Publish date: 2023-12-02
Emelianenko and Marina married in October 2009. On 29 December 2007, his second daughter, Vasilisa, was born to his long-time girlfriend Marina.
In his spare time, he likes to read, listen to music, and draw. in July 2011 their second daughter Elizaveta was born. He is a practising Orthodox Christian and a parishioner at the church of St. Nicholas in Stary Oskol.
After seven years together, Fedor and Marina had a divorce in 2013. He remarried his first wife, Oksana, a year later.
Fedor Vladimirovich Emelianenko is a Russian heavyweight mixed martial artist (MMA), sambist, and judoka, currently competing for Rizin Fighting Federation and Bellator MMA.
He has won championships and accolades in multiple sports, most notably in MMA Pride Fighting Championships (heavyweight champion 2003-2007), FIAS World Combat Sambo Championship (Heavyweight Champion 2002, 2005, 2007), and Russian Judo Federation National Championship (Bronze medal 1998, 1999).
Emelianenko has earned numerous MMA accolades. Sports Illustrated, among other publications, named him the top MMA fighter of the 2000s.
Emelianenko is currently a staff member of Russia’s Presidential Council on Physical Fitness & Sports.
On 14 July 2015, after a three-year hiatus from mixed martial arts, Emelianenko announced that he was returning to active competition. As of May 10, 2022, he is #3 in the Bellator Heavyweight Rankings.
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