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In his second shortest fight, Emelianenko defeated Brazilian Ricardo Morais by KO (punches) in fifteen seconds on 3 April 2005 ( ) at Pride Bushido 6. Returning to Pride, on 31 October 2004 ( ) at Pride 28 Emelianenko knocked out English brawler James Thompson in eleven seconds, Emelianenko's shortest fight to date. On 9 October 2004 ( ), Emelianenko rebounded with a victory over Brazilian Carlos "Carlão" Barreto by decision at M-1 MFC Middleweight GP, the first time that Emelianenko fought outside Japan.
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In his fourth professional fight, Emelianenko was defeated in the first round via KO (head kick) by Croat Mirko Cro Cop, one of the top heavyweight contenders in MMA at the time, at Pride Final Conflict 2004 on 15 August 2004 ( ). Īt PRIDE Bushido 3 on 23 May 2004 ( ), Emelianenko defeated Australian Matt Foki via rear naked choke in the first round. In his next fight on 31 December 2003 ( ), Emelianenko fought against Brazilian fighter Angelo Araujo at Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2003 Inoki Festival, defeating Araujo by TKO after Emelianenko cut Araujo above the right eye and the doctor stopped the fight. One of the youngest fighters to debut in Pride Fighting Championships at 22 years old, on 5 October 2003 ( ) at the event Pride Bushido 1, Emelianenko made his professional mixed martial arts (MMA) debut against Brazilian Assuerio Silva, defeating Silva by split decision. Įmelianenko has famously said of his fighting prowess, "My punches are like electric trains, if I miss, my opponent would catch a cold." Mixed martial arts career The Pride years Įmelianenko participated in sambo at Sportaccord Combat Games 2010 in Beijing, where he won the silver medal in the +100 kg category.
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In 2010, during 19–22 February, Emelianenko took part in the Russian Cup of Combat Sambo representing Saint Petersburg, winning the heavyweight tournament (his brother Fedor injured his hand during the tournament) and earning the right to represent Russia at the World Championships. In 2003 he won the World Combat Sambo championships and repeated this feat in 20. In 1999, Emelianenko won the European Sambo championships. Īlso at 16 years old, Emelianenko became a Russian Master of Sport in judo.
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At 16 years old, when he was in training school, his mother forbade him from training boxing but Emelianenko kept doing it in secret. īesides Sambo, Emelianenko practiced judo, wrestling and boxing and he also participated in other sports like basketball and football. He started his formal Sambo training when he joined elementary school, training with Vladimir Mihailovich Voronov. At first, Emelianenko only observed the older kids, but soon he started mimicking their movements. Martial arts training Įmelianenko started martial arts training at a very early age: his older brother, Fedor, often had to babysit him, and since Fedor did not want to miss his Sambo practice, he took young Alexander with him. When he was a teenager, while his brother Fedor was in the Russian Army, his parents separated and, since then, Emelianenko has had a strained relationship with his father, with whom he rarely speaks. Initially studying to become an electrician at the vocational school, Emelianenko finished his studies in 1999 as an electric welder after he was transferred several times to other technical specialties for bad behavior. Since his family did not have enough money, his mother used to prepare only a single meal for the entire week for Emelianenko and his brothers and he had to share clothing with his older brother. During his early teens, he used to take part in street fights while his parents were working, going so far as being involved in a riot between neighborhoods. In his childhood, since his parents were working during the day, Aleksander spent a lot of time on the rough streets. He is the third child in the family and has an older sister, Marina, an older brother, Fedor, and a younger brother, Ivan. Aleksander was born on ( )2 August 1981 in Stary Oskol, Soviet Union, into the family of a teacher, Olga Feodorovna Emelianenko, and a welder, Vladimir Alexanderovich Emelianenko.