Friday, October 18, 2013

The day I met the last Emperor



Mixed Martial Arts Royalty recently breeze into Dubai, and I feel very blessed to have the unique opportunity to go along to the Russian Consulate to meet Fedor Emelianenko, considered by many analysts, fighters, and experts to be the greatest mixed martial artist of all time.

When you take into consideration that he remained undefeated for almost a decade, It is hard to make a case against him.

When you take a closer look at his record he beat the best of the best including notable wins over 5 former UFC champions and 5 former K-1 champions.

Fedor was in Dubai to give a very rare seminar at Glory MMA Fitness and shared some great knowledge, like how to turn disadvantage into advantage if you pay attention to your opponent's center of gravity at all times, easy now to see how he was able to manhandle the top heavyweights in the world.

Emelianenko’s visit is a huge boost to the ever-growing MMA scene in the region, and I would like to say a massive "THANK YOU" to Tam Khan, who is not only the owner and head coach of Glory MMA Centre, but also has to be credited as the true pioneer for Mixed Martail Arts in the region.