Fedor Emelianenko vs Renato Sobral

Renato "Babalu" Sobral has had a long and succesfull career in mixed martial arts. he has fought some of the best fighters in the world and also has fought in some of the best organisations including the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Fedor Emelianenko has also had huge sucess in the mixed martial arts world and has been regarded by some as the greatest mma heavyweight fighter of all time. So when these two fighters clashed early on in the career thematch lived up to the hype.

Both fighters had a well rounded game howver both were world class grapllers and wrestlers The fight took place in Tokyo Japan, with Renato Sobral losing a Decision (unanimous).The event was called RINGS - 10th Anniversary. It was held on 11 August 2001 Tokyo, Japan