Sherdog's Photos of the Year

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The cold, unaffected gait of one of the world’s best fighters belies the emotion that thickened the air in the building that night. After picking Andrei Arlovski out of the air with a faculty-robbing right hand, Fedor Emelianenko strides away with as vacuous a look on his face as his fallen foe. This image may as well be a snap shot of the champion’s public persona. --