Original post by MMAFighting.com
A day after Brock Lesnar made his case for being the number two heavyweight in the world, Fedor Emelianenko, the number one heavyweight, suffered a rare loss in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Fedor, a 4-time world combat sambo champ, lost in the semifinals of the over 100kg division to Bulgarian wrestler Blagoi Ivanov at the 2008 World Combat Sambo Championships. Fedor lost on points 5 to 8.
Ivanov advanced and took home the gold medal, defeating Stefan Janos of Germany.
In professional mixed martial arts, Fedor is 29-1-1. His sole loss was due to a cut 17 seconds into the fight. Fedor would avenge the loss five years later.
Combat Sambo is a popular Russian sport which combines throws with limited striking and submissions. Fedor lost the decision with a point score of 5-8. Ivanov received 4 points for a takedown and 4 points for pinning Fedor down. Fedor got 1 point for a takedown and 4 points for a knockdown.
Fedor was quoted as saying, "I don't want to make any excuse or argue the...I lost fair and square. Ivanov is better with his throwing techniques than with his striking. In general I don't think I am bad with my throwing skills, but I was not able to grip him properly and Ivanov made the better throws. With the remaining time, I was not able to catch up."
Head coach of the Russian Combat Sambo Team, Aleksander Konakov, stated, "Fedor is only human, he lost due to not having time to prepare properly with all the interviews and movies. He has no plans to leave Sambo and will make proper adjustments in the future. As far as losing goes, everyone loses, it's the nature of the sport."
Prior to the tournament Fedor was in Thailand shooting a movie with Michael Madsen, and missed the training camp. Fedor uses Combat Sambo competitions to practice and stay sharp for MMA on regular basis.
Blagoi Ivanov was signed by Affliction moments after the match, although they had been involved in negotiations for several weeks prior to the tournament. Ivanov holds an amateur MMA record of 14-0-1.
Fedor won his previous encounter with Ivanov earlier this year. This first video is their match on February 15, 2008.
A day after Brock Lesnar made his case for being the number two heavyweight in the world, Fedor Emelianenko, the number one heavyweight, suffered a rare loss in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Fedor, a 4-time world combat sambo champ, lost in the semifinals of the over 100kg division to Bulgarian wrestler Blagoi Ivanov at the 2008 World Combat Sambo Championships. Fedor lost on points 5 to 8.
Ivanov advanced and took home the gold medal, defeating Stefan Janos of Germany.
In professional mixed martial arts, Fedor is 29-1-1. His sole loss was due to a cut 17 seconds into the fight. Fedor would avenge the loss five years later.
Combat Sambo is a popular Russian sport which combines throws with limited striking and submissions. Fedor lost the decision with a point score of 5-8. Ivanov received 4 points for a takedown and 4 points for pinning Fedor down. Fedor got 1 point for a takedown and 4 points for a knockdown.
Fedor was quoted as saying, "I don't want to make any excuse or argue the...I lost fair and square. Ivanov is better with his throwing techniques than with his striking. In general I don't think I am bad with my throwing skills, but I was not able to grip him properly and Ivanov made the better throws. With the remaining time, I was not able to catch up."
Head coach of the Russian Combat Sambo Team, Aleksander Konakov, stated, "Fedor is only human, he lost due to not having time to prepare properly with all the interviews and movies. He has no plans to leave Sambo and will make proper adjustments in the future. As far as losing goes, everyone loses, it's the nature of the sport."
Prior to the tournament Fedor was in Thailand shooting a movie with Michael Madsen, and missed the training camp. Fedor uses Combat Sambo competitions to practice and stay sharp for MMA on regular basis.
Blagoi Ivanov was signed by Affliction moments after the match, although they had been involved in negotiations for several weeks prior to the tournament. Ivanov holds an amateur MMA record of 14-0-1.
Fedor won his previous encounter with Ivanov earlier this year. This first video is their match on February 15, 2008.
The second video is their recent match on November 17, 2008 where Fedor loses.
Fedor Emelianenko v Blagoi Ivanov (2-15-08)
Fedor Emelianenko v Blagoi Ivanov (2-15-08)
Fedor Emelianenko v Blagoi Ivanov (11-17-08)
Posts
.JPG)
4 comments:
this is the worst news since finding out that JFK was killed
I'm not near as sad as I would have been had he lost a full fledged MMA fight, but I still feel your pain, brother.
Brent, previously I should have said real striking.
very true. i keep looking for a youtube video of it. i'm sure it will spring up soon enough.
I wish I could understand Russian so I would have a clue what was going on. Interesting video though.
Post a Comment