match between Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Mirko Crocop Filipović, which ended with Nogueira pulling yet another comeback victory, scoring a second round armbar.

Pride Heavyweight Grand Prix 2004

Four months later, he returned to PRIDE, at Total Elimination 2004, where he met Pride 2000 Grand Prix winner and former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Heavyweight Champion Mark Coleman for the first time in the ring. After getting taken down, he pulled guard and submitted Coleman with an armbar at 2:11 of the first round to advance in the 2004 Heavyweight Grand Prix. That fight showed more of Emelianenko's versatility, as he not only had a good top game with his trademark ground and pound, but a dangerous bottom game from his guard, being able to submit legitimate opponents from his back.

A notable match with Coleman's protégé Kevin "The Monster" Randleman followed just two months later at the tournament's second round. Randleman, a two-time Division I NCAA Wrestling Champion for Ohio State University and a former UFC Heavyweight Champion, was coming off an upset win over Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipović, which he ended by knockout. Randleman quickly scored a takedown. As Emelianenko gave his back, Randleman delivered a German suplex, slamming him to the canvas headfirst, a move that would become one of the most replayed highlights in PRIDE's and MMA's history for years to come. Emelianenko, seemingly unfazed, rolled over Randleman a few seconds later, getting top position and forcing him to submit with a kimura armlock 1:33 into the first round.

On August 15, 2004, Emelianenko faced six-time All-Japan Judo Champion and Olympic Silver Medalist Naoya Ogawa in the semifinals of the 2004 Grand Prix. After making quick work of Ogawa, winning by armbar, he advanced to face Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira for the second time in his career. Nogueira had won a decision against Emelianenko's former teammate Sergei Kharitonov earlier that night. This match was not only to decide the winner of the 2004 Grand Prix, but to unify the heavyweight championship as Nogueira was awarded the interim title due to Emelianenko's inability to defend his championship in a timely manner in the previous year. The rematch with Nogueira was very competitive, but the fight was stopped prematurely due to a cut to Emelianenko's head from an accidental clash of heads while on the ground. A third meeting was thus scheduled for Shockwave 2004, which Emelianenko won. On the line was PRIDE's Heavyweight Championship, and PRIDE's 2004 Heavyweight Grand Prix title, as the final match of the tournament earlier that year was declared a no contest due to an accidental headbutt. Emelianenko this time chose not to engage Nogueira on the ground, in spite of having dominated him on the ground in their first match. He overpowered the Brazilian on the feet in the first round, beating him to the punch for the first nine minutes. Nogueira faced great difficulty, getting dropped with punches and tossed to the mat multiple times by Judo throws. He was not able to implement his game plan of putting Emelianenko on his back, save for the final 30 seconds of the first round. He was not able to pull guard for any considerable amount of time. During the second and third rounds, Emelianenko's takedown defense and counter-punching earned him a unanimous decision victory to retain the heavyweight championship.

Title defense against Mirko Filipović

The following year, Emelianenko signed to fight PRIDE's top heavyweight contender, and former K-1 star Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipović. This was a highly anticipated match. After Mirko had made a successful switch from K-1 to MMA, he quickly rose in the rankings with victories over Igor Vovchachyn, Kazuyuki Fujita, and a KO win over Emelianenko's younger brother, Alexander Emelianenko. He then made a public challenge to Emelianenko and the bout was supposed to take place in late 2003. After a contract dispute, Emelianenko temporarily left PRIDE to fight for Inoki's Boom Ba Ye promotion, on New Year's eve 2003. This prompted PRIDE to set up an Interim Heavyweight Title Match between Crocop and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira. After completely dominating the first round, Crocop was caught in an armbar early in the second round, thus making Nogueira the Interim champion, and number-one challenger for Emelianenko's belt. Mirko got further de-railed from title contention, when in the first round of PRIDE Heavyweight Grand Prix 2004, he was upset by Kevin Randleman, getting knocked out early by ground strikes following a vicious left hook.

Later that year, Mirko began his recovery by defeating Ron Waterman, winning his rematch with Kevin Randleman by submission, and scoring a dominant TKO victory over Mark Coleman in the first round. Those wins put Mirko Filipović again in the spot of number-one heavyweight contender, following Fedor's successful title defense against Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira on PRIDE's New Year's Eve show in 2004.

The match between Emelianenko and Mirko Filipović finally took place at PRIDE Final Conflict 2005. In the first round, Emelianenko was stunned and had his nose broken by two stiff jabs from Filipović. He got hit by body kicks that discolored his midsection. Emelianenko was then able to get the fight to the ground and land several body shots, which took a lot of gas out of Filipović. As the fight progressed, Emelianenko became more and more dominant, winning most of the stand up exchanges and scoring several takedowns. After 20 minutes, Emelianenko was awarded a unanimous decision victory.

