Issue 075

May 2011

Contemplative and quiet, ‘The Last Emperor’ Fedor Emelianenko waits out the final minutes of his reign prior to taking on Antonio ‘Bigfoot’ Silva in February. If the Russian tapping to Fabricio Werdum’s triangle back in June wasn’t enough to unseat him as MMA’s greatest fighter, his stoppage loss following a Bigfoot pummeling certainly is. The heavyweight has pledged he won’t retire, but, regardless, his aura of invincibility has evaporated.

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