My friend grew up in the Soviet Union and still goes back to Russia often, answered the who is more famous question. "Fedor is a huge celebrity in Russia, Karelin is revered. Fedor is an Icon for sport, Karelin is a symbol of Soviet superiority. When people talk about Fedor, they get excited like when Americans talk about Tyson. When people talk about Karelin, they get solemn like when Catholics talk about the Pope."

@loserfur

Жыл бұрын

Wow. Beautiful.

@jjjyli686

Жыл бұрын

Karelin is the guy u think when russian athletes are mentioned. One of the best athletes ever

@thegoodguywins1

Жыл бұрын

More like Russian superiority. Soviet Union don’t exist anymore

@joelchavez61

Жыл бұрын

Well said. The Soviets sought superiority optics in many areas like music and sport. Wrestling, boxing, hockey and more. The propaganda was absolute and Soviet people believed that they together were superior. The Soviets owned the chess world as chess is well known for intelligence and the Soviets used their empire to find talent and dominate the sport because of their collective work. Bobby Fischer the lone American genius with no support from the U.S. govt destroyed their monopoly. The kgb followed Fischer since he was a child as his talent was unquestioned. Despite their communist "state above the people" full establishment of Russian grandmaster assistance and preparation, Fischer took their dominance away and they could not do anything about it. The Soviet govt apologized to the people. Cubans and Russians dominated Olympic boxing as most American fighters fought professionally for the money, as opposed to Soviet athletes who were supported entirely by the govt. Technically the Olympics are for amateurs who have not been paid for the aport. Pro boxers do not compete in the Olympics. What was unfair is that the Soviets basically had pro fighters as the government paid them and supported their needs entirely, where American athletes could not make income for competition. The U.S hockey team beat their dominance with kids, Fischer stripped their intellectual dominance and people like Sugar Ray Leonard Muhhamad Ali (Cassius) and Foreman, displayed total dominance.

@cockroach134

Жыл бұрын

Fantastic why of describing this

Karelin is so goated he literally wrote a doctoral thesis on suplexing people

@TexasDeathX

3 жыл бұрын

Its true

@consumerofstuff7854

3 жыл бұрын

No way, cool fact. Certainly nobody more qualified. 👍

@diegoalejandrolondono6916

3 жыл бұрын

do you have the Title of the thesis?

@chaosdweller

3 жыл бұрын

Lmao!

@robbybee70

3 жыл бұрын

I thought it was on defending a suplex

I honestly believe if Karelin had been invited to the first few UFCs, most people today would never have heard of BJJ.

@NateVHVT

3 жыл бұрын

Karelin picking up the 80kg Royce...

@MrDragonkarp

3 жыл бұрын

@@NateVHVT well we saw what Sakuraba wrestling was able to do to the gracies imagine him lol

@humann5682

3 жыл бұрын

@Watson Wallace Yup, the great Gracie-Informercial. Gracie's are masters of BJJ, but Grandmasters of marketing.

@Jekyll_Island_Creatures

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrDragonkarp Sakuraba knew that Karl Gotch catch wrestling.

@daddykpot

3 жыл бұрын

This is disputable if you have seen the bushido matches with Alexander. But i think in busido the only rule told to Karelin is "escape via ropes", because in real life he is very smart guy and i don't think he couldn't win half of his matches

Karelin is one of those legendary athletes that not only was dominant but actually looked exactly how you’d expect a monster to look

@jjjyli686

Жыл бұрын

Karelin would do absolute bits in ufc today. He would get his hands on ngannou and there would be no chance getting up after that. It would be like brock lesnar but way better wrestling and better stamina

@jackjack4412

Жыл бұрын

@@jjjyli686 way better wrestling than Brock Lesnar? It's not possible to be "way" better than Brock Lesnar at wrestling...

@andrams6010

Жыл бұрын

@@jackjack4412 ok , insolent young man. Brock lesnar is just a bunch of steroids . Alexander Karelin was a TRUE monster, and more importantly , A TRUE martial artist. He was the greatest greco roman wrestler that ever existed. Lesnar was just some jacked white boy in steroids.

@andreapedroni3256

Жыл бұрын

@@jjjyli686 Yes he probably would've beaten him. His physical specs are at the same level but Karelin's technique is perfect.

@jedinxf7

Жыл бұрын

​@@jackjack4412 lmao ok kid. Karelin : Lesnar is an insulting comparison. one is the greatest wrestler of all time one was the best wrestler on college once. its about as sensible as asking whether Michael Jordan was "much" better than David Robinson, except. that d-rob was a much more dominant college ball player, and actually was a great NBA player for a time. Lesnar never even qualified for an Olympics, let alone taking three gold and a silver. Lesnar never competed at karelins level, let alone accomplishing anything like his years of never losing a match or even a single POINT against *Olympians* until his last Olympics. it's just crazy to even put them in a sentence together. Brock was a good wrestler. karelin is the Wayne Gretzky of wrestling.

Karelin had a record of 887-2 both loses from one point deficit. He had a move called "Karelin lift" which is reverse body lift, he slammed wrestlers that weighted around 130 kgs around 800 times. Easily the greatest ever

@aleksisuhonen5433

3 жыл бұрын

And one of the greatest athletes ever!

@alik5972

3 жыл бұрын

@@aleksisuhonen5433 absolutely

@goliusargus

3 жыл бұрын

He's THE most dominant athlete in combat sports history.