Later PRIDE Years

Following his successful title defense against Mirko Filipović at PRIDE Final Conflict 2005, Emelianenko came back on New Year's eve, where he outclassed the 450-pound Brazilian Zuluzinho in a non-title bout. Emelianenko dropped Zulu with a right hook and finished with several ground strikes which forced him to tap out after only 26 seconds.

Although originally endangered due to Emelianenko's recurring hand injury, a plate inserted in his hand green-lighted a rematch with American Mark Coleman in Pride's American debut show, Pride 32. In a fight where Coleman was unable to mount any significant offense, Emelianenko blasted Coleman in the first round with punches, before securing an armbar at 1:15 in the second round. Emelianenko's last defense of his Pride Heavyweight title was against 2001 K-1 World Grand Prix champion Mark Hunt at Shockwave 2006. Josh Barnett was originally slated to fight Emelianenko for the Heavyweight title, but turned down the fight, claiming not to be in peak physical condition. With Filipović's departure to the UFC organization in late 2006, Mark Hunt became the number-one contender for the belt. Sporting a broken toe during the contest, Emelianenko nevertheless secured an armbar in the second minute of the first round, but Hunt was able to escape and counter by stepping over Emelianenko, ending in side control. At five minutes into the first round, Hunt made two attempts at an americana on Emelianenko's left arm but failed to complete them. Emelianenko got back to his feet, and after struggling to take the fight to the ground, he submitted Hunt with a kimura at 8:16 in the first round.

BodogFight

With a special clause in his Pride contract that allowed him to fight under the banner of any mixed martial arts organization as long as the event was held on Russian soil, Emelianenko accepted a match in BodogFight against Matt Lindland. The fight was held on April 14, 2007 at the "Clash of the Nations" event in St. Petersburg, Russia. Lindland moved up two weight classes (from middleweight to heavyweight) for the match and came in weighing 212.5 lb (96.5 kg) to Emelianenko's 230 lb (104.5 kg).

Early in the fight, Lindland opened a cut above Emelianenko's left eye and clinched with him, pushing him into the corner and working for a takedown. At this point, the referee warned Emelianenko against grabbing the ropes and Emelianenko corrected himself. After a few seconds of working in the clinch, Lindland attempted a bodylock takedown. When Lindland lifted Emelianenko from his feet, Emelianenko reversed the takedown, landing in Lindland's half guard. The fight then remained on the ground where Emelianenko won by submission via armbar at 2:58 of the first round.

M-1 Global

After the purchase of Pride Fighting Championships by Lorenzo and Frank Fertitta III and the expiration of Emelianenko's contract with Pride, there was speculation about the possibility of him fighting in the UFC, especially since a public falling out between Bodog's Calvin Ayre and Emelianenko's manager, Vadim Finkelstein. In a June 2007 interview with the ''Baltimore Sun'', Chuck Liddell suggested that Emelianenko was on his way to the UFC. Dana White has expressed interest in signing Emelianenko, but considers his management team to be the primary barrier left to the signing of a contract, whereas Finkelstein has cited difficult negotiations as the reason. A main point of contention between the two is Finkelstein's request for the UFC to work with his Russian M-1 promotion, extending contractual offers to other members of the Red Devil Sport Club, and permitting Emelianenko to compete in combat sambo tournaments. At UFC 76 however, UFC president Dana White stated that he expected Emelianenko to sign with the UFC in late 2007 or early 2008, after Emelianenko was to compete in a Sambo competition that White would not allow him to participate in if he were under a UFC contract. He revealed his intent to set up a unification bout with UFC heavyweight champion Randy Couture as his first UFC fight. Nevertheless, these negotiations broke down, as Emelianenko committed to a non-exclusive, two-year and six-fight deal with M-1 Global in October 2007.

Yarennoka

Monte Cox, the president and CEO of M-1 Global, confirmed Emelianenko would face South Korean kickboxer Hong-Man Choi in a New Year's Eve event, Yarennoka!, taking place in Japan and organized by former Pride staff with support from M-1 Global, FEG, and DEEP. A special rule was used for this fight to not allow any knee strikes on the ground. The fight was broadcast live in the United States on the HDNet cable network. Emelianenko defeated Choi in the opening round by submission via an armbar.

Dream

On February 13, 2008, Emelianenko attended a press conference held by Dream, a newly formed Japanese mixed martial arts promotion. His manager, Vadim Finkelstein, confirmed that the organization had a tightly knit alliance with M-1 Global and that Emelianenko would be fighting on the new organization's fight cards. M-1 Global CEO Vadim Finkelstein recently revealed of their plans to organize a fight for Fedor in co-operation with Dream, possibly on New Year's Eve in Japan.

