By The Numbers: Fedor Emelianenko

When Fedor Emelianenko walks the walk for the last time, it will close out one of the most remarkable chapters in mixed martial arts history.

Emelianenko plans to retire after he challenges Ryan Bader for the Bellator MMA heavyweight championship in the Bellator 290 headliner on Saturday at The Forum in Inglewood, California. Bader needed just 35 seconds to take out “The Last Emperor” with punches in their first encounter at Bellator 214 four-plus years ago. Emelianenko enters the rematch on the strength of back-to-back victories. He last appeared at Bellator 269, where he cut down Timothy Johnson with punches in the first round of their pairing on Oct. 23, 2021.

As the incomparable Emelianenko makes final preparations for his forthcoming battle with Bader, a look at some of the numbers that have accompanied him to this point:

46: Years of age for Emelianenko, who was born on Sept. 28, 1976 in Rubizhne, Ukraine. Situated 200 miles south of where he now resides in Stary Oskol, Russia, it was part of the Soviet Union at the time.

12: Organizations for which Emelianenko has plied his mixed martial arts trade. He has gone 14-0 with one no contest in Pride Fighting Championships, 11-1 in Rings, 4-2 in Bellator, 1-3 in Strikeforce, 2-0 in Affliction, 2-0 in M-1 Global, 1-0 in the Inoki Genome Federation, 1-0 in Bodog Fight, 1-0 in Yarennoka, 1-0 in Dream, 1-0 in the Rizin Fighting Federation and 1-0 in Fight Nights Global.

15: Emelianenko wins by submission, accounting for 38% of his career total (40). His methods of choice: six armbars, four rear-naked chokes, four kimuras and one guillotine choke. Emelianenko holds 16 other wins by knockout or technical knockout (40%) and nine others by decision (22%).

3: Different decades in which Emelianenko has recorded at least one victory. In addition to his 1-0 mark in the 2020s, he went 31-1 with one no contest in the 2000s and 8-5 in the 2010s.

3,473: Days between defeats for Emelianenko during his unprecedented stretch of dominance. He suffered a controversial technical knockout loss to Tsuyoshi Kosaka at a Rings event on Dec. 22, 2000 and did not lose again until he submitted to a triangle choke from Fabricio Werdum at a Strikeforce show on June 26, 2010.

31: Rounds completed by Emelianenko as a professional mixed martial artist. He has gone the distance on nine different occasions and carries a perfect 9-0 record in those bouts.

133: Significant strikes by which Emelianenko outlanded Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira across their three meetings in Pride. “The Last Emperor” connected with 158 such strikes against Nogueira while absorbing only 25 in return, as he finished his head-to-head series against the Brazilian legend 2-0 with one no contest.

5: Sub-minute finishes on the Emelianenko resume. He punched out Hiroya Takada in 12 seconds at Rings “Battle Genesis Vol. 6” on Sept. 5, 2000, put away Naoya Ogawa with an armbar in 54 seconds at Pride “Final Conflict 2004” on Aug. 15, 2004, struck Wagner da Conceicao Martins into submission in 26 seconds at Pride “Shockwave 2005” on Dec. 31, 2005, dispatched Tim Sylvia with a rear-naked choke in 36 seconds at Affliction “Banned” on July 19, 2008 and wiped out Frank Mir with punches in 48 seconds at Bellator 198 on April 28, 2018.

8: Emelianenko appearances against current or former undisputed Ultimate Fighting Championship titleholders, losing only to Werdum. He defeated Sylvia, Mir, Mark Coleman (twice), Quinton Jackson, Andrei Arlovski, Tim Sylvia and Kevin Randleman.

146: Combined victories between the six men—Bader, Werdum, Kosaka, Matt Mitrione, Dan Henderson and Antonio Silva—who have beaten Emelianenko. They boast a .658 cumulative winning percentage at 146-75-4.