alexander karelin team was saying (in russian) "careful, careful don't push him (Japanese fighter) that much " Basically dont break Maeda

I admire the Japanese wrestler. Meet the grizzly and stay alive..... this is the greatest skill and courage.

The problem with RINGS is that they did both pro-wrestling matches and MMA fights, sometimes on the same cards. The websites that keep track of MMA records often mix these up.

@user-pv2jq5ne4g

Ай бұрын

前田は素晴らしい!😢

I don't care if it's a "work." Karelin is a legendary Olympian, Maeda is a kegendary pro wrestler and this maatch was epic.

Karelin's pure wrestling kept Maeda from taking a lot of knees to the head, only reason he survived

💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽

レジェンド!🎉

この2人が当時目が飛んでいた小川直也と対戦するのを観たかった。

@monarch1651

4 ай бұрын

Ogawa would destroy Maeda. Karelin would in turn destroy ogawa unless ogawa landed a lucky punch.

this is a total work..no way maeda, could ever beat karelin

@kicksubmissionsuplex1700

6 ай бұрын

Obviously. Most probably knew it was a work at the time.

@grawakendream8980

2 ай бұрын

it was like $3 million in cash to portray an opponent, sorta@@kicksubmissionsuplex1700

赤犬白ひげ

この試合のセコンドを見てて、ヒクソンとしなくて良かったなあって思う。

Lenzberginius i siukslina ......!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

很明顯這是個表演，不知道當時要花多少錢，才能請到卡列林。

@dmonsterrrrrrr

10 ай бұрын

seeing that this had a gate comparable to modern ufc events, i’d say whatever it cost they could pay lol

@monarch1651

4 ай бұрын

Combat sports of any kind are more successful in Japan than in the west

@dmonsterrrrrrr

4 ай бұрын

@@monarch1651yeah definitely. i think it’s the pro wrestling influence. they knew how to get people to care more it seems

@grawakendream8980

2 ай бұрын

the fan base is more connoisseur imo@@dmonsterrrrrrr

@grawakendream8980

2 ай бұрын

the way the west was decades ago

亚历山大打的很拘谨，生怕很快结束了战斗

Not a real MMA fight

@kicksubmissionsuplex1700

5 күн бұрын

No one said it was! 🤣

@komodoontheback

5 күн бұрын

@@kicksubmissionsuplex1700 I came here cause in FB linked like that, but yes, here no one said it.

the rules for this were all goofy, to ensure an actual match wouldn't break out lol. they should have just allowed pins for karelin. but he probably didn't want it to resemble wrestling, as not to tarnish his career, which it sorta did anyway

@kicksubmissionsuplex1700

2 ай бұрын

By this point, Maeda was out of shape and couldn't really go anymore, and Karelin wanted to protect himself for the 2000 Olympics. The rules made sense in that regard, and I thought it was still a pretty entertaining pro-wrestling match for what it was. Karelin came out looking strong and Maeda got a few spots in as well.

@grawakendream8980

2 ай бұрын

this type of distraction did not help him in the olympics and he ended up losing@@kicksubmissionsuplex1700

ヘビー級のカレリンと、 クルーザー級ヒクソンとの 差ですね。 前田日明は、 それを見せつけたかったんです。 ヒクソンは ｢ホッ…｣ としたと思いますよ。