Fedor Nogueira 3 part 3

“Fedor is unable to have his concentration broken” says Bas. His constant almost-bored look is almost funny. First takedown from a strike setup is again unbelievably smooth. So fluid and relaxed. There is some skipping or something in the clip. And who knows how long it’ll stay online.

Fedor Nogueira 3 part 1

Here is part 1 of actually their second fight. Fedor dominated Nogueira in every range but I’m most amazed how quickly and smoothly Fedor switches from range to range and back again. Theoretically, if Fedor could fight Nogueira a third time (one of the previous three was nc), of course he’d be UFC HW champ. [...]

Fedor v Sylvia

A lot of bloggers seem excited about this one. I am pretty excited to see Fedor fight a supposedly top contender (because he was ufc champion? - does anyone notice a trend with Rampage, Anderson Silva, and Big Nog coming in and taking over the belts? And Fedor, like Silva, is in a different league). [...]

Human weapon: Sambo

Sambo episode is coming on. It will have a fighter picked by Fedor to fight one of the guys. Cool… spoiler warning… don’t read further if you haven’t seen it…
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First move they show, sort of roll-back to a sweep, aided by pulling on the collarbone. Nice. A self defense move.
Warm-ups: lots of rolls, “hindu pushups” [...]