Media Olympians Who Have Competed In MMA

Quality fucking thread. Cheers to whoever bumped it, hadn't seen it before afaik.
 
seanb1979 said:
Hmmm now I think you're trolling.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ali_vs._Antonio_Inoki

In the days leading up to the fight, Ali and Inoki's representatives began to renegotiate the rules. A list of restrictions was imposed on Inoki. He would not be allowed to throw, grapple or tackle Ali and could not land any kicks unless he had one knee on the mat.[4] Ali's camp also demanded that the rules not be made public before the fight. Judo expert and US Marine Donn Draeger noted, "The rules have been so seriously modified that the contest is no longer boxing versus wrestling. Unless this were done there would be no way to choreograph the match and make it look convincing. Ali can grapple or punch the man down; Inoki is not allowed to leg-dive or tackle. That latter restriction is the same as prohibiting Ali from jabbing. What a farce!"[5]
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And in Pancrase you couldn't punch. What a farce! And yet we still consider it MMA.

It had a funny rule set, but it wasn't a work. Isn't the history of MMA littered with funny rule sets?
 
Abdurakhmonov moved to 8-0 (according to Tapology, Sherdog lists him as 6-0)
Bhullar is 11-2
Cejudo is 16-3
Isaev is 9-0-1
McMann is 14-6
Novachkov is 0-2
Romero is 15-7
Vereb is 2-1
Kuziutina is 3-1
Tsendayush is 2-1
Fawzy is 6-2
Janikowski is 8-5
Ota is 3-2
Despaigne is 2-0
Abdelwahab is 5-0, 1 NC
 
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Christophe Leininger -- Judo

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Upcoming fights
July 15, KSW 84
Damian Janikowski vs. Cezaurisz Kesik

July 21, FAME
Piotr Swierczewski vs. Dariusz Kazmierczuk

July 30, Rizin
Shinobu Ota vs. Kenta Takizawa

August 4, PFL 7
Satoshi Ishii vs. Danilo Marques
 
Y2Khaos said:
Updated! Thank you very much! Excellent contribution!
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Mahjoub
And his first mma fight according to his youtube channel
For some reason first fight is not on Tapology and Sherdog and for second both Sherdog and Tapology spell his surname as Majhoub.
 
SeattleFightFan said:
And in Pancrase you couldn't punch. What a farce! And yet we still consider it MMA.

It had a funny rule set, but it wasn't a work. Isn't the history of MMA littered with funny rule sets?
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I think it should be considered MMA as it was the precursor to what it would become,and would have been called NHB (even if there were some things barred!) back then,and most NHB,regardless of the rules (or lack thereof) is accepted as MMA bouts. Punches werent allowed but strikes were. Kicks and Bas' insane palm thrusts could still knock a motherfucker out

I think this is quite right. The accomplishments of Bas,Ken,Frank etc in this promotion should not be allowed to dissapear into the ether.
 
Found 2 more guys in Wikipedia - judokas who represented Australia, Chris Bacon and Steven Brown.
www.sherdog.com

Chris Bacon MMA Stats, Pictures, News, Videos, Biography - Sherdog.com

The industry pioneer in UFC, Bellator and all things MMA (aka Ultimate Fighting). MMA news, interviews, pictures, videos and more since 1997.
www.sherdog.com www.sherdog.com

www.sherdog.com

Steve Brown MMA Stats, Pictures, News, Videos, Biography - Sherdog.com

The industry pioneer in UFC, Bellator and all things MMA (aka Ultimate Fighting). MMA news, interviews, pictures, videos and more since 1997.
www.sherdog.com www.sherdog.com
 
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So now according to Sherdog:
Abdurakhmonov is 7-0
McMann is 14-7
Lombard is 34-11-1 3 NC
Novachkov is 0-3
Harrison is 16-1
Ishii is 25-13-1
Kuziutina is 4-1
Urantsetseg is 1-0
Janikowski is 9-5
Madsen is 12-2
Ota is 4-3
Despaigne is 3-0
Swierczewski is 2-0
 
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