@Gottiline_Ace

3 жыл бұрын

But you can't say he's one of the greatest athletes ever when he was a blatant PED cheater for almost 2 whole decades. It wasn't a secret either, they didn't G.A.F. as long as he was winning and making "Mother Russia" look good. Not taking away from his accomplishments, but that cloud will always loom over his name amongst elite wrestlers and athletes.

@tropickman

3 жыл бұрын

@@Gottiline_Ace Where do you get that? Any proof?

In a recent interview (in Russian) Karelin was asked a question: “When there were difficult times in your life, how did you fight through them ?” He just said: “Silently”.

@screamneagle8420

3 жыл бұрын

The silent but extremely deadly type. They’re the ones you have to watch out for!

@YPeezy

3 жыл бұрын

?

@YPeezy

3 жыл бұрын

Screamn’ Eagle wanna go?

@olliefoxx7165

3 жыл бұрын

Dayum. That's cool.

@screamneagle8420

3 жыл бұрын

YPeezy Sure! Where we go’n?

I remember when Karelin was asked what it was like to be the strongest guy in the world. His response: "What? I'm not even the strongest man in my village."

@cameronmiller6240

3 жыл бұрын

xpat73 id love to see his village.

@michaelpetrovich5353

3 жыл бұрын

@@cameronmiller6240 are you sure?

@danfors1333

8 ай бұрын

He did participate in a World Strongman competition. He did great in some of it's events but in total there were other competitors that were stronger.

@user-gt5zh6rw3r

8 ай бұрын

@@danfors1333 No, I have read what you said. The author claimed Karelin would come in drunk and lift atlas stones. That is a false story.

@danfors1333

8 ай бұрын

@@user-gt5zh6rw3r Seems my last post got deleted for some reason when I tried posting a link but there is video footage of Karelin participating in Strongman. He finished 8th place.

Here's how I know Karelin is the best athlete of all time, when there is a promising young wrestler nobody says "this guy could be the next Karelin". It never occurs to anybody that that could be a possibility.

@DefeatLust

3 жыл бұрын

Holy shit, that is a fucking sick comment.

@rishavkumar1263

Жыл бұрын

The same thing applies with Sir Donald Bradman's batting in cricket.

@stj00nes

11 ай бұрын

ali as well though and probably ussain bolt

@mical2great

11 ай бұрын

Drugs

@afrolitious7930

10 ай бұрын

​@@stj00nes Ali is not even top 5.

“He was only 60-0”. Easy to say when you’re the greatest of all time.

@Horndogthehorneddog

3 жыл бұрын

Lmao wrestling records will crack you up. Gotta be 100-0 to get respect lol

@zoro88h

3 жыл бұрын

Americans go well beyond 100 matches so it's not a lot of matches, relativley

@J49Meras

3 жыл бұрын

go look at his track record

@Horndogthehorneddog

3 жыл бұрын

Marten Dekker Haha no one cares about you opinion dude Go do something productive instead of trying to be too smart for every joke, you are an idiot, get that in your head.

@slothbro2740

3 жыл бұрын

yeah and this guy was 887-2 in wrestling

Karelin won the 1993 world championship with two broken ribs. There has never been a more dominant athlete in my opinion.

@utkarsh2746

3 жыл бұрын

@Ok Long A desperate attempt by America to play down what Karelin was able to do? The man dominated for a Decade and you're really asking how 2 wins compare? One on a rule change, a technicality where Karelin made the smallest error and Gardner did nothing to actually score that point? Karelin is an all time legend while no one except americans even remember Gardner. That should answer your question about how they compare. "Beat the Russian" lol *laughs in Putin*

@theronin365

3 жыл бұрын

I know someone who won an Olympic Gold medal ...with a broken freaking neck, lol

@triggerhappyjay4794

3 жыл бұрын

@@theronin365 Kurt Angle 🤣😂🔥

@gospaironija2762

3 жыл бұрын

@Ok Long Pathetic to be honest,its like you are hypocritical kid with big envy for the great Karelin who Rulon didnt beat but got free win vs him,he did nothing againts him,Karelin would been 889-0 his 2 L come from point taking away,nobody ever dominate him or come even close to... And all this talk about steroids by Americans who got just as long history of taking them as Russian just most of Americans were never exposed.

@timeenhuis1166

3 жыл бұрын

Fedor submitted mark Coleman with a broken neck. Both are pretty bad ass

He has a PHD in sports. Wrote his thesis on the art of the suplex. Not only a beast but a genius

@chaosdweller

3 жыл бұрын

Lol, the beast in xmen comes to mind

@WhySoBroken

2 жыл бұрын

having a phd in "sports" doesnt make you a genius lmao

@pet3r387

2 жыл бұрын

@@WhySoBroken was thinking the same thing lol

@ibrahimmoncada2710

2 жыл бұрын

Imagine being so good that he had spare time to patent his own signature wrestling move Karelin could have body slam Sumos

@buffalosoldier7360

2 жыл бұрын

Would you dare deny his phd thesis???

Karelin was the ABSOLUTE BEAST of martial arts! I used to be a Greco-Roman wrestler myself at 87kg and I met him in 1999 Greco_Roman WC in Athens ( I was a spectator ) when I shook his hand I felt like an infant. His hands where gigantic and he seemed like he was a giant made of rock. I met a lot heaveweights but noone so scary.

@Keranu

Жыл бұрын

You were blessed with the opportunity of a lifetime. What was his grip like when shaking his hand?

@marcosrua7223

7 ай бұрын

Probably like an elephant trunk holding a peanut. Very gentle

@cyclonebee8175

4 ай бұрын

Bro I was wrestling as a freshman in college back then. I used to study Karelin all the time. He was perfection as my coach once said.

