I spent last week in Los Angeles in order to meet legendary MMA heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko. My time in the city was very interesting, and thanks to the people at Showtime/Strikeforce/M-1 I managed to both interview Emelianenko and witness some of his training. This is the first piece written for FoxSports.com:

Contrasting with the smug, entitled attitude of many residents of Los Angeles is the quiet strength exuded by Russian heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko. Celebrities here are loud, obnoxious and arrogant — but no amount of money or attention can change Fedor; there just isn’t any chronic insecurity within him that can seed such behaviors.

And that’s what makes him the consensus No. 1 heavyweight in mixed martial arts…(read the rest at FoxSports.com)

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