Affliction

On July 19, 2008, at ''Affliction: Banned'', Emelianenko faced elite competition in former two-time UFC Heavyweight Champion Tim Sylvia, who at the time was widely regarded as a top-five heavyweight in mixed martial arts. Sylvia was coming off a title fight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, in which he fought against number-two ranked heavyweight Sylvia was ranked as the #4 heavyweight fighter in MMA by ''Sherdog.com'' prior to his fight with Emelianenko. Sylvia said in the post-fight press conference, Affliction commentator and senior Fox Sports writer Jay Glazer sung Fedor's praises after the fight; "You want to know why he's the greatest fighter on the planet today? That is why! Tim Sylvia is shaking his head in disbelief! That, folks, is the Michael Jordan, the Tiger Woods, the Rocky Marciano of our sport!"

UFC President Dana White, who had been relentless in his criticism of Emelianenko, admitted to being impressed with Emelianenko's performance against the ex-UFC champion Sylvia. When asked if the submission win changed his opinion on Fedor, White said; "It does. Tim Sylvia was a real opponent."

After the fight, UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture entered the ring and Emelianenko expressed his desire to fight Couture next. However, Couture's contract with the UFC prevented the fight from occurring outside of the organization.

On January 24, 2009, at ''Affliction: Day of Reckoning'', Emelianenko defended his WAMMA championship against former UFC Heavyweight Champion Andrei Arlovski, who, like Sylvia, was widely considered to be a top-5 heavyweight at the time of the fight. Arlovski was on a five fight win streak and was ranked as high as the #2 heavyweight fighter in MMA by Sherdog.com. Arlovski had some early success in the fight, landing punches and leg kicks. However, as Emelianenko was backed into the ropes, Arlovski attempted a flying knee and Emelianenko was able to counter with an overhand right which resulted in a brutal knockout of Arlovski at 3:14 of the first round. The knockout victory was awarded knockout of the year for 2009 by ''Sherdog''. With the win, Emelianenko defended his title and defeated his second straight top-5 heavyweight opponent.

Emelianenko met WAMMA lightweight champion Shinya Aoki during a five-minute "special exhibition" at an April 29 M-1 Challenge (presented by Affliction) event in Tokyo. Emelianenko made Aoki tap out from a Achilles lock just before the bell sounded to end the exhibition. In another special exhibition match, Emelianenko met Gegard Mousasi, a friend and teammate, during M-1 Global: Breakthrough, held in Kansas City on August 28. The two friends fought a competitive and friendly spirited exhibition with several Judo throws from both Emelianenko and Mousasi. Emelianenko finished the fight via armbar.

Emelianenko was scheduled to defend his WAMMA Heavyweight title against former UFC Heavyweight Champion Josh Barnett on August 1, 2009, at Affliction: Trilogy, but on July 22 Barnett was denied his license to compete by the California State Athletic Commission after testing positive for anabolic steroids. On July 23, 2009, Vitor Belfort – who was already on the card – was reported as a likely replacement, but the next day Affliction canceled the event citing limited time to find a suitable replacement and inadequate time to promote the fight.

Negotiations with the UFC

After the collapse of Affliction, UFC President Dana White ferociously tried to sign Emelianenko to an exclusive contract with the UFC several times. White said of Emelianenko; "He has become my obsession. I want it (him in the UFC) worse than the fans want it." Widely considered to be the best heavyweight MMA fighter at the time, Emelianenko would receive an immediate title shot against then current UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar, a fight which White deemed would be "huge". After reportedly offering Emelianenko a large contract worth just under 2 million US dollars per fight, with incentive to make much more based on pay per view buys for fights he headlines, negotiations fell apart after Emelianenko's management team demanded a co-promotion between the UFC and M-1 Global, terms which White deemed unacceptable.

Strikeforce

Following Affliction's collapse, Emelianenko signed a three-fight contract with Strikeforce. Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker confirmed that Emelianenko's debut would take place on November 7, broadcast nationally on CBS.

Emelianenko's first fight in Strikeforce was against the then-undefeated Brett Rogers in the main event of Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers on November 7, 2009. Rogers was coming off a knockout win over Andrei Arlovski and was ranked as the #6 heavyweight fighter in MMA by ''Sherdog.com'' at the time of the fight. In the fight, Emelianenko landed early in the first round, but he failed to secure a submission after two attempts. In the second round he knocked Rogers down with an overhand right, then punched him three more times on the mat to secure the victory via TKO at 1:48. This bout would mark the first time Emelianenko competed in a cage. With the win, Emelianenko defeated his third straight top-10 heavyweight opponent.

Emelianenko suffered his first loss in 10 years on June 26, 2010 against Fabricio Werdum. After knocking Werdum down only seconds into the first round, Emelianenko closed in, but Werdum secured a deep triangle and an armbar from his guard, and Fedor was forced to tap. The loss was considered a large upset; in the process, Werdum became the first MMA fighter to attain a non-controversial victory over Emelianenko. After the fight, Emelianenko said the following:

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Following their fight, Werdum praised Emelianenko, declaring him "the best in the world" and his idol. M-1 Global boss Vadim Finkelstein declared that a rematch against Fabricio Werdum was Fedor's main priority, eyeing a possible October–November date. However, it was later reported that Werdum would be out for the rest of 2010 while recovering from elbow surgery.

