Ranking Brock Lesnar's Potential Opponents For UFC 200

5. Fedor Emelianenko

On the surface this one seems fairly unlikely. Emelianenko, for years considered by most fight fans to be the greatest heavyweight, if not overall fighter, in the sport, has always been a name that fight aficionados have greatly wanted to see in the UFC. It's come close to happening several times, but negotiations have always stalled between the two parties, leaving us with a huge "what if?" regarding how the former Pride FC champ would have fared in in a different environment.

Fedor went on an amazing 27-fight win streak where he conquered some of the top names in the game (as well as padding his record with freakshow fights and guys who had no business in the ring with him) before it all came grinding to a halt with his sicking defeat in Strikeforce at the hands of the recently uncrowned UFC HW champ Fabricio Wedrum.

The downward spiral continued with back-to-back TKO losses to Antonio "Bigfoot" SIlva and Dan Henderson to wrap up his run in Strikeforce. Fedor retired in 2012 but mounted a comeback this past December for Japanese upstart promotion Rizin Fighting Federation, where he defeated Singh Jaideep in what was only his third MMA fight.

Emelianenko's next scheduled fight is set to take place in his home country of Russia on June 17th under the Fight Nights Global banner against former UFC competitor Fabio Maldonado. But that could easily change if the right situation where to present itself.

Both Brock and Fedor have expressed a desire to fight each other in the past with Dana White claiming he tried to book the fight for Cowboys Stadium in Dallas, Texas and the all-time great - despite being long past his prime - is exactly the kind of blockbuster name that would drive anticipation through the roof. The only things making a fight with Fedor less likely to happen are his lack of business acumen when it comes to his career, a desire to fight in his home country and the fact that many of today's casual MMA fans have no idea who he is or the legacy he carries with him.