@zaynes5094

3 ай бұрын

@cabdymanGR7 At that same time that Karelin was dominating and suplexing guys through world and Olympic championships, Fedor was coming in and dominating guys for his brutal pace, accuracy, ruthlessness, and punch power.

Aleksandr Karelin said he did not want to do MMA / cage fighting because he did not want to hurt people! He is a nice guy and very good person.

@pakistan-fatherofindia113

3 жыл бұрын

Reality is he cant take punch and kicks which hurts

@sketo7678

3 жыл бұрын

@@pakistan-fatherofindia113 Sure...

@randomdude8904

3 жыл бұрын

@@pakistan-fatherofindia113 and nobody probably survive getting their heads slammed by the guy. Your point?

@1986emix

3 жыл бұрын

@@pakistan-fatherofindia113 the guy got broken ribs going down by his lungs and still managed to defeat his opponents, I bet he can take one punch or two

@Johnny-lj5ef

3 жыл бұрын

@@pakistan-fatherofindia113 you’re not too familiar with Russian combat athletes are you?

Shortest discussion ever: "- Can Karelin be defeated by..." "- No"

@linuslundholm2712

3 жыл бұрын

Kevin C Like connor did with khabib?

3 жыл бұрын

@Kevin C ahaaha man im the biggest conor mcgregor fan but this is nonsense he would kill mcg

@michaelterrell5061

3 жыл бұрын

johny bones Well how good was karelin at MMA? Did he have any submission or striking skills that were on par with that of McGregors?

@thesilencer4638

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelterrell5061 So let me get this straight. All you guys say that Conor would beat Karelin or I'm mistaken?....

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelterrell5061 man are u crazy?

Karelin used to put 200+ on the bar, set a timer for 15 minutes then start lifting the weight until the timer went off. He timed his weight lifting rather than count it. That's utterly amazing.

@modsquad20

7 ай бұрын

He also trained by putting a refrigerator on his back and climbing stairs.

@asoncalledvoonch2210

7 ай бұрын

@@modsquad20 I was being serious

@modsquad20

7 ай бұрын

@@asoncalledvoonch2210 So was I. From his Wiki page... When asked about his toughest opponent, Karelin instantly replied: "My refrigerator," referring to the time for which he bear hugged his refrigerator, weighing over 500lbs, and carried it up through eight flights of stairs of his hometown 9-storied apartment building.

@jeffn2723

5 ай бұрын

If he benched that much for 15 minutes, he would have been doing like 1 rep every 30 seconds towards the end.

@user-vx6nw1db9o

Ай бұрын

​He is telling the truth brother@@asoncalledvoonch2210

Karelin's record was 887 wins, 2 losses (both by one point, and Rulon's victory was somewhat cheap). I don't believe anyone in any sport ever has had anywhere remotely close to that good of a record.

@Bff668

2 жыл бұрын

Sugar ray robertson 40-1 then went like 80 straight

@debunkinghistory214

2 жыл бұрын

@@Bff668 Sugar Ray Robinson's overall amateur and professional record was 201-19. He did win 85 consecutive amateur bouts which is what you're referring to. He's certainly a great of his sport but nowhere near Karelin.

@debunkinghistory214

2 жыл бұрын

@@Bff668 Sugar Ray Leonard's record was 36-3-1. Again great boxer but different universe as far as how much better he was than his competitors.

@YogiBear13

2 жыл бұрын

@@Bff668 Ray Robinson did start his career 126-1 and avenged that 1 loss 3 or 4 times by then. Certainly up there but Karelin has that beat.

@jbudbuds4484

Жыл бұрын

Rulons victory was straight bs they literally made a rule for 1 year and 1 year only that gave him the win otherwise he always got stomped in every match he ever had against him. Such a BS medal to be praised for. Literally a rule won that medal not any actual wrestler.

If karelin did MMA there would be a funeral after each fight.

@screamneagle8420

3 жыл бұрын

Not even joking! One scary dude!

@WeBreakItAllDownRightHere

3 жыл бұрын

And a failed drug test

@aarnavchaturvedi2552

3 жыл бұрын

@JOEL AND ELLIE DIE in the last of us 2 and MMA is not that sport...

@DedicatedSpartan

3 жыл бұрын

@@WeBreakItAllDownRightHere only I'd he was on steroids.

@MoeShlomo

3 жыл бұрын

Imagine if instead of inventing/mastering the reverse body lift, Karelin put those efforts into mastering spiking his heavyweight opponents on their heads. Scary

Alexander Kerelin and men like him are why I learned how to use weapons.

@michaelpetrovich5353

3 жыл бұрын

I don't think Guns can hurt Karelin.

@marklipelis5121

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah.., that would just piss him off

@mikkoj1977

3 жыл бұрын

If all men where like Karelin, there be no need for guns..

@evangelosgiagias4629

3 жыл бұрын

mikkoj1977 best comment of all comments I read long time now

@cjb2836

3 жыл бұрын

Bro a gun ain't gonna do anything against him

I met Karelin once, An extreamly nice person. Shoock his hand and felt giddy as a schoolboy. Huge hands.

@anon8633

Ай бұрын

Lil gay

I’m so glad you point out the rule change that lead to Karelins loss

@chaosdweller

3 жыл бұрын

Same

Karelin was a God. He once wrestled for 10yrs straight without losing a single point. Let's look deeper into why he lost the Gardner match. First, he wrestled earlier in the day leaving him a bit weathered to begin with. Second, and this is important, the referee warned Garner several times during the match for "passivity" meaning that he wasn't engaging in battle. Normally, when this happens twice, a point is awarded to the opponent. Well, Gardner was warned five times without a single point awarded. When Karelin lost, he didn't complain. Instead, he took off his wrestling shoes and left them on the wrestling mat as a sign of respect and also signifying a changing of the guard. To further his sign of respect, he attended the next Olympics in support of Gardner. I can go on and on, but I won't. Fedor and Karelin are both Gods of their respective sports therefore one will never badmouth the other.

