ALEKS SAYS HE MIGHT FIGHT FEDOR

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Read the top interview with aleks. thats crazy.

http://www.pridefc.com/pride2004/news/interviews_06/interviews_06_0102b.htm

Pride Fighting Championships: How do you feel now that you've defeated Nastula, a man who's been called the strongest in Europe?

Alexande: It was an honor to be able to fight Nastula. My strategy was to grapple with him on the ground because I wanted to prove that Russian sambo is stronger than judo.

Pride: You're on a winning streak. Do you think you're going to have to start thinking about fighting your brother?

Alexande: I think I will fight my brother in the Grand Prix, after his hand is healed. I've fought him 3 times before in sambo matches. I think that the time for us to fight in PRIDE has finally arrived.

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It won't be close.

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I think he could give fedor a tough time but fedor would stand victorious

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Sure he will. He's fought him in combat Sambo, which isn't that different from mma.

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Of course, if they do fight, I'm sure that there would be some restraint. (Like Fedya used against Mark Coleman)

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Will they have some kind of grappling-only agreement? Maybe Russians don't care if they beat the shit out each other.

Anyway, I haven't seen anything from Alex yet that shows he can compete with Fedor. This would be weird as hell though.

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You do have valid points, Steamfitter.

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Awesome if true.....Fedor will be merciful

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"Don't know about that. I've seen brothers fight with much worse intentions than the average pro fighter. lol "

While that may be true I bet none of them could inflict the damage that the Emelianenkos can.

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Before the Nastula match I would have though Alex would give Fedor his toughest fight, but he really did not look so good 12/31.

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Didnt they agree no strikes in there combat sambo match ?

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I've heard that the sparring sessions between the Nog brothers are some of the hardest and closest to competitive levels.

I am sure the Emelianenko brothers grew up competing against each other in all sorts of commie sports.

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I dont think it would be too big of a deal honestly. Both have come into the ring banged up and I recall Fedor with a blackeye before a fight. When they spar they are going at it pretty hard Id imagine, so I could see some punchs thrown then Fedor subbing Aleks.

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They've got into fistfights before.

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In thier combat sambo match that I saw they didn't use any strikes, although the rules are very similar to NHB. Maybe they did in the other ones though. I don't think DSE would let that fly in Pride anyway.

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They probably grew up fighting each other as kids, and now they will get
paid for it. If they fought it would probably be more of a grappling match
with light sparring for strikes. No knees, stomps etc. I couldn't imagine
fighting any of my brothers though we will spar pretty hard at times. It's
a different mentality going from training to actual fighting.

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Well, either they fight, or one of them has to go. Alex is not a gatekeeper, so obviously Pride has plans for them. I think Fedor will step down as champ sometime late next year due to "injury" and call it a career. The torch will be passed without these brothers having to spill one another's blood.

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Sergei should get the next shot at fedor, in what will be fedor's toughest match.

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I was thinking the exact same thing as Steamfitter about the video. I don't want to see this fight because they would always be holding back to some degree.

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Shit, I can't imaginethis fight takin place