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DukeFame · 10-05-2006, 05:09 AM

Judo is an awesome sport.

Take Fedor. When he was in his late teens, he aspired to be a Russian Olympic judoka. Close, but no cigar. Fedor experienced the heartbreak of a fighting match loss. Several times. The top Russkies and Japanese were just better than him. Yoshida!

So, he took his training and toughness and heart and specialized in Combat Sambo where his natural boxing talent shined and eventually over the years after tough wins over Arona and Sobral ... he started OWNING MMA.

That's how it happens! Fedor wouldn't be the "Emporer Cyborg" without the sleepless nights after his Judo beatdowns and the near misses in Rings. The guy is a learning machine fightwise.

Experience matters. Fedor didn't just appear out of nowhere. He fought his way to PRIDE. He knows how to lose, he did it and doesn't want to go there anymore.

Fedor has seen it all. Been there, done that. Fujita rocked him with a death blow in the temple, Randleman damn near broke his neck, and Cro Cop kept breaking his nose and face with lefts. So what for Emelianenko? He's big and strong, quick and smart as a Russian brown bear. That's the biggest, strongest, quickest and smartest thang you can find. Very Russian and the punch, punch ground game mauling RMA style of Fedor is part of Sambo and Sambo is watching the fighting style of the big boy Brown Bears. They're maulers too. Russian Martial Arts is OLD and it takes from a lot of disciplines but NEVER discount that culture's love, fear and dread of the BIG old Brown bears in their history. Grizzlies times five.

But, appreciate the World Class/Olympic Level Judo players. They forced Fedor into MMA!!! LOL

10-05-2006, 05:09 AM	#60 (permalink)
DukeFame Banned Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,688	Judo is an awesome sport. Take Fedor. When he was in his late teens, he aspired to be a Russian Olympic judoka. Close, but no cigar. Fedor experienced the heartbreak of a fighting match loss. Several times. The top Russkies and Japanese were just better than him. Yoshida! So, he took his training and toughness and heart and specialized in Combat Sambo where his natural boxing talent shined and eventually over the years after tough wins over Arona and Sobral ... he started OWNING MMA. That's how it happens! Fedor wouldn't be the "Emporer Cyborg" without the sleepless nights after his Judo beatdowns and the near misses in Rings. The guy is a learning machine fightwise. Experience matters. Fedor didn't just appear out of nowhere. He fought his way to PRIDE. He knows how to lose, he did it and doesn't want to go there anymore. Fedor has seen it all. Been there, done that. Fujita rocked him with a death blow in the temple, Randleman damn near broke his neck, and Cro Cop kept breaking his nose and face with lefts. So what for Emelianenko? He's big and strong, quick and smart as a Russian brown bear. That's the biggest, strongest, quickest and smartest thang you can find. Very Russian and the punch, punch ground game mauling RMA style of Fedor is part of Sambo and Sambo is watching the fighting style of the big boy Brown Bears. They're maulers too. Russian Martial Arts is OLD and it takes from a lot of disciplines but NEVER discount that culture's love, fear and dread of the BIG old Brown bears in their history. Grizzlies times five. But, appreciate the World Class/Olympic Level Judo players. They forced Fedor into MMA!!! LOL Last edited by DukeFame; 10-05-2006 at 05:56 AM.