@MrNotradamus

3 жыл бұрын

You nailed it. He's the greatest Greco-Roman wrestler of all time.

@freebsdojo3769

3 жыл бұрын

Amazing! Reminds me of Yamashita in judo.

@8326nazir

3 жыл бұрын

How can he go to olympics in support of gardener if he’s Russian

@JL-fx5cm

3 жыл бұрын

@@8326nazir Karelin attended the 2004 Olympics as a Political Dignitary of Russia. Even though Russia's Baroev was heavily favored to win, Karelin cheered Gardner on as he was the reigning champion. Karelin, felt for Gardner as did everyone, due to his unfortunate snowmobiling accident resulting in an amputation of his toe and lifelong neurological numbness in his foot. When Gardner secured his Bronze medal, he then layed his wrestling shoes on the mat just like that of his hero...Alexander Karelin.

@JL-fx5cm

3 жыл бұрын

@K GehringerYes, Standing or Par Terre is awarded to the Aggressor. However, Passivity Sequence # 4- Stoppage of the match by referee. Passive Wrestler is disqualified from the bout due to three cautions (there were five). Karelin was older, Gardner trained hard by wrestling cows on his farm. Great match overall. However, the new rule and old rules were botched.

I wish somebody would make a good documentary on Karelin he’s one of the greatest athletes ever but it’s hard to find much out about him and there’s not much on KZread

@aleksisuhonen5433

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly! It sucks so hard, that wrestlers and grapplers in general do not get more recognition, and do not get paid more!

@holdenkimura5034

3 жыл бұрын

Aleksi Suhonen I agree 100% my uncle wrote a book in 2012 on the best Olympic athletes of all time and only included 1 wrestler! At the time it was before I got into grappling but looking back now I’m like “WTF”

@mattmorrison9379

3 жыл бұрын

All behind the iron curtain unfortunately

@Redaku418

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I was talking about him to my younger brother. He was juice head however the videos of him training are surreal. No wrestlers train like that full respect to him

@DedicatedSpartan

3 жыл бұрын

I will be discussing him in my video on the Spartan mindset, I might do a separate one on just him because someone requested it.

I recall watching that match when Gardner upset karelin. Me and my step-dad was rooting for Aleksandr. We didn't care that he was Russian and going against an American, we were rooting for a legend and wanted to see him go out on top. Gardner was such a damn wide body it was hard to do anything to him.

Fedor was and still is the most feared mma fighter of all time dude is a freak of nature💯 hes my all time favorite fighter

@damienhughes1996

2 жыл бұрын

Fedor is a beast I can't believe DC said he wouldn't have been a superstar in the UFC, I beg to differ I think Fedor would beast wherever he would have ended up.

@kubi368

2 жыл бұрын

@@damienhughes1996 prime fedor KILLS dc in 1 round

@davidcook680

11 ай бұрын

I work at Walmart. So I know what I'm talking about. Fedor wasn't most feared.

Just because you shot Jesse James doesn’t make you Jesse James

@Parmesan300

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting take

@nietzchesmustache5495

3 жыл бұрын

That's from breaking bad lol

@LeftyKnox.

3 жыл бұрын

Holy shit i was just watching that episode where Mike said that

@codyconnell6510

3 жыл бұрын

I can’t not read this in mike’s voice.

@resolveyeetlord8340

3 жыл бұрын

Cough adesanya vs Silva cough

You gotta respect Marty - 5% body fat with 0% charisma.

@thomasjordan5448

3 жыл бұрын

😅

@bluecollarboys6294

3 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@TheValdemossa

3 жыл бұрын

I don't know about that. Have you seen his charisma when he goes into marriage counselor mode?

@heath6809

3 жыл бұрын

And 100% badass. He's going to ragdoll the shit out of Jorge.

@geraldfriend256

3 жыл бұрын

Fair

The experiment walked on his shoulders faster than a toddler walks on it's feet. His "move" was picking up and tossing other Heavyweight wrestlers. He held an undefeated streak of thirteen years. He is a modern day Hercules.

You know what? I didn’t expect to subscribe to you but you were sooo spot on with this story that I had no choice. You’re a great orator and story teller and I really enjoy that. Thanks.

Karelin was the greatest Olympic wrestler of all time, no doubt about that. Imagine if he had competed in MMA

@mpforeverunlimited

3 жыл бұрын

He did

@planc3318

3 жыл бұрын

mpforeverunlimited once, I mean as a real fighter

@robertmurphy206

3 жыл бұрын

USADA: Good joke

@BUK7550

3 жыл бұрын

@@robertmurphy206 His prime would have been way before USADA. He would have been fighting other juiced up guys like Mark Kerr

@lanefairburn4556

3 жыл бұрын

Saitiev and Kaori Icho have entered the chat...

Karelin was 33 when he competed in the Olympics in 2000. He was the most tested athlete in the history of the combat sport and he never tested positive. Those are the facts.

@petarvodenski5477

3 жыл бұрын

Everybody was on steroids

@OkurkaBinLadin

3 жыл бұрын

@@petarvodenski5477 Presumption of guilt? Thats gonna take you far in life, friend...

