Why doesn't Fedor use his Sambo skills anymore?

[chamcham]

Seems like he is now strictly a headhunter that will brawl until he gets a KO or TKO.
Why doesn't he use his submission skills anymore?

For an over the hill fighter, wouldn't going the grappling route help them minimize damage.
Any fighter with exceptional boxing skills would destroy Fedor if keeps on trying to brawl with wild punches.

I miss the old Fedor that had incredible fight IQ.

UPDATE: Here is a full Sambo seminar from Fedor with English subtitles.

 

[Mixfight]

If I had to guess Id say injuries in his back or legs or both after 17 years of fighting.

Also he went from training with Volk Han, Sergei, Aleks to training with Kirill Sidelnikov and Maxim Grishin which contributed to the deterioration of his skills.

Fedor has looked weak in the clinch since the Lindland fight and has gotten weaker there with each fight. I was shocked when I saw how easily Henderson controlled him up against the cage.


So Id say its old age and injuries and also training with less skilled training partners who didnt push him to improve and were unable to simulate the necessary intensity for him to be fully prepared for the guys he was fighting.

 

[NHB7]

He does. He uses his combat sambo to keep opponents off balance when he strikes with them and will trip them when the opportunity presents itself.

 

[Edwin]

He does. He uses his combat sambo to keep opponents off balance when he strikes with them and will trip them when the opportunity presents itself.

I think TS means why Fedor doesn't try and grapple now as much as he used to.

 

[Mixfight]

He does. He uses his combat sambo to keep opponents off balance when he strikes with them and will trip them when the opportunity presents itself.

The last fight Fedor did something like that was against Rogers in 2009.

 

[NHB7]

The last fight Fedor did something like that was against Rogers in 2009.

He grappled with Werdum shortly after that, it just didn't workout for him.

 

[SRN]

He grappled with Werdum shortly after that, it just didn't workout for him.

lol That sounded so mean.

Does anyone know where he trained and who were his training partners for that fight? Did he even trained submission for that fight? He clearly did when he fought Nog, it was obvious but I'm not so sure he did before facing Werdum. I understand Nog and Werdum are not on the same level but Fedor either failed to understand what was happening or he didn't respect Werdum skills. Either way it was a huge fucking mistake!

 

[joeyjoejoe]

Because he's 40 and the heavyweights haven't gotten any smaller, easier to punch them in the head lol....sometimes. Probably just wear and tear at this point.

 

[Mixfight]

He grappled with Werdum shortly after that, it just didn't workout for him.

He dove into Werdums guard trying to finish with GnP.

 

[manboy<3]

Grappling and wrestling are based primarily on strength

The stronger fighter is the better grappler/wrestler, this is why Japanese fighters always mention how strong or weak their opponent seemed after a match

Fedor has lost a lot of strength and cannot grapple or wrestle anymore

One reason could be injuries, another old age, and another could be PEDs

 

[skylolow]

Hard to use Sambo when you swing for the fences more or less with every punch. I think years of dominance and allowing more and more yes people into your circle you become stale in your actual skill set and have blinders on when it come to change.

 

[LiveFreeorDie]

He dove into Werdums guard trying to finish with GnP.

Two times. He jump back in!

He has defended triangles wrong since the Nog fights, just Dum has a better triangle with longer legs and that shoulder shrug doesn't cut it more than once with him.

 

[chamcham]

Never realized that Fedor actually taught a Sambo seminar.
But I guess it's not surprising (given his Sambo competition experience).

 

[Rea_ctor]

He's older and smaller than most heavyweights, he'd get ragdolled.

 

[Phrozenspite]

there was an obvious decline in his skills between the sylvia and arlovski fights. that's when he lost to Blagoi in Sambo too, so something happened in his camps or life at that point, or he just started to decline physically

 

[thelovacluka]

fight IQ dropped, headhunts...

 

[DuppyMekka]

He seems uninterested in tactical aspects of fighting. Which is ironic since he used to be a master of it...

 

[SRN]

He seems uninterested in tactical aspects of fighting. Which is ironic since he used to be a master of it...

This is what bothers me the most.

 

[Cro Cop Is Back]

He likes to bang, bro.