Emelianenko stated through a translator on ''The MMA Hour'' with Ariel Helwani that he considered retirement before the Werdum fight due to accumulating injuries and ageing.

Emelianenko had expressed interest in fighting Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion Alistair Overeem before the end of 2010. In January 2011, it was announced that Fedor had agreed to enter the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix, and would face Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva on February 12 in the first quarterfinal match. After a close first round, Silva took control in round 2. After passing to mount, he unleashed a barrage of ground-and-pound that ultimately caused Emelianenko's right eye to swell shut. Ringside doctors called a stop to the fight, stating that Emelianenko could not see and they would not allow him to continue.

After the fight, Emelianenko implied that he may retire. "Yes, maybe, it's the last time. Maybe it's high time. Thanks for everything. I spent a great beautiful long sport life. Maybe it's God's will."

At the post-fight press conference, Vadim Finkelstein stated that he didn't feel Fedor would retire yet. "I think Fedor was just really upset that he lost the fight... I don’t think it was a clear-cut loss. If it doesn’t get stopped by the doctor, we don’t know what would have happened in that third round. Because of that I think we will see Fedor return." Finkelstein added that he would honor whatever decision his fighter chose. Upon returning to Russia, Emelianenko stated that he planned to continue fighting.

Emelianenko faced Dan Henderson on July 30, 2011 at Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson. At the event, Emelianenko was defeated with a technical knockout stoppage. Henderson delivered a punch underneath Emelianenko's armpit which landed flush on Emelianenko's chin and knocked him face first into the mat. Emelianenko's body went limp prompting referee Herb Dean to immediately stop the fight. However, as Dean separated the fighters, Emelianenko rolled to his back to recover guard, stirring a debate among some fans as to whether the stoppage was premature. Emelianenko expressed that although he was hit, the strike did not land flush, and that he could have certainly continued. Dean defended his decision after reviewing the tape, saying, "The fight is over when he's unconscious. Because he comes back swiftly after I've already stepped in and stopped the fight, I can't restart the fight. Dan's still throwing punches, but once I've touched Dan, I've stopped the fight. If I was to do it again – if I see a fighter face down receiving shots, I'm going to step in and stop the fight. I can't predict how long he's going to be unconscious for." When asked about retirement, Emelianenko stated that it is not up to him, as he said, "It's God’s will.".

Following his third loss in a row, Emelianenko was reportedly released from Strikeforce. UFC president Dana White stated he was being released, “Yeah, he’s being cut.” However, Emelianenko disputed White's claims, saying; "That's Dana White's style to make comments. I didn't have a contract with Strikeforce. My current contract is with Showtime. So I think people shouldn't pay attention to these "loud" comments." According to M-1 Global Director of Operations Evgeni Kogan, Fedor was only under contract to Showtime and from there he fought under the Strikeforce banner, but was never under direct employ of Zuffa, and therefore was not "cut" by the organization. "Strikeforce is not the only MMA promotion on Showtime so there are a number of options for Fedor which will be looked at," Kogan told ''MMA Weekly''.

Championships and accomplishments

Fighting Network RINGS

RINGS Openweight Championship (1 Time, Last)

*2002 RINGS Absolute Class Tournament Winner

PRIDE Fighting Championships

*PRIDE World Heavyweight Championship (One time; Last)

*PRIDE 2004 Heavyweight Grand Prix Champion

World Alliance of Mixed Martial Arts

*WAMMA World Heavyweight Championship (One time; First; Last)