@petarvodenski5477

3 жыл бұрын

@@OkurkaBinLadin thanks for seeing into my future just by looking at one comment

@AIlSystemsGo

3 жыл бұрын

Dirk Diggler not like America doesn’t

@s.sarjonmahmud6231

3 жыл бұрын

Russians are good with undetectable drugs😂

I love your Fedor stories Chael. I was a huge UFC fan years ago. A friend of mine told me about Fedor and Aleks in Pride, but I never paid much attention. Then a couple years ago I had a lot of spare time and came across Fedor fights on KZread. So I FINALLY decided to check him out after having moved away from MMA as a whole some years prior. I was blown away by Fedor's AND Alek's fights to a somewhat lessor degree. Aleks is a great fighter. They both look like ordinary dudes you'd meet and think they're just average Joe's. Watching Fedor fighting in Pride turned me into a MMA fan again 💯, and a Fedor fan for life.

Karelin was the smallest guy in his family, he is one of those super athletes that comes around once every 100 year.

@james-bx4wr

11 ай бұрын

Wrestling version of jon jones

@Clarity0yx

9 ай бұрын

@@james-bx4wrjon jones is not close to him

@thrillofgame828

9 ай бұрын

He was born abnormally big so I don't know where you got that info

@mathewmole3346

8 ай бұрын

He only got that big because the russians were trying crazy steroid mixtures and shit out on him.

@ChrisSmith-rd6dm

8 ай бұрын

I have seen multiple comments saying he was a 13lb baby. Some say 15lb. Either way, he was a huge baby

Alexander Kerelin is a legend. Looks like a demon.

@paulbadman8509

3 жыл бұрын

I know it's lame, but I'm kinda proud for sharing the last name with the legend.

@Redaku418

3 жыл бұрын

That's that Russian wrestler who was like crazy good

@ellmuffin

3 жыл бұрын

Looks like a man who hunts demons for sport

@geraldfriend256

3 жыл бұрын

Unreal match with Ruan Garner(sic) when Karelin was deadlifting him and Ruan flopped around..just 20 lbs lighter and he'd be a victim of that signature throw.Rulan sorry.

@Dudethingy563

3 жыл бұрын

@awis linear what's wrong with the name Nikita? seems like a very typical russian name.

Karelin deserves more recognition. I mean, he's a respected figure but more people should learn about him, his achievements are amazing. One of the best combat athletes ever.

@Keranu

3 жыл бұрын

I have a hard time arguing how he's not the greatest athlete of any sports. His record is even more insane than Charlie Zelenoff's, and actually real.

@TheClinchMagazine

3 жыл бұрын

@@Keranu 887-2

@Keranu

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheClinchMagazine Unbelievable. It's so ludicrous.

@TheClinchMagazine

3 жыл бұрын

@@Keranu His nickname "The Experiment"

Boy, Chael remembered this fight incorrectly... The grip was very easily lost and it was lost before OT but since you needed to be up 3-0 to win it then went to OT where the win went to Gardner.

@superman1148

2 жыл бұрын

Came here to say this. He didn’t “change his grip,” he lost it completely. It happened early in the second period because after a scoreless first was when the rule made them start in the clinch. Also, I only remember two cautions to Gardner, maybe three, to the commenters who keep saying five. I could be off but I just watched it and I think it was two or three tops. Either way, great match, Karelin fought like hell but Gardner did too.

@questionmark1152

Жыл бұрын

@@superman1148 That 1st par terre position gassed the hell out of Karelin. It tired him out so much he made that enormous blunder breaking the lock.

Before Alexander Karelin goes to sleep, he checks under his bed for Chael P Sonnen.

@highlandus

3 жыл бұрын

No

@keatongrider1527

3 жыл бұрын

other way around

@ericcomstock2249

3 жыл бұрын

You clearly are not a wrestling fan. Karelin is the scariest man to ever fucking live.

@maninarush2112

3 жыл бұрын

how horrified would you be if Chael Sonnen shot a single at you from under your bed. idk about anyone else, but i'd shit myself

@Pumpkinmountain

3 жыл бұрын

@@ericcomstock2249 you clearly doesn't get jokes

My senior yearbook quote was out of his book. " i train everyday of my life as they have never trained a day in theirs."

@chrisw5150

3 жыл бұрын

To me that means you dont need to train at all

@joshfeeney6197

3 жыл бұрын

@@chrisw5150 no, it means he trains harder everyday than they have trained on their hardest day

@Dudethingy563

3 жыл бұрын

@lol you Idiot a little bit but at the same time I've said lots of cringy macho shit in my day.

@theshrek__3287

3 жыл бұрын

Ha GAY!

@mr.harroldramanan8154

3 жыл бұрын

You idiot people it’s not the full quote search on google for the real version....

Karelin had an MMA fight with Akira Maeda. He was offered gloves so that he could hit. Karelin refused and used only wrestling

@oedgracias1646

3 жыл бұрын

yeah. just watched it right now. he rag dolled Maeda

@davefoster6767

2 жыл бұрын

@@oedgracias1646 Maeda looked like he was about to die at the end.

You have to admit that he still showed respect to everyone in that match . He made one mistake in 13 years . He’ll always be a legend.

He was referred to as "The Karelin" .....an unstoppable monster....feared and revered by all wrestlers. His reverse lift from the floor are things of legend.

@MichaelShulski

Жыл бұрын

I thought the Russian language didn't have articles like "the".

@egrassa1480

8 ай бұрын

​@@MichaelShulskiit doesnt

@alexvictoria8580

8 ай бұрын

Until a Gardner stopped him.

