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The man who is widely considered one of the greatest -- if not the greatest -- mixed martial artists in the history of the sport was inching closer to finally making his Ultimate Fighting Championship debut. Then Fedor Emelianenko once again turned into a mere mortal, this time on UFC Fight Pass, as he barely squeaked by Fabio Maldonado to take a controversial majority decision in the Eurasia Fight Nights 50 headliner on Friday in St.