Does anyone know if Abdulrashid Sadulaev is gonna do MMA?

[P4PSHERGOAT]

Does anyone know if he’s gonna make the leap and if so at what weight class? Dude is a beast, would love to see more of these guys come over to mma especially at heavyweight.

 

[rmongler]

You hear that sort of thing all the time with high level grapplers.

Journalist is like 'hey have you ever thought about trying mma', successful wrestler/sambist/jiujiteiro is like 'yeah i might be interested in it well see what happens'.

Bam one box on the interview checklist ticked off.

 

[PointyShinyBurn]

I'd be very surprised, top freestyle guys in Russia are financially set up for life.

 

[ArtemV]

Nope, he isn't interested. https://prosports.kz/news/460355-ne-znal-chto-menya-sravnivayut-s-habibom

If you speak Russian - great; if not - use translate.

He was asked: "Do you have any plans to cross over into MMA?" to which Sadulaev responded with a simple "No".

 

[ArtemV]

Not Sadulaev, but former Greco-Roman World, European and 2x European Games gold medalist, Stepan Maryanyan is planning to cross over to MMA
A video here of him training with former Greco-Roman Olympic Silver medalist, Migran Harutyunyan:

 

[P4PSHERGOAT]

Not Sadulaev, but former Greco-Roman World, European and 2x European Games gold medalist, Stepan Maryanyan is planning to cross over to MMA
A video here of him training with former Greco-Roman Olympic Silver medalist, Migran Harutyunyan:

Awesome, it’s always cool when the top of the top in their combat sports goes to MMA. It happens a little more with Bjj guys than with other grappling styles and barely any strikers switch over to MMA.

 

[dsdoubled]

Not Sadulaev, but former Greco-Roman World, European and 2x European Games gold medalist, Stepan Maryanyan is planning to cross over to MMA
A video here of him training with former Greco-Roman Olympic Silver medalist, Migran Harutyunyan:

Migran himself has taken a few fights. Even trained here in the US with the Hayastan guys in North Hollywood. He's a beast. But took a loss pretty early.

 

[ArtemV]

Migran himself has taken a few fights. Even trained here in the US with the Hayastan guys in North Hollywood. He's a beast. But took a loss pretty early.

I just hope he stays well away from Edmond. But yeah, I remember seeing him getting spinning kicked in the face.
Hopefully he can have a few more fights, he can definitely do well with his physique and athleticism, but striking and comfort is pretty tough at any stage of a career, even more so at 30+

 

[Grappler111]

I just hope he stays well away from Edmond. But yeah, I remember seeing him getting spinning kicked in the face.
Hopefully he can have a few more fights, he can definitely do well with his physique and athleticism, but striking and comfort is pretty tough at any stage of a career, even more so at 30+

If you are a strong wrestler your strategy is Wrestling not striking. Totally wrong strategy in the last fight.
Madsen is a good example. Ali Isaev is another example.

 

[Human Bass]

Not Sadulaev, but former Greco-Roman World, European and 2x European Games gold medalist, Stepan Maryanyan is planning to cross over to MMA
A video here of him training with former Greco-Roman Olympic Silver medalist, Migran Harutyunyan:

Greco guys often are disapointing in mma. Being the style with the most limited ground game doesnt help.

 

[dsdoubled]

I just hope he stays well away from Edmond. But yeah, I remember seeing him getting spinning kicked in the face.
Hopefully he can have a few more fights, he can definitely do well with his physique and athleticism, but striking and comfort is pretty tough at any stage of a career, even more so at 30+

@Grappler111
His striking mechanics are pretty fantastic considering his level of experience. However, he shouldn't get too comfortable out there. He's a wrestler.

In my opinion there are a few wrestlers that progressed perfectly as they became more well rounded fighters. One that comes to mind is Koscheck. He was just a wrestler, then began taking more chances with GnP and positional grappling. Then he developed a jab to compliment that big right hand. Then he refined his hands. Then added the occasional kick. Then he's a top contender. He didn't stray too far from his comfort zone in any given fight early on.

 

[nefti]

If you are a wrestler i would go to aka . They specialize in turning wrestlers to mma fighters