CHAELIPEDIA Physi-logically : To physically and logically be able to accomplish one’s goal.

@kevinhunt1202

3 жыл бұрын

Fedor had very good English . That’s shocking I don’t remember him ever speaking it.....

@SpyWhoLovedHimself

3 жыл бұрын

He spoke good English in France for some weird reason (while giving a seminar).

I’ve pondered these same questions many times myself. I wonder how Karelin would answer these questions, my guess is the same way Fedor did. A good topic, Chael. More like this, please!

I just recently gently started watching Chael’s videos. Damn he's such a great story teller lol. Totally enjoying his videos

As a life long wrestler, Aleks was one of the most dominant and intimidating forces who ever lived. Had MMA been a major sport in his time I have no doubt he would of been a Mark Coleman type but better.

@jackmehoff9654

2 жыл бұрын

lol try goat.

Dude this is one of the best videos you’ve released. I love hearing back room stories like this

Beautyful and respectful breakdown by Sonnen. I loved it

Karelin always impressed me with his opening move in every match...he wished his opponent well with a genuine handshake of appreciation. He is a GOAT.

I am always impressed with Karelin's injury list and how many championships he won while injured. I'm sure he had all the medical care he needed once he became famous, but still...Around January 1988 he had a serious concussion, and doctors considered removing him from the 1988 Olympic team. Karelin won the 1993 World Championships despite breaking two ribs in the opening bout against Matt Ghaffari. At the 1996 European Championships in Budapest, he had torn the right pectoralis major muscle so badly that doctors predicted he would not be able to use his right hand for several months. Karelin won the Championships, but had to be urgently operated on in Budapest. He recovered within three months to compete at the 1996 Olympics

@tlz124

8 ай бұрын

Sounds like he had some drugs helping him recover

@SpaceMarine113

8 ай бұрын

@@tlz124 this is not how drugs work. They increase your chance of rupturing a tendon, they don't help you to regrow it back.

@MultiMeschi

8 ай бұрын

@@SpaceMarine113 sure, HGH for example helps with recovery

@SpaceMarine113

8 ай бұрын

@@MultiMeschi hgh was not around in wide use when karelin had his career. And even if it was, i am not aware of any studies that shows it counteracts the damage done by steroids to tendons, or that it helps regrow them back in shorter period of time.

@blaynegreiner9365

8 ай бұрын

​@@SpaceMarine113Maybe not specifically for ruptured tendons, but PEDs are practically specifically used for faster recovery and he was on everything known under the sun at the time.

Thanks for explaining the rule that changed Katelin"s perfect record on his last match, most people have no clue about this

@markredford84

3 жыл бұрын

who's katelin? was that kerelin's cornerwoman?

@thatguythatdoesstuff7448

3 жыл бұрын

@@markredford84 Who is Kerelin? < See how easy it is?

@davidwebb1546

3 жыл бұрын

@@thatguythatdoesstuff7448 I'll do you one better, WHY is Gamora?

My father was best friends with Aleksandr back when they both were competing. My father was a Cuban so when the Russians starting coming in to train with the Cubans they met and became great friends. So great, my father named me after him. The true GOAT of wrestling.

@femiog

3 жыл бұрын

What's your father's name

@AB-dh5ld

3 жыл бұрын

Top 10 Sports Jose

@jimh.412

2 жыл бұрын

@@AB-dh5ld Nice made up story bro 🙄

@braveryatitsfinest1569

11 ай бұрын

​@@jimh.412 Clown

@samerhamze3551

9 ай бұрын

That’s great man I hope u do something great with ur life fr

We were moving into the same apartment block in Novosibirsk (I was about 11 at the time), he had a flat on the 5th floor and the elevator was out. The guy loaded a double “American-style” fridge freezer on his back and walked it up the stairs... Nice man though, used to chat with my granny all the time.

@jacobharris954

2 ай бұрын

I have heard of him doing things like that

A young Karelin trained in MMA would have been something, he was awesome and 286+ pounds of muscle, strong like a bull.

@paulbadman8509

3 жыл бұрын

He boxed in his younger days too.

@EyesArePlanets

3 жыл бұрын

Are you related Nikita?? :)

@tonyzhang7129

3 жыл бұрын

EyesArePlanets probably not I think

@kjayclowers12

2 жыл бұрын

He would never pass a drug test he would be the King of Bellator

@berserker9813

2 жыл бұрын

@@kjayclowers12 he passed all the olympic ones. Pretty sure would pass the USADA in UFC too.

Thank you for this. I met him once when he was a competitor. Man, this guy was a specimen and he had an aura like Mike Tyson did. It felt like you were near a wild animal that can chop your head off like its nothing. But the strangest thing, he was one of the nicest athletes i have ever met, next to the great and untouchable Sergey Bubka and of course respectable Jonah Lomu. The most impressive part about him other than his sheer size was his intellect. You don't get to hear about Solzhenitsyn or poetry or class struggles when you talk with a heavy weight wrestler other than The Experiment.

@blackjesus804

3 жыл бұрын

Supports Putin like a big dumb coward.

@vittocrazi

3 жыл бұрын

@@blackjesus804 why a coward? you know a lot of people support him genuinely, right?

@blackjesus804

3 жыл бұрын

@@vittocrazi I don't know that because Putin assassinates and jails people telling the truth.

@skywillfindyou

2 жыл бұрын

@@blackjesus804 Yeah, you've been fed stupid myths. There are folks here speaking shit on him day and night, and there are fine, it's going on for decades.

@tristanpatterson3843

2 жыл бұрын

@@blackjesus804 But the US doesn't right?

