Fedor wins Russian Combat Sambo Championship effortlessly
Posted by Adam MorganFedor defeated three opponents in under two minutes at the Russian Combat Sambo Championship:
As predicted, Fedor Emelianenko easily won all of his three fights. None of his opponents in this Russian championship forfeited as it has happened before in world and European championships, to the credit of our fighters.
In his first fight, Fedor quickly attacked, after a combination of strikes he took his opponent down and submitted him. The fight was 35 seconds long. His second fight was even shorter - Fedor broke his opponent’s nose on the 10th second.
The final fight against Stanislav Shushko took a little bit longer. Stanislav tried to keep Fedor at a distance using his height advantage, but Fedor closed the distance with a combination, went for a throw and a holddown. Then the fighters ended up in standing position again and the situation happened again - a combination of strikes from the champion, a throw, but this time Fedor finished his attack with a submission and won at 1 minute and 1 seconds.
CLICK HERE for a video of the final fight. Fedor looks like Kobe Bryant at a junior high prep school basketball game.
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just goes to show that Fedor takes fighting very seriously. Combat Sambo is the coolest and most useful martial art for the simple fact its most like MMA.
I’m not trying to trash Fedor, I firmly believe he’s the greatest of all time (and of current day), but he chooses not to sign with the UFC where the best competition and marketing in the world is so that he can do THAT against men he’s worlds better than??? And then he signs with M1 where he’s literally the only guy under contract? Very perplexing to me. It’s certainly hard to say that he wants to be challenged by the best where he chooses both a sport (sambo) and an organization (M1) where there’s nobody anywhere NEAR his level?
Or am I wrong? Could be, of course.
Way to go! Dominant victories over fighters so obscure that only one was identified by name. Does Fedor perceive this as a step up from the Korean can? Does this enhance his reputation? At least he can argue that he’s fighting better opponents than Couture.
THAT’S SOOOOO SUPRISING !!!
Fedor not signing with the UFC so he can participate in these Sambo tournaments is like Alex Rodriguez not wanting to sign a contract with a Major League Baseball team because it would prevent him from playing on his beer league softball team. Yeah I’m sure it’s fun for him, but how fun can it be if he’s just tearing through the other competitors? I hope he got his full 2 minutes worth of enjoyment out of it. There’s a karate studio not to far from where I live — I’m sure there’s some 5th graders there he could pound on for a little bit.
(Yes, I know the ability to participate in Sambo tournaments wasn’t the ONLY reason Fedor didn’t sign with the UFC, but it was a big enough reason to be frequently mentioned, and it’s the only way the analogy works… I’m mostly joking here.)
you guys are fools.
a lot of things are lost in translation…
…yeah…
man, a fighter can’t even win a tournament without people ripping him apart and saying how poor his opponents skills are.
These guys are the best Sambo fighter in Russia. It’s not like they just round up random people off the street for Fedor to face. He won fair and square and I’m sure that his opponents train harder or just as hard as Fedor.
Fedor’s just a natural fighter.
Just goes to show you that “DANA” has a bit too much ego. They said that Fedor fighting in the Sambo tourney’s was the point they could not agree on to go ahead with the contract for the UFC. I am actually glad to see that DANA is looking much like a fool now.
He wasn’t going to allow the guy to do this? It looked like lightweight training. With head gear on!
Really DANA has put himself in an even worse position now. If the Couture vs Fedor fight ever happens it will be a co promote which the UFC does not want to do. If he would have signed him allowing him to participate in the Sambo tournaments, Couture might not have left and the fans would have seen the “Fight of the Century” and I am sure that thing would have sold out in a matter of minutes!!
Wow. Talk about a left turn in #10. From Sambo tournament to Dana bashing. At times the “Dana White as villian” crowd verge on irrationality. No matter what the subject, no matter what the circumstances, the post will veer towards further villification of White. It’s to the point that he almost has supernatural powers, causing whatever perceived ills exist in MMA. One of these days I expect to read a post to the effect that he was behind 9-11. Or the war in Iraq. Or hurricane Katrina. Damn him and his fiendish super powers!
People are just frustrated and want to see him fight relatively comparative mma competition.
thanks for the link back
Fedor told Dana he was ready to face any UFC fighter. Dana would only have to let his “SUPERSTRONG” fighters prove that Fedor is not a true champ. But Dana prefers the situation as it is now cause if best UFC fighters (who’s decent left? only Coutoure I think) got destroyed by Fedor, the UFC would lose its status of the “strongest” organisation. Fedor doesn have to prove anything to anyone , he has already done it. Whe should Fedor go to Dana, let Dana go to Fedor….maybe Dana is just a coward…and he’s scared that UFC myth will be annihilated by Fedor!!!.