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Matwork! Issue #1 11/23/11
Here at Bloody Elbow, you can find general updates on a wide variety of combat sports scattered in between the mixed martial arts coverage that is our bread and butter. This weekly column, Matwork!, is designed to bring you the recent happenings in the world of grappling, be it sambo, judo,...
DVD Review: 'Sambo & Catch Wrestling Seminar' with Stephen Koepfer and Kris Iatskevich
Ahead of the M-1 Global Fedor Emelianenko vs Jeff Monson fight Sunday morning at The Olympic Sports Complex in Moscow, Russia, what better way to whet our appetites than a DVD instructional review that features some of the techniques and strategies we may get to witness when the two heavyweights...
UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones Before MMA
This rare footage of new UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones in a grappling tournament was taken in January 2008, around 3 months before he would make his professional MMA debut. The footage was taken by Stephen Koepfer aka 'Sambo Steve', founder of New York Combat Sambo and the American...
Fedor Emelianenko: 'Jiu-jitsu is nothing special -- my loss was caused by my personal mistake'
Props: Gazeta.ru (via Bloody Elbow) Quoteworthy: "Sambo is great. Jiu-jitsu is nothing special. We went over several jiu-jitsu guys like that before. I lost because of what happened. My loss was caused by my personal mistake in the cage… I lost my head. Wanted to finish it all as soon as...
Quote of the Day: Fedor Emelianenko: "Sambo Is Great, Jiu Jitsu Is Nothing Special"
"Sambo is great. Jiu-jitsu is nothing special. We went over several jiu-jitsu guys like that before. I lost because of what happened. My loss was caused by my personal mistake in the cage… I lost my head. Wanted to finish it all as soon as possible." "As far as the rumours about my last...
Daily Fights: Fedor Emelianenko v. Blagoi Ivanov
We're two days removed from Fabricio Werdum scoring the upset of the year by defeating Fedor Emelianenko at Strikeforce on Saturday night. Already, there's a ton of discussion about this result, as there should be. To add to that discussion, I wanted to take a look back at another major moment in...
Fight Styles: Sambo
Sambo is a self defense and combat technique that was developed in Russia. The literal meaning is "SAMozashchita Bez Oruzhiya" or "Self-defense without weapons". It was develped as a hand-to-hand combat method for police and military. There are two forms: Sport Sambo which involves throws,...
Snapshot of the Day: Fedor vs. Aoki
Affliction and M-1 held a press conference today in advance of tomorrow's DEEP/M-1 Challenge show. Fedor Emelianenko and Shinya Aoki shared the same space for the first time since their Sambo exhibition match was announced; Tom Atencio was also in attendance. I'll add more photos and notes from...
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