In my opinion, Karelin is the single best athlete in any combat sport. His accomplishments were simply insane. The only wrestler who comes close to him in terms of as the GOAT is Cael Sanderson, who went 159-0 in his collegiate career and won 4 straight NCAA championships. But Karelin was simply ridiculous. Undefeated for 13 years, with no one scoring a point on him in 6 years, a feat just as impressive as his record. I can't imagine someone doing something like that in high school, let alone against the best wrestlers in the world, and as for his record, his two losses came at the beginning and very end of his career. Wrestling is not like, say, boxing, where you can pick opponents, and go up against 2 people a year. Karelin average more then 50 matches a year. I'm wrestling, you go up against whoever you go up against. So for 13 years, he beat literally everyone. Even crazy records, like Mayweather's 50-0, aren't even close to 887-2. Also, saying that Karelin juices isn't fair. There's no proof, and Karelin trained like a motherfucker

@secretagent4610

7 ай бұрын

Do you think he was not juiced considering the soviets we're known for juicing for decades?

@salj.5459

7 ай бұрын

Of course he was juiced. It's just that everyone else was also juiced, so if doesn't matter

@rodpec9097

6 ай бұрын

@@secretagent4610 Only Dothraki female slaves from Game of Thrones use "It is known" as an argument. You forget that it was a Cold war back then and that the West tried to demonize any success coming from a communist country so that God forbids yall westerner-peasants don't start getting revolutionary ideas...

@rodpec9097

6 ай бұрын

@@secretagent4610 Also, USA national basketball team was excluded from doping test at the Olympic games many times, bc the government of US guarantees for them, so whose known for what?

@secretagent4610

6 ай бұрын

@@rodpec9097 Proof?

Thanks, this story was great man!!

Dammit. Chael has the gift of gab. I sat out in the parking lot of my gym waiting to hear what Fedor said all the way to the end.

@kaerbear

3 жыл бұрын

I always imagine Chael actually never stops talking. In the shower, in the middle of the night in his sleep, making love to his wife, in the middle of a forest 100 miles from another human being...you know?

Bruce Prichard said in his podcast the WWF was trying to sign “The Experiment”, and said they watched one of his workouts where he went on the bench and did 225 lbs for 15 minutes. Not reps, 15 minutes!

@zabi3897

3 жыл бұрын

Wow

@DWilliam1

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds about right. He routinely worked out with 450+ on the bench press.

Thank u for this story. Both are legends and GOATs

Karelin was not a juicer. In fact he trained on his own very often separate from the Soviet system. He also never tested positive for anything and he didn't do the mandatory tests, he'd volunteer to be tested. No one associated with wrestling EVER suspected Karelin. Plus, look at him today. He's still massive.

@goldtiger9453

Жыл бұрын

They all juice

@Malkontent1003

Жыл бұрын

@@goldtiger9453 That's not accurate.

@mr.ditkovich6379

Жыл бұрын

He wasn't called "The Experiment" for nothing

@h02ctn

5 ай бұрын

@@mr.ditkovich6379 You have watched to much Rocky 4. Where is the proof?

@keagenmccartha7412

3 ай бұрын

do you have sand for brain cells?

Chael, we need more of this for the college-international wrestling. Need to get the sport out there more. Talk about personalities, rivalries, and more.

Between Masvidal vs Usman there is only one winner; it is Uncle Chael.

@Benjamin-1776-

3 жыл бұрын

All MMA pick'em contests need a "write-in" option for this very reason.

@KONAMAN100

3 жыл бұрын

The other way round would be a vast improvement.

@silentroad8422

3 жыл бұрын

@@KONAMAN100 do tell

thanks a lot Chael, love this 'report' of LEGENDS, and i 'd to say you thank you for the way you are speaking you are really easy to understaand for a (quite old) foreigner who has that 'english roasted' problem.

I love the way chael breaks things down

Uncle Chael with another great video.

Alexander has been my athletic hero for as long as I can remember.. Never enough on him or his achievements. thank you Bad Guy for acknowledging him. 🇨🇦🌎🇺🇸❤👍👍👍👍

@chaosdweller

3 жыл бұрын

I just started appreciating him over the past few years, I think its badass he was swole and jacked and somehow competed in tested competitions. His size and conditioning was badass.

I saw rulon about 8 years ago, and it was sad to see how far he has fallen. I hope he is better now.

@S33YouInH3ll

5 ай бұрын

He lost to McDonalds. It was a tough fight

Short answer: *Fedor evaded the question.* I just saved you 11:15 minutes of your life.

Karelin only lost after they changed rules on him. The guy was an absolute beast!

Karelin is just one of the scariest athletes of all time

great report. one of the best i have ever seen ......... respect

I remember some story about Karelin lifting a big old school fridge on his back, up a flight of stairs, like 5-6 floors. This guy is such a legend, and he looks like a savage as well.

*It was a clear cut case of changing the rules to win via cheating....then changing rules back to normal once he's gone.* And I'm an American...Alek was just on another level....last minute rule changes had to be implemented in order for him to place 2nd place....

@alexivan3911

3 жыл бұрын

This!!! 💯

@51dodoc

3 жыл бұрын

Not to mention his opponent not getting a point deduction for inactivity which was ridiculous, he was just laying on his belly most of the fight praying that Aleksandr won't be able to lift him.

