I think you’re missing the point.
OP is using this thread topic as a not-so-subtle way to insult Fedor.
He’s straight up saying Fedor wasn’t technical, which is obviously wrong.
Everyone knows not all great fighters make great trainers and vice versa. It’s common knowledge.
That’s not OP’s goal here…
It’s obvious he was trashing Fedor. I was making a point myself.
That’s for pointing that out though. I’m glad you filled me in there.
I am straight up saying that and I will stand by it.
Fedor was super fast and explosive. That masked a lot of his flaws.
@anon9395084 posted this thread a few days ago: Fedor and Aleks at combat sambo tournament in Dagestan in 2004
You can see the guy moved like lightening. But his technique is subpar. He was always a decent grappler but a sloppy striker. What always saved him was his physical characteristics. Speed, explosiveness. Coupled with his super fast transitions between striking and grappling.
He can teach how training is useless, winning and losing is simply just a matter or God’s will.
I don’t think it’s possible to get third in Russia in judo if your technique is subpar. The level of competition is extremely high.
We’re talking MMA, right? I don’t know what his Judo technique is like.
So judo isnt effective in MMA or a real scenario now?
Watch someone get tossed onto a hard surface and then tell me it isnt; the fight would be over lol.
In your OP you’re saying he is a generalist who’s not technical in any one discipline. I’m saying he must be technical in Judo to have had that level of success.
Is that the mentor youre getting your MMA knowledge from?
He was great in the 90s. Legend of the 90’s action movies.
Lol hes a turd burglar.
Show me some of his Judo moves please. I’m sure his technique is good but where is on a world class ranking in Judo?
Russia is one of the top Judo countries, but I’m not sure what top 3 in Russia translates to in terms of world ranking. Maybe top 100?
Just look up his earlier fights or the Mir fight or any of his Sambo matches; Sambo is Judo with striking. Not hard to find.
Also he beat Ogawa who was a Judo silver medalist.
Your question makes me wonder what made Ronda so successful and doninant early in her career since you informed us it couldnt be her Judo lol.
Ronda’s judo technique is great. She actually was a world class judoka.
I am not going to deny that Fedor’s Sambo is pretty good, but again, why not train at a Sambo school then?
What made Fedor great was his speed and quickness. His striking technique was very mediocre.
Why train at a Sambo school if youre winning gold medals in Sambo events?
And id say his striking was more than mediocre, at least early in his career.
He fell in love with the knockout and just went out there throwing heavy leather later in his career; his best trait used to be a fusion of fast, heavy combinations to overwhelm the fighter in order to transition to a clinch/throw to the ground followed by heavy ground and pound.
He was a true mixed martial artist. He wanted to be a knockout artist the older he got and that was a big factor in his decline i believe.
