Fedor Emelianenko trains for MMA by beating up bears, chopping down trees and swimming in an ice cold lake and he's the best fighter the world has ever seen.
Why does everyone seem to think Fedor is so great? In my opinion, until he fights someone good he is an unknown quantity. I would bet he will be another in the long line of Pride fighters "who are the best ever" who turn out to me average at best. Its like everyone claiming some guy playing AHL hockey is better than Gretzky but he refuses to play for the NHL.
Are you kidding me? He's done nothing but fight the best of the best and utterly destroy them. Just look at the list of guys he's beaten.
Antonio Rodrigo Noegueira - The undisputed top HW in the world until Fedor came along. He beat the dog piss out of Big Nog three times and would have done it a fourth time if not for an accidental headbutt making the fight a no-contest.
Mirko Filipovic - He faced down the second best striker the sport of MMA has ever seen and outstruck him for a lopsided decision. This was done back when Mirko was a top three HW in the world.
Andrei Arlovski - Top 10 HW and former UFC HW champion and Fedor knocked him out in under a round.
Tim Sylvia - Former UFC HW champ and top 5 HW and Fedor choked him out in under a minute.
Kazuyuki Fujita - A top 5 HW when Fedor choked him out.
Mark Coleman - Formerly the best HW fighter in the world, and Fedor beat the crap out of him twice.
Kevin Randleman - Former top 10 HW and UFC HW champ and Fedor submitted him in two minutes.
Tsuyoshi Kohsaka - Former top 10 HW and Fedor beat him so bad that the doctor stopped the fight in between rounds.
Heath Herring - He was top 10 when he faced Fedor and Fedor destroyed him.
Semmy Schilt - King of Pancrase, the best HW striker in the history of K-1 and a former top 10 HW and Fedor obliterated him.
Mark Hunt - Former K-1 champion with a chin of granite and Fedor beat the crap out of him.
He's even faced and beaten three top fighters from lower weight classes who moved up in weight just to face him - Matt Lindland, Ricardo Arona and Renato Sobral
Fedor has faced the best strikers the sport has to offer, the best wrestlers, the best BJJ players and the best all around and he has beaten them all, there is no doubt that he is the best the sport has ever seen.
Trust me when I tell you this Cee-Lo, you are dead wrong about Fedor. He has proven himself time and again as the best pound for pound fighter in the world, the best HW the sport has ever seen and the greatest fighter in the history of the sport. You ask any trainer within the sport, you ask any fighter, you ask anyone involved with the sport and they will tell you that he is the greatest the sport has ever seen. Please don't fall into the non-UFC view, he is that great.