Media The Day Kurmanov The Boxer submitted Ahmedov The JJ... #14

[gono btw]

This series 'The Day...' is about 'extraordinary' moments in NHB/Vale Tudo history.

Today: [Russian NHB Scene]

Was @ IAFC - Absolute Fighting Championship 2: Day 2 [May / 02 / 1997]

Fascinating topic, an era believed by most people to be a one-dimensional one...
And here we have an ol´man, presenting himself as a boxer, pullin´a Leg Scissor Choke:





Submittin´ a young lion in great fashion, a submission artist (even though undersized, the weight numbers are obviously wrong here)...jus´like ol´Vet Kopylov would submit young gun BJJ Castelo Branco in Rings a few years later...
Tricky Vets...Cant trust´em...



Kurmanov is from Kyrgyzstan, by the way...

Bonus:
Look who´s interviewin´him @ the end of the fight:




Full Fight:

 

[Bobby Boulders]

Submission by head scissors. WTF?

Kurmanov looking like a fucking Mongol.

Guy in the back right of the interview pic looking like he's so cool he doesn't know why he's even there.

There's way too much going on here lol.

 

[gono btw]

Submission by head scissors. WTF?

Kurmanov looking like a fucking Mongol.

Guy in the back right of the interview pic looking like he's so cool he doesn't know why he's even there.

There's way too much going on here lol.

It´s pretty fascinating... Ya wouldnt suspect some of these skill sets...

Dropped a thread about it:

http://forums.sherdog.com/threads/d...23-cross-training-in-mma´s-dark-ages.3874607/