Black Belt Magazine

2004 NHB Fighter of the Year

Sherdog

2009 Knockout of the Year vs Andrei Arlovski

Wrestling Observer Newsletter

*2005 Most Outstanding Fighter

Mixed martial arts record

| Loss | style="text-align:center;"| 31–4 (1) | Dan Henderson | TKO (punches) | Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson | | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 4:12 | Hoffman Estates, Illinois, U.S. | |- | Loss | style="text-align:center;"| 31–3 (1) | Antonio Silva | TKO (doctor stoppage) | Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Silva | | style="text-align:center;"| 2 | style="text-align:center;"| 5:00 | East Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S. | Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix Quarterfinal |- | Loss | style="text-align:center;"| 31–2 (1) | Fabricio Werdum | Submission (triangle/armbar) | Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Werdum | | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 1:09 | San Jose, California, U.S. | |- | Win | style="text-align:center;"| 31–1 (1) | Brett Rogers | TKO (punches) | Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers | | style="text-align:center;"| 2 | style="text-align:center;"| 1:48 | Hoffman Estates, Illinois, U.S. | Defended WAMMA Heavyweight Championship |- | Win | style="text-align:center;"| 30–1 (1) | Andrei Arlovski | KO (punch) | Affliction: Day of Reckoning | | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 3:14 | Anaheim, California, U.S. | Defended WAMMA Heavyweight Championship |- | Win | style="text-align:center;"| 29–1 (1) | Tim Sylvia | Submission (rear naked choke) | Affliction: Banned | | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 0:36 | Anaheim, California, U.S. | Won inaugural WAMMA Heavyweight Championship |- | Win | style="text-align:center;"| 28–1 (1) | Hong-Man Choi | Submission (armbar) | Yarennoka! | | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 1:54 | Saitama, Saitama | |- | Win | style="text-align:center;"| 27–1 (1) | Matt Lindland | Submission (armbar) | BodogFIGHT: Clash of the Nations | | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 2:58 | St. Petersburg, Russia | |- | Win | style="text-align:center;"| 26–1 (1) | Mark Hunt | Submission (kimura) | Pride Shockwave 2006 | | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 8:16 | Saitama, Saitama | Defended Pride Heavyweight Championship |- | Win | style="text-align:center;"| 25–1 (1) | Mark Coleman | Submission (armbar) | Pride 32 | | style="text-align:center;"| 2 | style="text-align:center;"| 1:17 | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | |- | Win | style="text-align:center;"| 24–1 (1) | Wagner Martins | Submission (strikes) | Pride Shockwave 2005 | | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 0:26 | Saitama, Saitama | |- | Win | style="text-align:center;"| 23–1 (1) | Mirko Filipović | Decision (unanimous) | Pride Final Conflict 2005 | | style="text-align:center;"| 3 | style="text-align:center;"| 5:00 | Saitama, Saitama | Defended Pride Heavyweight Championship |- | Win | style="text-align:center;"| 22–1 (1) | Tsuyoshi Kohsaka | TKO (doctor stoppage) | Pride Bushido 6 | | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 10:00 | Yokohama, Kanagawa | |- | Win | style="text-align:center;"| 21–1 (1) | Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira | Decision (unanimous) | Pride Shockwave 2004 | | style="text-align:center;"| 3 | style="text-align:center;"| 5:00 | Saitama, Saitama | Unified Pride Interim Heavyweight Championship; Won 2004 Pride Heavyweight Grand Prix |- | No Contest | style="text-align:center;"| 20–1 (1) | Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira | NC (accidental headbutt) | Pride Final Conflict 2004 | | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 3:52 | Saitama, Saitama | Pride 2004 Heavyweight Grand Prix Final |- | Win | style="text-align:center;"| 20–1 | Naoya Ogawa | Submission (armbar) | Pride Final Conflict 2004 | | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 0:54 | Saitama, Saitama | Pride 2004 Heavyweight Grand Prix Semifinal |- | Win | style="text-align:center;"| 19–1 | Kevin Randleman | Submission (kimura) | Pride Critical Countdown 2004 | | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 1:33 | Saitama, Saitama | Pride 2004 Heavyweight Grand Prix Quarterfinal |- | Win | style="text-align:center;"| 18–1 | Mark Coleman | Submission (armbar) | Pride Total Elimination 2004 | | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 2:11 | Saitama, Saitama | Pride 2004 Heavyweight Grand Prix Opening Round |- | Win | style="text-align:center;"| 17–1 | Yuji Nagata | TKO (strikes) | Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2003 | | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 1:02 | Kobe, Hyōgo | |- | Win | style="text-align:center;"| 16–1 | Gary Goodridge | TKO (soccer kicks and punches) | Pride Total Elimination 2003 | | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 1:09 | Saitama, Saitama | |- | Win | style="text-align:center;"| 15–1 | Kazuyuki Fujita | Submission (rear naked choke) | Pride 26 | | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 4:17 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | style="text-align:center;"| 14–1 | Egidijus Valavicius | Submission (kimura) | Rings Bushido Rings 7: Adrenalinas | | style="text-align:center;"| 2 | style="text-align:center;"| 1:11 | Vilnius, Lithuania | |- | Win | style="text-align:center;"| 13–1 | Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira | Decision (unanimous) | Pride 25 | | style="text-align:center;"| 3 | style="text-align:center;"| 5:00 | Yokohama, Kanagawa | Won Pride Heavyweight Championship |- | Win | style="text-align:center;"| 12–1 | Heath Herring | TKO (doctor stoppage) | Pride 23 | | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 10:00 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | style="text-align:center;"| 11–1 | Semmy Schilt | Decision (unanimous) | Pride 21 | | style="text-align:center;"| 3 | style="text-align:center;"| 5:00 | Saitama, Saitama | |- | Win | style="text-align:center;"| 10–1 | Chris Haseman | TKO (strikes) | Rings: World Title Series Grand Final | | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 2:50 | Yokohama|Yokohama, Kanagawa | Rings Absolute Class Tournament Final; Won Rings Absolute Class Tournament |- | Win | style="text-align:center;"| 9–1 | Lee Hasdell | Submission (guillotine choke) | Rings: World Title Series 5 | | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 4:10 | Yokohama|Yokohama, Kanagawa | Rings Absolute Class Tournament Semifinal |- | Win | style="text-align:center;"| 8–1 | Ryushi Yanagisawa | Decision (unanimous) | Rings: World Title Series 4 | | style="text-align:center;"| 3 | style="text-align:center;"| 5:00 | Tokyo, Japan | Rings Absolute Class Tournament Quarterfinal |- | | style="text-align:center;"| | Bobby Hoffman | Forfeit | Rings: 10th Anniversary | | style="text-align:center;"| | style="text-align:center;"| | Tokyo, Japan | Rings Open-Weight Class Tournament Final, Won Rings Open-weight Championship |- | Win | style="text-align:center;"| 7–1 | Renato Sobral | Decision (unanimous) | Rings: 10th Anniversary | | style="text-align:center;"| 2 | style="text-align:center;"| 5:00 | Tokyo, Japan | Rings Open-Weight Class Tournament Semifinal |- | Win | style="text-align:center;"| 6–1 | Kerry Schall | Submission (armbar) | Rings: World Title Series 1 | | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 1:47 | Tokyo, Japan | Rings Open-Weight Class Tournament Quarterfinal |- | Win | style="text-align:center;"| 5–1 | Mihail Apostolov | Submission (rear naked choke) | Rings Russia: Russia vs. Bulgaria | | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 1:03 | Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast | |- | Loss | style="text-align:center;"| 4–1 | Tsuyoshi Kohsaka | TKO (doctor stoppage) | Rings: King of Kings 2000 Block B | | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 0:17 | Osaka, Kansai | Rings King of Kings 2000 Tournament 2nd Round; Inadvertent illegal elbow strike reopened existing cut. |- | Win | style="text-align:center;"| 4–0 | Ricardo Arona | Decision (unanimous) | Rings: King of Kings 2000 Block B | | style="text-align:center;"| 3 | style="text-align:center;"| 5:00 | Osaka|Osaka, Kansai | Rings King of Kings 2000 Tournament Opening Round |- | Win | style="text-align:center;"| 3–0 | Hiroya Takada | KO (punch) | Rings: Battle Genesis Vol. 6 | | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 0:12 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | style="text-align:center;"| 2–0 | Levon Lagvilava | Submission (rear naked choke) | Rings: Russia vs. Georgia | | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 7:24 | Tula, Tula Oblast | |- | Win | style="text-align:center;"| 1–0 | Martin Lazarov | Submission (guillotine choke) | Rings: Russia vs. Bulgaria | | style="text-align:center;"| 1 | style="text-align:center;"| 2:24 | Ekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast |

