[yt]bRcewRklP2A[/yt] Fedor in blue, Ivanov in red. EDIT: actually this is only part 1, part 2 will probably be uploaded shortly.
Ivanov holds a record of 14-0-1 in amateur MMA. Of the loss, Fedor said this: "Yes, it was my first defeat in Combat Sambo, nothing shocking though. Its a sport, it could have happened in any moment. I'm happy that I haven't lost by KO or any other unpleasent way. I'v lost by the throw. In MMA you can be on your back as long as you want. In CS is a different rules. Nevertheless I started with Sambo and I love this sport and I will continue to compete in it. From every fight I learn something. In this case I learned that you can't have it all, if you do everyhting at ones. At the monent the most important thing for me is MMA. Its important for me to stay the champion. In MMA I won't let myself to relax at all. As for Sambo - its like a hobby (proper translation) to me, so I can relax a little bit. I can't train as hard for Sambo, because I have other things to do".
The floor seems rather slippery. If throwing someone on the ground and just mounting them there for a win, a sumo wrestler might do well here.
Someone, I think it was Beebs, posted something about Combat Sambo being good preparation for mma. I am to lazy to try and find this comment. This prompted me to find a set of rules. http://www.tournament.info/madoc/rules/Sambo_Combat_Rules.pdf It looks as though the poster that I believe to have been Beebs was correct.
