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"The Grim Reaper"

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Aleksander Emelianenko

Aleksander "The Grim Reaper" Emelianenko
  • Given Name: Александр Емельяненко, Aleksandr Emelianenko
  • Professional MMA Record: 21-6-0 (Win-Loss-Draw)
  • Nickname: The Grim Reaper
  • Current Streak: 1 Loss
  • Age: 31 | Date of Birth: 1981.08.02
  • Last Fight: November 15, 2012 in M-1
  • Weight Class: Heavyweight | Last Weigh-In: 256.0 lbs
  • Career Disclosed Earnings: $0 USD
  • Height: 6'6" (199cm) | Reach: N/A
  • Gym/Affiliation: AE Team
  • Born: Stary Oskol, Russia
  • Fighter Pages: Sherdog  |  Wikipedia  |  The UG
  • Fighting out of: Saint Petersburg, Russia
  • Personal Pages: MySpace

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Often overshadowed by his older brother, the legendary Fedor Emelianenko, Aleksander Emelianenko has nevertheless established himself as a top notch MMA heavyweight capable of beating the best in the world. A gold medalist at the 2006 Sambo World Championships, Emelianenko made his professional MMA debut in 2003, and soon found himself in top tier battles with the likes of Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic, Josh Barnett, and Fabricio Werdum during an auspicious run in Pride Fighting Championships. Since his last fight for Pride FC against Sergei Kharitonov in 2006, Emelianenko has transitioned to fighting in various regional Russian promotions, most notably M-1 Challenge, and still maintains an active fight schedule.


Emelianenko is instantly recognizable in the ring for the enormous symbolic tattoos criss-crossing his body, including the large Grim Reaper on his back from which his nickname derives. Some of the tattoos symbolize time he spent in Russian prison for robbery, while others represent his redemption in the eyes of God.

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Aleksander Emelianenko MMA Fight Record

Professional Results Opponent Event Date
Confirmed Upcoming Bout Bob Sapp
Legend: Emelianenko vs. Sapp
Main Event | Heavyweight | 265 lbs
2013.05.25
Loss | Submission | Choke
3:17 Round 2 of 3, 8:17 Total
Jeff Monson
M-1 Challenge 35: Emelianenko vs. Monson
Main Event | Heavyweight | 265 lbs
2012.11.15
Win | Decision | Unanimous
3 Rounds, 15:00 Total
Konstantin Gluhov
M-1 Challenge 34: Emelianenko vs. Gluhov
Main Event | Heavyweight | 265 lbs
2012.09.30
Win | KO/TKO | Injury Ibragim Magomedov M-1 Challenge 33 2012.06.06
Win | KO/TKO | Punches
1:52 Round 2 of 3, 6:52 Total
Tadas Rimkevicius
M-1 Challenge 31
Main Event | Heavyweight | 265 lbs
2012.03.16
Weigh-In: 255.957 lbs
Win | Submission | Shoulder Tolegen Akylbekov Bushido Lithuania 2011.12.21
Loss | KO/TKO | Punches
0:23 Round 1 of 3
Magomed Malikov
M-1 Challenge 28: Emelianenko vs Malikov
Main Event | Heavyweight | 265 lbs
2011.11.12
Weigh-In: 249.563 lbs
Loss | KO/TKO | Kicks Peter Graham Draka 2010.12.18
Win | KO/TKO | Punches Miodrag Petkovic APF 2010.05.22
Win | KO/TKO | Punch Eddy Bengtsson ProFC 2010.04.23
Win | KO/TKO | Punches Ibragim Magomedov ProFC 2009.03.29
Win | KO/TKO | Punches Sang Soo Lee M-1 Global 2008.11.21
Win | KO/TKO | Punches Silvao Santos M-1 Global 2008.04.03
Win | Submission | Choke Dan Bobish HCF 2007.10.19
Win | Submission | Shoulder Jessie Gibbs M-1 Global 2007.07.21
Win | KO/TKO | Punch Eric Pele Bodog Fight 2007.04.14
Loss | Submission | Choke Fabricio Werdum
2H2H - Pride & Honor 2006.11.12
Win | KO/TKO | Punches
6:45 Round 1 of 3
Sergei Kharitonov
Ref: Daisuke Noguchi
Pride Final Conflict Absolute
Main Card | Heavyweight
2006.09.10
Weigh-In: 259.6 lbs
Loss | Submission | Armlock
1:57 Round 2 of 2, 11:57 Total
Josh Barnett
Ref: Daisuke Noguchi
Pride Total Elimination Absolute
Main Card | Tournament Round of 16
2006.05.05
Odds: -115 Near Even | Weigh-In: 253.0 lbs
Win | Submission | Choke
8:45 Round 1 of 3
Pawel Nastula
Ref: Moritaka Oshiro
Pride Shockwave 2005
Main Card | Heavyweight
2005.12.31
Odds: -820 Huge Favorite
Win | KO/TKO | Strikes Rene Rooze Bushido Europe 2005.10.09
Win | KO/TKO | Punches
0:15 Round 1 of 2
Ricardo Morais
Ref: Minoru Toyonaga
Pride Bushido 6
Main Card | Heavyweight
2005.04.03
Weigh-In: 253.5 lbs
Win | KO/TKO | Punch
0:11 Round 1 of 3
James Thompson
Ref: Minoru Toyonaga
Pride 28: High Octane
Main Card | Heavyweight
2004.10.31
Weigh-In: 264.0 lbs
Win | Decision | Unanimous Carlos Barreto M-1 Global 2004.10.09
Loss | KO/TKO | Strikes
2:09 Round 1 of 3
Mirko Filipovic
Ref: Daisuke Noguchi
Pride Final Conflict 2004
Main Card | Heavyweight
2004.08.15
#80 Greatest Knockout of All Time
#23 Greatest Heavyweight MMA Fight of All Time
Win | Submission | Choke
3:16 Round 1 of 2
Matt Foki
Pride Bushido 3
Main Card | Heavyweight
2004.05.23
Win | KO/TKO | Injury Angelo Araujo Inoki Genome Federation 2003.12.31
Win | Decision | Split
2 Rounds, 15:00 Total
Assuerio Silva
Pride Bushido 1
Main Card | Heavyweight
2003.10.05

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  • Cage Potato

    In its own beautiful, twisted way, Aleksander Emelianenko vs. Bob Sapp represents a meeting of two MMA titans years in the making. In one corner, you have one of the most notorious (yet somehow, hilariously cursed) can crushers in MMA history. In the other, you have perhaps the most notorious can of all time, a man so pathetic, so feeble, so shameless, that he has openly admitted to folding at ...

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  • Middle Easy

    Whatever you're thinking about at this exact moment, Aleksander Emelianenko has already done -- and he did it with his bear hands. No, not bare hands. Bear hands that he obtained after a Grizzly lost an unfortunate bet. Aleksander Emelianenko speaks to mother nature, but only to tell her to shut up when he's trying to sleep at night. Any other outcome would involve another set of bear hands to ...

  • Middle Easy

    Back in 2011 for our simulated Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand-Prix on EA Sports MMA for MiddleEasy, Bob Sapp manged to cleanly knockout Jeff Monson in the first round and TKO Werdum in seconds in order to advance to the grand-prix finals against Fedor Emelianenko. Unfortunately for Sapp, he became another victim of overhand-right brilliance and was knocked out in the first round by The Last...

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