Championships and accomplishments

Mixed martial arts

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Status !! style="width:150px;"|Date !! style="width:225px;"|Championship !! style="width:100px;"|Weight !! style="width:200px;"|Location
				Anaheim, California
				Yokohama, Japan
		PRIDE World Grand Prix		Saitama, Japan
		RINGS Absolute Class Tournament		Yokohama, Japan
		RINGS Heavyweight Class Tournament		Tokyo, Japan

Judo

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Status !! style="width:150px;"|Date !! style="width:225px;"|Championship !! style="width:100px;"|Weight !! style="width:200px;"|Location
		Dutch Grand Prix		Rotterdam, Netherlands
		Russian National Championships		Kstovo, Russia
		Sofia Liberation A-Team		Sofia, Bulgaria
		Moscow International Tournament		Moscow, Russia
		Russian National Championships		Kstovo, Russia

Sambo

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Status !! style="width:75px;"|Date !! style="width:300px;"|Championship !! style="width:100px;"|Weight !! style="width:200px;"|Location
		Russian Combat Sambo Championships		Krasnokamsk, Russia
		Russian Combat Sambo Championships		Kstovo, Russia
		World Combat Sambo Championships		Prague, Czech Republic
		Russian Combat Sambo Championships		St. Petersburg, Russia
		World Combat Sambo Championships		Prague, Czech Republic
		Russian Combat Sambo Championships
		Russian Combat Sambo Championships		Buryat Republic, Russia
		World Combat Sambo Championships		Prague, Czech Republic
		World Combat Sambo Championships		Panama City, Panama
		World Combat Sambo Championships		Thessaloniki, Greece
		Russian Combat Sambo Championships		Moscow, Russia
		Russian Combat Sambo Championships		Orenburg, Russia
		Russian Armed Forces Combat Sambo Championships		Russia
		Russian Armed Forces Combat Sambo Championships		Russia
		Russian Combat Sambo Championships		Kaliningrad, Russia
		European Combat Sambo Championships
		Russian Combat Sambo Championships		St. Petersburg, Russia

See also

List of male mixed martial artists

List of Pride champions

References

External links

Fedor Emelianenko "The Last Emperor" Official Website: news, fights, videos, photos.

