Fedor Emelianenko bypassed the UFC yet again. | Photo: Dave Mandel/Sherdog.com
From a pure athletic perspective, Fedor Emelianenko is like the Pee Wee Kirkland of mixed martial arts.
He is a streetball legend that never had the opportunity to prove his greatness on the NBA hardwood. When you find him in retirement several years after his career is over, languishing on some random corner of the earth living the above-average man’s life, he’s surrounded by childhood friends who spin tales about how he would have dropped 70 points on Michael Jordan on any given night.