Fedor Emelianenko received a greater loss than he expected when the rest of the world found out that Emelianenko was defeated in Sambo for the first time in eight years.
Immediately, speculation started to spread that Emelianenko was losing his touch. Those who doubt Fedor used this to polish their certainty, while those who favor and believe that Fedor Emelianenko is the best fighter in the world, did not lose faith.
In fact, lots of theories started to come forward regarding the Sambo loss. Fedor’s movie, which he was busy filming instead of devoting his full time to Sambo, was said to be a cause of the loss.
Also, it was said that Sambo is not the same as MMA, and that a loss in Sambo does not mean much when anticipating future MMA battles.
However, even though Fedor says that Sambo is his hobby while MMA is his job, one still coincides with the other as Fedor believes that Sambo is the best training format for MMA.
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Watching some of the Sambo competitions, I must say that I agree. Sambo is a very unique fighting style, and looks like a promising benefit for MMA.
With all said above, Fedor is all business when it comes to MMA, and apparently his Sambo loss was enough pressure for him to step up his game for his January bout with Affliction against dangerous Andrei Arlovski. Instead of flying to the US for a Press Tour, he will dedicate his time for preparation.
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“My trainers, Vladimir Voronov and Alexander Michkov, met with me in Russia after the World Sambo Championships, and we decided that the Arlovski [fight] is too important to delay a comprehensive training camp in exchange for press-tour obligations on the other side of the world,” Emelianenko stated. “Andrei Arlovski is a dangerous fighter and has looked in prime condition and at the top of his game in his last few fights. He is one of the top three heavyweights in the world. This is not a fighter I will defeat if I am taking shortcuts in training.”
Source ~ (MMA Junkie)
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about 1 month ago
this is bad news for arlovski. Fedor is in myopinion p4p best fighter on earth. he is literally a machine and he will get his chance to prove that on jan 24th
from about 1 month ago
Agreed. I am curious what will be next for Fedor in MMA after this fight. Affliction doesn't really have anyone left to offer to him. Barnett doesn't want to fight him. I would like to see Werdum fight Fedor but Affliction didn't want to pay Werdum what they were asking for.
Other then that, I could see them cross-promoting with Dream- A fight with Overeem would be interesting.
about 1 month ago
yea ovreem is a huge guy with very good muai thai. i seriously wish he would sign with the ufc. there interim champ big nog has been battered by him twice, yet dana says fedors not in top 5 heavyweights in the world?!!!!
from about 1 month ago
I'm presuming Brian's referring to Alistair Overeem, and Big Nog hasn't fought Alistair. He's fought his brother Valentijn Overeem twice, and submitted him both times in under 2 minutes.
Nog's brother, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, has fought Alistair twice, and beaten him both times.
from about 1 month ago
Hang on. Are you referring to Fedor beating Nog twice?
from about 1 month ago
Dana is a monkey that refuses to evolve.
about 1 month ago
yes
fedor is going to sshut dana up
about 1 month ago
yes
fedor is going to sshut dana up
about 1 month ago
Maybe he will serve up some of that leftover humble pie from the Serra-GSP fight
about 1 month ago
Good to know. Thanks for the update with this article.
about 1 month ago
I watched part of that Sambo loss and I have to say that it looked to me like Fedor in a fight would have won, I mean he knocked the guy down, like I said I watched part and fast forward through parts due to time constraints I had at that moment. But nevertheless, Arlowks watch out Fedor is no joke. Also whether or not Fedor is losing his touch may be debated but whether he wins or losses his next two, three, even four fights the guy will become stuff of legends no matter what.
about 1 month ago
I was wondering if any of you guys had any more information on the new series coming out called Arlovski 360. Supposedly it is going to follow Arlovski all day until he fights Fedor. Seems like it should be really interesting and I was just wondering if you guys had heard anymore about it?
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