Sambo Sucks...

MakeSherdogGreatAgain said:
He's not wrong. Name one guy that knew nothing but sambo and had high level success in mma. You can't. You can name boxers, kickboxers, wrestlers, bjj guys, a judo girl, and muay thai guys that went pretty far without knowing much else, but you can't name one sambo guy that went anywhere using only sambo.
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This is sarcasm, right? I mean, you think the opposite of what you said here, and the post you made was a sarcastic expression of that, right?

Royce Gracie is the only I can think of that would fit your statement, if not sarcasm.
 
But yes, Russians are not quite as into leg hugging arts, generally.. Although they produce many very good freestyle wrestlers as well.
 
MakeSherdogGreatAgain said:
He's not wrong. Name one guy that knew nothing but sambo and had high level success in mma. You can't. You can name boxers, kickboxers, wrestlers, bjj guys, a judo girl, and muay thai guys that went pretty far without knowing much else, but you can't name one sambo guy that went anywhere using only sambo.
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So what exactly was Fedor using?
 
If Sonnen knew a few tricks from sambo, maybe he would't be so boring inside the octagon
 
BoD 2.0 said:
Chael used to think BJJ sucked too...

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Damn, that takedown was savage and beautiful.
 
Sambo does suck for MMA. It basicely makes you a jack of all trades but more along the lines of being average or weak at everything. It's never gonna compare to the specialties in each category(wrestling/BJJ for grappling, kickboxing/boxing for striking etc.)

Didn't we just have the same thread this week? In fact wasn't it prompted by Chael's vid too? Sherdog talking in circles again.
 
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