The Official Site of Fedor Emelianenko

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name	Hiroyuki Ito
nationality	Japanese
occupation	Producer, director and designer of video games at Square Enix. }}

, also credited with the spelling Hiroyuki Itou, is a Japanese game director and game designer. He currently works for Square Enix and is mostly known for his work on the role-playing video game series ''Final Fantasy''.

Career

Although a debugger for ''Final Fantasy I'' and ''Final Fantasy II'', his first credited role was for the sound effects in ''Final Fantasy III''. He later created the Active Time Battle (ATB) system for ''Final Fantasy IV''. The idea for the ATB system came while watching a Formula One race and seeing racers pass each other at different speeds, this gave him the idea of different speed values for the individual characters. He next worked on ''Final Fantasy V'', where he created the Ability Point (ABP) system and a new, fully customizable Job system. He also introduced the ATB bar that appears on the battle menu.

Hiroyuki Ito was the game designer of ''Final Fantasy VI'', where he was responsible for all the gameplay aspects such as the battle system and character growth system. He decided to change the acronym of the ABP system to AP system as he felt the acronym should only include the first letter of the words 'Ability Points' like the acronym ATB for 'Active Time Battle'. He was also responsible for the pacing and flow of the entire game and tried to strike a balance between the gameplay and event scenes so the game didn't feel too story-driven. He eventually became the director of the game when the original director Hironobu Sakaguchi stepped down due to being too busy with other commitments.

He next worked as an event planner on ''Chrono Trigger''. He was responsible for the animations of characters during event scenes and battle scenes and also responsible for the locations of enemies on the field map and how it would seamlessly transition into a battle when a player approached where the enemies were located. Due to battles taking place on the field map, he also had to create a short event scene before every battle started that would transition the gameplay from exploration to battle. His experience working on ''Chrono Trigger'' made him want to continue making games without random battles. His favorite character animation he made in ''Chrono Trigger'' is the battle victory animation of Crono. He made Crono break the fourth wall and give the player a thumbs up. He added this as he believed it would feel encouraging from the perspective of the player to see the game congratulating their victory. Hiroyuki Ito went on to be game designer and battle system main planner for ''Final Fantasy Tactics'' where he created the Charge Time Battle (CTB) system and further evolved the Job system he created for ''Final Fantasy V'' to have even more customization. Although he never worked on ''Final Fantasy VII'' due to him being busy with ''Final Fantasy Tactics'' during the time, his creations the ATB system and AP system were both used in the game.

Hiroyuki Ito made his return to the main ''Final Fantasy'' series with ''Final Fantasy VIII'', where he was initially the game designer and battle system designer. However, he was pulled out of the project by Hironobu Sakaguchi to be the director and game designer of ''Final Fantasy IX'', which was to be developed in Honolulu while ''Final Fantasy VIII'' was being developed in Tokyo. As a result, he was only the battle system designer of the game and his contributions were the battle system, Junction system and Triple Triad card game. He was not involved in the Draw system as he had left the project before that part of the game was conceived.

His work on ''Final Fantasy IX'' involved him being responsible for all the gameplay aspects such as the battle system and character growth system. Also, as with ''Final Fantasy VI'', he was responsible for the pacing and flow of the entire game and tried to strike a balance between the gameplay and event scenes so the game didn't feel too story-driven. In further pursuit of this goal, he created the Active Time Event (ATE) system as a means of making the event scenes more interactive and part of the gameplay experience. He introduced the Trance system as he felt the Limit systems of ''Final Fantasy VII'' and ''Final Fantasy VIII'' could be easily abused by the player. Trance was triggered automatically when the bar was full and therefore could be not be saved for another battle against a more powerful foe. It also could not be used as much as a player liked when a characters health was low. He made these changes as he wanted players to be victorious in battle by relying more on their skill and battle strategies rather than on a Limit system.

When development of ''Final Fantasy IX'' was finished, he returned to Tokyo and began work on ''Final Fantasy XII'' as both game designer and battle system director. He was also the director of the game, first with Yasumi Matsuno, and then with Hiroshi Minagawa when Yasumi Matsuno left the project due to sickness. The game contains his latest creations, which are the seamless Active Dimension Battle (ADB) system, AI customization Gambit system, and License Board. He served his first role as a game producer with ''Final Fantasy XII International Zodiac Job System''.

