Fedor and Aleks at combat sambo tournament in Dagestan in 2004

anon9395084 · February 2, 2023, 5:41am

anon9395084 · February 3, 2023, 10:12am

Me_Calf_Ariel · February 3, 2023, 11:41am

Thanks for these!

Young Fedor was built and so explosive. Very fast. Technique however is questionable.

boxy · February 3, 2023, 8:22pm

2004 Fedor was the best HW we’ve seen.

JohnMc2 · February 3, 2023, 10:33pm

ttt

Me_Calf_Ariel · February 4, 2023, 12:23am

Have you seen Francis Ngannou?

boxy · February 4, 2023, 1:44am

Yes, scary fighter.

CrabScissors · February 4, 2023, 3:06am

Incredible find @anon9395084

YouTube auto translate is getting pretty good.

Fedor didn’t have the cleanest technique in some respects but his timing is the best anyone has ever seen.

His ability to chain attacks and kuzushi is unparalleled. I’ve never seen anything like it. A true legend.

Magomedov beat Valentijn and Ben Rothwell the year before that. Very good chance 3 of the top 10 heavyweights alive were in that tournament, top 20 for sure.

Amazing.