Fedor: I'm friends with Jean Claude

Van Damme?

Fedor: Yes. Many stars atten Mixed Martial Arts events - I saw George Clooney, Bruce Willis... I know that they follow my fights, want to meet. But so far I didn't have a chance.

Did you have any offers to be in movies?

Fedor: More than once. Even Van Damme wanted me to be in the sequel to Blood Sport, but something didn't work out with finances, and the project was postponed. I turn down other offers, because filming would take tons of my time, and I wouldn't get a chance to fully commit myself to training.

Would you want to try it later?

Fedor: Probably. It's interesting to me.

Do you talk with other Russian actors?

Fedor: I have a good relationship with Oleg Taktarov. I heard that many actors, ours and from Hollywood, like my fights. I know Aleksander Revoy from "Comedy Club", funny guy...

How did you meet?

Fedor: He and I were part of support group, when Sochi was chosen to be the next olympic location.

In Japan and America you don't need to explain who is Emelianenko. In Russia it's harder. Some people, when hearing the name, may clap their hands in excitements. Others will look with confusion: who is Emelianenko? For those we are reporting: Fedor - a legend not only in Mixed Martial Arts, but in Sambo as well. Won Europian championships many times. You cannot count his titles.

In all of his victories he did not forget his first training session. He remembers with a smile, how he was walking down into the basement, which was used previously as a bomb shelter. How he started to train in his work clothes instead of traditional Sambo gi. And how nobody saw a future star in him, during his young years.

Fans want to know more about Emelianenko. They ask him humorous questions, like "Dear Fedor, how many teeth did your opponents knocked out of you?" Emelianenko doesn't even get serious when answering "Not one. I lost my teeth in the army. They have horrible water, and no dentists".

He talks about things, that most people would rather erase from their memory. How he could not pull out the title of Master of Sport before joining the army. That's why he ended up in the regular barracks, not in sport section. He mentions: "In Judo and Sambo money and judges decide everything. I was always judged against."

But he did not waste time in the army. There were always cross running and a barbell.