Quick, name someone who Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin both know and venerate. Give up? Try Fedor Emelianenko, a 230-pound, Ukrainian-born MMA fighter, widely described as the best MMA scrapper of all time–
and one of the scariest, battle-scarred combat veterans ever to have
entered the octagon.
and one of the scariest, battle-scarred combat veterans ever to have
entered the octagon.
Consider this description of Emelianenko’s mien by a sports psychologist: 'When the referee tells them to head back to their corners, Fedor suddenly darts a short look directly at his opponent – or through his opponent, I should say. This kind of look is associated with antisocial behavioral disorders and psychopaths. They don’t look at you, they look through you.”
Psychopath or not, Emelianenko probably didn’t intimidate the FBI agents who came to see him at his hotel when he was in Chicago for a bout last month. (The agents attended the fight.) And despite his encounter with the FBI – there’s video – Emelianenko, a.k.a. 'The Last Emperor' still won his MMA brawl against Frank Mir in typically brutal fashion...