Last stand of the Last Emperor: Fedor Emelianenko bids for one final, improbable title

Six years ago, Fedor Emelianenko was done, retiring after most of us knew it was time. After a career that had spanned a dozen years of greatness, that had seen him run through the largest and scariest men in mixed martial arts, often with barely a speck of trouble, Emelianenko was suddenly compromised, human, fallible. Time happens. He lost three fights in a row, then went on a three-fight victory tour of recognizable but past-their-prime opponents, then faded off into retirement.
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