#4 Fedor Emelianenko
Nationality: American
Height: 1.82 m
Weight: 107 kg
Divisions: Heavyweight
Age: 41 years old
Record: 36-5-0 (10 KOs – 17 Submissions)
The last Emperor. The man who is considered by many as the GOAT, and he is the best heavyweight ever in my opinion. Fedor went undefeated from 6-April 2001 to 7-November 2009, scoring 27 victories. Plus 1 no contest against Antonio Nogueira due to an accidental headbutt.
Fedor has defeated many of the best heavyweight fighters including Mirko Cro Cop, Antônio Nogueira, Andrei Arlovski, Mark Coleman, and Mark Hunt.
Fedor became the most known MMA fighter even early when the MMA was unknown, that’s for his furious fighting style, which mainly based on his Sambo background.
Tyrone Spong should be in your Honorary List. He has beaten big names like Peter Aerts, Remy Bonjasky and more. He won against bigger opponents then Verhoeven and has a very high ko rate.