Rewatch 17 years ago, Hong Man Choi had Fedor scared

[SSgt Dickweed]

After HMC escaped the first armbar, Fedor's face was like: "wtf am I gonna do now?". When he got the second armbar attempt he was fist-pumping like "well I'm glad that's over".

 

[Thy]

I mean, that face is kinda scary.

 

[Pierced7681]

Too bad we never got Bob Sapp vs Fedor in Pride

 

[Marko Polo]

Fedja is the goat

 

[Squintz]

Rigged

 

[Leinster Rugby]

You're attempting to read emotion from Fedor, HW GOATs face?

 

[Tweak896]

I believe there was even special rules like HMC couldn't knee or something too, don't think any other Fedor fight had rules like that

 

[chinarice]

I believe there was even special rules like HMC couldn't knee or something too, don't think any other Fedor fight had rules like that

Yeah that's kinda weak sauce as that was clearly only going to disadvantage HMC

 

[SamuraiBro]

Too bad we never got Bob Sapp vs Fedor in Pride

Sapp the kinda guy to KO Fedor than lose to Joe Son

 

[TheBulge]

I believe there was even special rules like HMC couldn't knee or something too, don't think any other Fedor fight had rules like that

In that instance FEdor was helped by the same russian maffia that helped him dodge Ubereem and the entire UFC.

 

[don't ask]

People always shit on HMC for being one-dimensional when the truth is he was a legendary Ssireum wrestler in Korea. Not sure how well that translated to MMA, but you can see Fedor struggle to take him down.

 

[Rio Ferdinand]

Still the biggest Asian I've ever seen lol

The size of that motherfucker.

 

[hector domino]

Still the biggest Asian I've ever seen lol

The size of that motherfucker.

There is one bigger

 

[TITS]

Choi would destroy Feeder in a rematch.

 

[Pequeño Corey]

Too bad we never got Bob Sapp vs Fedor in Pride

Babu Sappu

 

[Streeter]

Tree times his size I tink

 

[Pierced7681]

I believe there was even special rules like HMC couldn't knee or something too, don't think any other Fedor fight had rules like that

I’m pretty sure the Yaranoka! org was using Pride rules, where if there’s a significant weight advantage knees to the head were disallowed. I believe Vitor/Heath Herring had that rule in place when they fought at heavyweight in Pride, just as an example.

Another one was the Nogueira vs. Sapp fight, where PRIDE rules were modified. Nogueira was significantly smaller than Sapp and requested a special rule to ban knee strikes to the head of a grounded opponent. This was done due to the large size disparity and to protect Nogueira from Sapp's power.

 

[TheMaster]

I believe there was even special rules like HMC couldn't knee or something too, don't think any other Fedor fight had rules like that

Didnt know that...that changes things in retrospect maybe HMC could have been the guy to dethrone Fedor but it was a safety thing for these freakshow fights.

Still remembering the time when Fedor was seen an unstoppable machine, never be times like those.

 

[HHJ]

I believe there was even special rules like HMC couldn't knee or something too, don't think any other Fedor fight had rules like that

Because the weight disparity was over 100 lbs. It was probably something, even the japanese couldnt do with whatever semblance of athletic comissions they had there.

HMC was never in a position to throw 4 point knees anyway

 

[HHJ]

People always shit on HMC for being one-dimensional when the truth is he was a legendary Ssireum wrestler in Korea. Not sure how well that translated to MMA, but you can see Fedor struggle to take him down.

Because he's 7 feet tall?

I read about this in DUH magazine.