Reception

Hiroyuki Ito has directed the most critically acclaimed ''Final Fantasy'' games released as of present date, according to Metacritic. The three ''Final Fantasy'' games that Hiroyuki Ito has directed have the highest aggregate review scores out of all games in the series. ''Final Fantasy IX'', which Hiroyuki Ito directed by himself, is the most critically acclaimed ''Final Fantasy'' game ever made, according to the website. It is also the favorite ''Final Fantasy'' game of series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi and renowned series composer Nobuo Uematsu. ''Final Fantasy XII'' is the only game in the series to get a perfect score from ''Famitsu'' magazine. It is also the only game to make the highly regarded Japanese list, "New Japanese Styles Top 100" (Shin Nihon Yoshiki 100-sen), which is an elite list praising Japanese creativity and new innovations.

Game design philosophy

When directing a ''Final Fantasy'' game, Hiroyuki Ito avoids making it story-driven; he instead balances the story with an equal amount of RPG gameplay. After producing ''Final Fantasy XII International Zodiac Job System'', he expressed a desire to evolve the gameplay ideas he created for ''Final Fantasy XII'' and use them in various places.

Works

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The following credits belong to a different Hiroyuki Ito who was a former employee of Jupiter Corporation. He has now been working for Square Enix since September, 2008: ''Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories'' (2004, for Game Boy Advance) - Main programmer (Jupiter Corporation staff) ''The World Ends with You'' (2007, for Nintendo DS) - Planning director (Jupiter Corporation staff)

''Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days'' (2009, for Nintendo DS) - Lead planner: missions

''Kingdom Hearts Re:coded'' (2010, for Nintendo DS) - Co-director

References

External links

Square Enix official video interview with Hiroyuki Ito and Hiroshi Minagawa about ''Final Fantasy XII'' Famitsu text interview about ''Final Fantasy XII International Zodiac Job System''

Category:Japanese video game designers Category:Final Fantasy designers Category:Living people Category:Video game directors

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name	Achmed Labasanov
birth date	April 24, 1978
birth place	Dagestan ASSR, Russian SFSR, USSR
nationality	Russian
height
weight
weight class	Heavyweight
style	Sambo
team	Russian Top Team
mma win	7
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mma subwin	4
mma decwin	1
mma loss	5
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mma decloss	3
updated	}}

Achmed Labasanov (born April 24, 1978) is a Russian former mixed martial artist who competed in the heavyweight division and has fought the majority of his fights for RINGS and IAFC. He lost his last fight at PRIDE 21 - Demolition against Gary Goodridge on June 23, 2002.

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|- |Loss |align='center'|7-5 | Gary Goodridge |Decision (split) |PRIDE 21 | |align='center'|3 |align='center'|5:00 |Saitama, Japan | |- |Win |align='center'|7-4 | Mindaugas Kulikauskas |Decision |Rings Lithuania - Bushido Rings 3 | |align='center'|2 |align='center'|5:00 |Lithuania | |- |Loss |align='center'|6-4 | Andrey Juravkov |Decision |BARS - BARS | |align='center'|3 |align='center'| |Moscow, Russia | |- |Win |align='center'|6-3 | Stanislav Nuschik |TKO |BARS - Moscow vs St. Petersburg | |align='center'|2 |align='center'| |Moscow, Russia | |- |Loss |align='center'|5-3 | Islam Dadalov |Decision |IAFC - Pankration Russian Championship 2001 | |align='center'|N/A |align='center'| |Yaroslavl, Russia | |- |Loss |align='center'|5-2 | Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira |Submission (armbar) |Rings - King of Kings 2000 Block A | |align='center'|1 |align='center'|1:38 |Tokyo, Japan | |- |Win |align='center'|5-1 || Vepcho Bardanashvili |Submission (achilles lock) |Rings - Russia vs Georgia | |align='center'|1 |align='center'|1:28 |Ekaterinburg, Russia | |- |Win |align='center'|4-1 | Valentijn Overeem |Submission (achilles lock) |Rings Russia - Rings Russia | |align='center'|1 |align='center'|3:50 |Ekaterinburg, Russia | |- |Win |align='center'|3-1 | Vyacheslav Kiselyov |Submission (armbar) |IAFC - Pankration World Championship 2000 [Day 1] | |align='center'|1 |align='center'| |Moscow, Russia | |- |Loss |align='center'|2-1 | Lee Hasdell |TKO (kick) |Rings - King of Kings Tournament 1999 | |align='center'|2 |align='center'|3:33 |Tokyo, Japan | |- |Win |align='center'|2-0 | Zabir Elbiev |TKO (cut) |IAFC - Pankration Russian Championship 1999 | |align='center'|1 |align='center'| |Russia | |- |Win |align='center'|1-0 |Denis Shibankov |Submission (strikes) |IAFC - Pankration European Championship 1998 | |align='center'|1 |align='center'|4:21 |Moscow, Russia | |-

External links

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