Yes. Everything about this Street MMA match is perfect. Perfect, perfect, perfect. Every possible ingredient that could be added to a delicious Street MMA soup is here: Russians, high level grappling techniques, a fantastic and knowledgeable crowd that is more respectful than the average MMA audience (even getting quiet and then applauding at appropriate times) and a low sodium bouillon cube. I also have to admit I love the copious amounts of dust on them, dirt everywhere. I think this should recreated in some fashion in real MMA, like the fighter gets antiqued by his corner before he steps into the cage or something. It adds drama.

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+6 # Guest 2011-09-02 12:52

I'm so glad MMA isn't fought whilst wearing t-shirts. Hate when fights turn into hockey brawls. Couple of things:

1) Why was no point deducted for the THREE illegal head butts?!
2) The camerawork was god awful. Dust got in the way half the time.
3) Was that a slam KO finish?!
4) What a gruelling battle. War random russian grapplers!!

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-5 # Guest 2011-09-02 22:51

What's wrong with headbutts? How much more do MMA rules need to take away from a fight?

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+12 # prhavc 2011-09-02 12:55

Yeah right, the T-shirts were a real problem. They made it better, for the judo/sambo throws.

My question is, how does it end? there's no definitive finish. The red shorts guy was obviously better, he had some bad ass ura nage slams, but at the end he is on the bottom.
great fight!

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-15 # Guest 2011-09-02 13:09

More educated? The difference is that they aren' t shouting hit that n****... street mma is just violence

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+19 # freakintony 2011-09-02 13:16

legit street MMA

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+22 # Guest 2011-09-02 13:17

best street fight i've seen in a LOOONNNGGG time

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+5 # Guest 2011-09-02 13:40

Thats not a street fight, granted it is in a street, or what appears to be a street, its outside I suppose, but that was quite clearly organised, the guys are wear there little uniforms.
Would be nice to have seen a finish, I think the Orange guy bleeds all over the Red guy and blinds him then punches him up.
Good fight never the less.

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+7 # Guest 2011-09-02 13:44

i like the part where he suplexed him

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+7 # TDM 2011-09-02 13:46

They're not Russian. It's in Tajikistan. But the video is in Russian.

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+11 # Sambro 2011-09-02 14:56

That explains the preference for north-south position.

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+1 # aint.that.a.kick.in.the.head 2011-09-02 14:59

Another one bites the dust

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0 # sukotsuto 2011-09-02 15:23

Looks like a folk wrestling match, with strikes. Some rural areas do these sorts of matches.

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0 # Guest 2011-09-02 15:48

Slams are illegal in folk style wrestleing, so its more like freestyle with punches ;)

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+9 # sukotsuto 2011-09-02 16:17

There are different styles of folk wrestling being practiced all over the world (particularly Europe). What we know as "folkstyle wrestling" (collegiate wrestling) is a sport that's rooted from various wrestling styles, while these folk wrestling being done in various rural villages and towns differs from one another in style and practice. UK alone has different variations of folk wrestling (lancashire, catch as catch can, cornish, celtic...)

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+10 # Guest 2011-09-02 18:02

You're smarter than me, so i hate you

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-4 # Guest 2011-09-02 18:38

guys,you can call it whatever style you want,at the end of the day its 2 guys fighting,using whatever means neccasry.i dont understand why you guys get so caught up with trying to name a style

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+2 # Guest 2011-09-02 18:44

FIRST!

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0 # Sidecheckkick 2011-09-02 20:22

those guys are freestylers who fight a real fight, the affinity for grappling is explained by being a purebred wrestler.
no weird folkwrestling theory here, those countries have their own styles, but just not in this video.
Wrestling is a popular thing in southern countries of the former Soviet Union- like the other guy said its in Tadschikistan.

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+5 # Lefthea D. Kick 2011-09-02 22:27

Didn't think Fedor would be fighting this soon...

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+1 # tpk 2011-09-03 10:53

Does ebryone in russia know sambo? this video suggests yes

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0 # Guest 2012-08-05 11:40

They are obviously wrestlers. You can tell because they keep turning to their stomachs on the ground and exposing their backs. Plus they aren't going for submissions; just slams + ground and pound.

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0 # Whatever 2013-01-09 02:39

Admin is a stupid american guy, who thinks that all the videos are showing Russians fighting. This is not Russian language, sounds more like Portugese (which for your info is also spoken in Brazil). But video was obviously taken from some russian website.

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