Is Teddy Riner ever going to do MMA

[MoreKane]

arguably the greatest judoka of all time

plus he is a monster 6f8, 290lb's

I remember he once said he felt that MMA had no "honor" or something like that, but he's still quite young at 28 so I wouldn't mind seeing him fight MMA one day

 

[lechien]

I don't think so.

Many judokas disapprove of mma.

Actually mma is banned in France

 

[MoreKane]

I don't think so.

Many judokas disapprove of mma.

Actually mma is banned in France

theoretically, say he did decide to go into MMA

and then take someone like Alexander Karelin a legend of greco-roman wrestling, and he goes in mma

who has the greater skillset to adapt to MMA, a Judoka or a greco-roman wrestler

 

[lechien]

Wrestler.

I think teddy and his over collar grip to his unstoppable uchi mata would needs some serious work to transition to mma if he wanted to.

 

[RJ Green]

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1281202-judo-olympian-teddy-riner-there-is-no-moral-code-in-mma

 

[Foxflechette57]

zero chance

 

[SummerStriker]

What's the Judo moral code?

"If I break your neck, it is your fault?"

 

[Kbits]

Why would he bother when he's making bank doing judo?

 

[ArtemV]

No.

As I am aware; before the 2012 olympics, Riner said he would like to try out MMA after he won the 2012 gold medal, but then when France realized that Riner was/still is more or less unstoppable, they decided to keep him as the face of French combat sports and banned MMA in France lol.

I am sure he is very rich as of right now, so go through the injuries that an MMA fighter goes through? Judo has a lot of injuries too, but why add facial injuries in to the equation too?

 

[biscuitsbrah]

Lol. Did u really have to ask