Fedor on his physique and fighting ‘the best fighters in the world to date’

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“All of my training is the same. Every fighter has a different physique and different baggage they bring to the ring. I don’t rely on weight training. I haven’t for several years. It’s really more focusing on the opponent and working on sparring, wrestling and certain activities I do. It’s all about the training camp. All the hard work and all the results that show up in the ring is a result of what’s done before…. Vadim [Finkelstein] is my friend, he’s my partner and he’s very well qualified and he’s proven himself as a good manager. He’s got a track record of building my career and collaborating with major organizations, which has afforded me the opportunity to fight the best fighters in the world to date. Everyone has their duties in this business. My role is to fight. Vadim’s role is to deal with people like Dana White.”

The last man to hold the Pride FC heavyweight title and current WAMMA heavyweight champion, Fedor Emelianenko, talks about his less than menacing plump appearance. But as we all know when it comes to “The Last Emperor,” looks are downright deceiving. He takes on Andrei Arlovski in the main event at Affliction” “Day of Reckoning” on January 24. It’s a fight against a world-ranked opponent, which was not the case for several years after defeating Mirko Cro Cop in late 2005 (sans Tim Sylvia in July 2008).