The fights of Fedor Emelianenko in Pride, Strikeforce, Bellator, Fight Nights or M-1 are real blockbusters in the history of mixed martial arts, known all over the world and have become real classics. But at the same time, many viewers overlook the formation of the young Fedor, which took place at the Rings tournaments in Japan, where he gained experience and improved his style, which in a couple of years would make him the most dominant fighter on the planet.
One of these fights was the semi-final fight of the Rings World Title Series Grand Prix at the end of 2001. In the ¼ finals, Emelianenko defeated the powerful Japanese Ryushi Yanagisawa by unanimous decision and was supposed to meet with the English fighter Lee Hasdell in the semifinals.
Hasdell was a big heavyweight with good all-around technique. He was a multiple champion of England in kickboxing, had a black belt in karate, in which he will get right up to 7th dan and managed to fight in a large number of tournaments around the world. All his victories were won ahead of schedule and in the quarterfinals he knocked out the Bulgarian Georgy Tonkov and was going to apply his striking skills to the young Russian heavyweight.
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18 ноя 2022
