As always, look at Fedor’s patience and composure as his opponent crouches and makes feints for Fedor.
I love 5:01 in. If I was that guy, I’d run around the gym with my hands in the air! Except that when I got back to Fedor he would crush me. I would seriously send links to that video to all my friends though.
I’m curious why Fedor was doing this training. Is he still competitive in Sambo? Establishing grip on a gi seems useless for MMA.
Yeah the way he always seems so relaxed is just unbelievable. I would love to see that hilarious video. There was a hilarious Pride match where CroCop fought this Mexican pro wrestler who almost was doing just that. Skipping all around until bam! went the left kick. Still, 5:01 is funny because I’m not sure the guy actually gets awarded any points in sambo. In judo, I think he gets nothing because Fedor somehow flips completely over in the tiniest midair space to land on his front! How’d he do that?! Nevermind in mma you’d rather have the opponent land on his front.
According to the media reports, Fedor loves Sambo and being able to compete in Sambo was a major negotiation point for him when having talks with the UFC. The thing is, in his last world combat sambo championship tournament, the other finalist didn’t even show up. I guess he figured “what’s the point” but even though he would’ve been crushed, too bad Fedor won the title without an actual match.
I’m trying to learn a little about the gi grips applied to no gi. I guess where he keeps the outside sleeve grip, he would use the “whizzer” in mma.
September 16, 2008 at 6:12 pm
As always, look at Fedor’s patience and composure as his opponent crouches and makes feints for Fedor.
I love 5:01 in. If I was that guy, I’d run around the gym with my hands in the air! Except that when I got back to Fedor he would crush me. I would seriously send links to that video to all my friends though.
I’m curious why Fedor was doing this training. Is he still competitive in Sambo? Establishing grip on a gi seems useless for MMA.
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September 16, 2008 at 7:00 pm
Yeah the way he always seems so relaxed is just unbelievable. I would love to see that hilarious video. There was a hilarious Pride match where CroCop fought this Mexican pro wrestler who almost was doing just that. Skipping all around until bam! went the left kick. Still, 5:01 is funny because I’m not sure the guy actually gets awarded any points in sambo. In judo, I think he gets nothing because Fedor somehow flips completely over in the tiniest midair space to land on his front! How’d he do that?! Nevermind in mma you’d rather have the opponent land on his front.
According to the media reports, Fedor loves Sambo and being able to compete in Sambo was a major negotiation point for him when having talks with the UFC. The thing is, in his last world combat sambo championship tournament, the other finalist didn’t even show up. I guess he figured “what’s the point” but even though he would’ve been crushed, too bad Fedor won the title without an actual match.
I’m trying to learn a little about the gi grips applied to no gi. I guess where he keeps the outside sleeve grip, he would use the “whizzer” in mma.