#6 Alexander Emelianenko vs Ricardo Morais
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Alexander Emelianenko had the MMA world’s scrutiny when he debuted in PRIDE as a 22-year-old. Despite growing up in the shadow of his brother, the great Fedor Emelianenko, Alex was believed to have gotten the lion’s share when it came to pure physical gifts.
The Grim Reaper had rapid hands and movement for a 6’5” Heavyweight and ground game par excellence owing to his sambo roots. But that’s where all parallels ended. Alexander’s focus and discipline were a speck of that which rocketed Fedor to the top of the MMA pantheon.
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The success he had in MMA competition came against second rate fighters and was stained by his rowdy ways.
This knockout is one of them; it came when Alex’s PRIDE career had just started streaming forth and Ricardo Morais’ was slowing to a halt. The 38-year-old Brazilian had one more fight before he hung up his gloves.
Last September, Alexander Emelianenko was released after serving a little over a year of a four-and-a-half year sentence for sexual assault. Word has it that he will soon return to the ring.
