Fedor Emelianenko, the Russian who's widely regarded as the best heavyweight in mixed martial arts, lived up to his reputation tonight with a victory over Tim Sylvia at the Affliction: Banned show in Anaheim.Emelianenko took just 36 seconds to knock Sylvia down with a series of powerful strikes, take his back and force him to tap out with a rear-naked choke. Fedor absolutely destroyed the much bigger Sylvia -- it was a dominant performance.
The Affliction show was hyped as the best heavyweight card in the history of mixed martial arts, and it had some big knockouts, including Josh Barnett stopping Pedro Rizzo with a brutal left hook, and Andrei Arlovski knocking out Ben Rothwell with a powerful combination.
Other results on the Affliction card: Renato "Babalu" Sobral beat Mike Whitehead, Matt Lindland beat Fabio Nascimento, Paul Buentello beat Gary Goodridge, Vitor Belfort beat Terry Martin and Antonio Rogerio Nogueria beat Edwin DeWees.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
7-20-2008 @ 1:01AM
enrico said...
Those rear naked chokes are a bitch.
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7-20-2008 @ 1:24AM
blutoblutarsky said...
WHEN WILL PEOPLE EVER LEARN THAT FEDOR IS THE BEST!!!THERE IS NO ONE LIKE HIM!!! THE BEST MMA FIGHTER IN THE HISTORY OF THE SPORT!!!TIM SYLVIA IS A GIANT.I SAW HIM AT THE ARNOLD CLASSIC.AND HE ALMOST BEAT RANDY COUTURE ALSO!!!!BUT FEDOR DESTROYED HIM LIKE HE WAS A CHILD.message to the egomaniacal control freak and DANA WHITE.I HAD TO BITE MY TONGUE HERE.I HAD TO EDIT THIS POST.GET IT THRU YOUR THICK BALD SKULL SIR ...FEDOR IS THE B-E-S-T MMA FIGHTER EVER EVER EVER !!!FEDOR RULES!!!!!
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7-20-2008 @ 2:11AM
travis said...
afterthis massacre of sylvia i believe fedor has the right to be called the best pound for pound fighter in the world even over anderson silva.
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7-20-2008 @ 2:25AM
billy said...
ANDERSON SILVA IS A TREMENDOUS FIGHTER AND A SUPERB TALENT.HES IN FEDORS LEAGUE NO DOUBT AND GREAT FOR MMA.WHEN WILL HE LEAVE DOPEY DANA WHITE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE HAS IS THE 64 ???
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7-20-2008 @ 9:12AM
james kotis said...
give it up silva u stink
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7-20-2008 @ 10:14AM
Darth-Rhom said...
I still give anderson the best pound for pound. His division is just tougher.
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7-20-2008 @ 12:22PM
Patrick said...
To me, Silva doesn't even compare to Fedor.....I think silva and vera too are very overrated!
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7-23-2008 @ 10:09AM
Joe, NJ said...
We all knew what the outcome would be, but 36 seconds!
I would like to see Fedor fight Arlofski next a much better test.
As for Anderson Silva, I honestly think he would beat Roy Jones, Jr. in a regular boxing bout, quite possibly by KO.
He's that good.
Last, Frankie Edgar from Toms River, NJ is the real deal.
I have run into Edgar at the "QuickCheck" in Hamilton twice during his workouts at Alemeida's dojo down the street.
About the only thing, if any, that Frankie might improve on are his boxing skills. His stand up is very good, a little refinement in boxing techinques assures that his the next World Champ.
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7-28-2008 @ 10:25AM
mike r. said...
Sylvia is big but is far from a great fighter. not even good really. all size
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