Fedor Emelianenko Says He’s Never Considered Himself To Be The Best

In an interview with MMA Fighting, Fedor Emelianenko spoke about the discussion that he may be the greatest MMA fighter of all time by saying he never considered himself in that way. Here are highlights:

On being called the greatest: “I never considered myself to the best one. A fighter can lose at any moment. And there are some fighters that, for example, are defending on some position that will be better than me in some technique.”

On his favorite fights: “All the fights were interesting for some particular reason, and I could find something in each fight. But maybe one fight that I can differentiate, it would be the first fight with Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira. And the fight with Mirko Cro Cop.”

On never fighting in the UFC: “We did review the opportunity to fight in the UFC. If the UFC wanted me to get in, we could have. We didn’t come to the agreement.”