YES! I'm so glad Chael brought up this legend for others to learn about. I still don't know enough about him even though I wrestled since I was a kid, and was astonished by Karelin's stature. Before the days of losing to Rulon, back when Karelin was in his prime, I'd never seen anything like him. PED's or not, nobody looks or wrestles like that from only drugs. You might be looking at leftover genetic mixing that developed size and strength demanded by Siberian winters and living amongst some of the harshest environments any hominid lineage endured. Either be big and strong, or die. I'm only half joking here. Thought that since I was a kid, and it's taking scientists forever to finally say "Hey! you know what? Everybody is a mix! Seems that some genetics for certain areas and necessities are leftover! That's why we're all human but different!" Derrrrrr. Just look a people and where they're from, numb nuts. It's a compliment. Anyway, yeah Karelin is a beast, and that reverse lift he used to do was against other huge and strong men that would chuck most of us a country mile. I met Rulon Gardener and got the shameless photo opportunity, and he put one arm around my shoulders the way they do for that nice scene implying we're old friends. Then like he did to everyone else, he started to squeeze. Now I'm a smaller guy, only about 5'7", but at that time in very good shape; at just around 160 pounds, strong enough to bench a little over 300, muscular, could do sets of 30 pull-ups, former wrestler, etc... blah blah you get it. I wasn't fragile. When Gardner squeezed my shoulders SIDEWAYS I thought something might pop or a slight injury would happen if he went further. It was with control but it caused something that I call "educational pain". With one arm. He's THAT strong, and believe me he used everything he could to beat a past-prime Karelin that day. When Karelin did his reverse lift move, some other world-class wrestlers actually quit before it happened. They actually called it, like verbal tapping because the move often put these extremely heavy people briefly towards a pile-driving position, which feels fatal. It eventually gets back exposure and that's all Karelin was going to do with it, but it's terrifying for the victim to feel their 285 pound bodies being tossed in the direction of the head before their back exposure, upside down and backwards possibly paralyzing them for life or death. Karelin would have had to train earlier in life to handle the nasty striking some heavyweights can do; because there's always that chance, but a healthy, somewhat young Karelin trained in MMA? If Alexander could avoid big mistakes, I don't know if there would have been much hope for anybody.

@cro_wiz

3 жыл бұрын

I remember Rulon being interviewed after his win against AK, I think it was Conan O'Brien) and describing wrestling against AK as "you feel like you are wrestling a horse" :-) He also explained that in their last match prior to Sydney he had thrown him 3 times, so he was a bit nervous going into that, I guess. Hard to imagine what a hug from A. Karelin on competition level would come to feel like? I think Rulon also mentioned in that same interview that he would do muscle-snatches with 280-300 lbs (so approx his bodyweight) which is solid since wrestlers would usually do that for reps and not 1 max, but AK was known to lift 400 lbs - just for comparison.

Chael is such a great story teller!

Chael sonnen must have been great at writing essays in school.

Gardner stalled the whole match and didn’t deserve the win. As an American it was a very hollow victory

@beauchapman4155

3 жыл бұрын

Lol...it wasn't hollow to Rulon.

@liukang85

3 жыл бұрын

@Semper Fi Well, Karelin had a small slipup, and the rest was Rulon being heavy as a cow. Not the biggest accomplishment, but he still earns respect for not giving up in fear or anything like that.

@RichardDemsick

3 жыл бұрын

@@beauchapman4155 I mean I sure couldn’t do what Rulon did, but Karelian was the better wrestler even on that day

@RichardDemsick

3 жыл бұрын

@Semper Fi The purpose of the rules of the sport of wrestling are to help keep opponents safe, and establish who is the best wrestler. Some techniques are used to try and take advantage of the rules to win, despite being a worse wrestler. He didn’t deserve the win because he was not as good and trying to take advantage of the rules. No shade if you are out matched by a talent like Karelin you will take every advantage you can get

@beauchapman4155

3 жыл бұрын

Richard Demsick and Karelin was hopped up on steroids. So it seems even to me.

I'd have rather watched Chael talking to Fedor than whatever media crap we actually got to see.

“When I train, I train like a madman” ..Aleksandr Karelin.

@chaosdweller

3 жыл бұрын

F%$#in ! A!!!!!! 🤘

Great vid Chael!

How good was Karelin? And where does kevin lee fit into all this?

@YellowPaint100

3 жыл бұрын

🤭🤭🤭 stop it

@Rapidos60

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

I recently rewatched Uncle Chael's win over Fedor. Is it just me, or did Chael genuinely attempt an RKO OUTTA NOWHERE on him?

@jaekenzo64

3 жыл бұрын

The great Chael emeliasonnenko can do what he damn well pleases!

@deadarmd

3 жыл бұрын

The poor guy was concussed and was trying anyting against the greatest of all time

@zephyr1969

3 жыл бұрын

@@deadarmd Fedor is the GOAT? He got smashed when he came to the UFC.

@wappaman1784

3 жыл бұрын

@@zephyr1969 Are you drunk, or just ignorant? You do realize you don't have to post dumb shit, right?

@mps9649

3 жыл бұрын

Came to the UFC?! Not sure what you are smoking mate but it must be good

Good explanation of how badass this guy was and disciplined

That was a great story to hear that Chael tells. Aleksandr Karelin and Fedor Emelianenko are both superstars in their own sports. I watch that match between Karelin and Rulon. Rulon should never have beaten Karelin, but Aleksandr was preparing to win his 4th Olympic title. The problem was when they panned over to the Karelin match. Karelin looked so disinterested in the match. He didn't even look like he wanted to wrestle that match. I thought he wasn't prepared. Sure enough, Rulon fought the match of his life to defeat one of the greatest heavyweights of all time.

"But know that he didn't" who else loved this part. So well delivered.

@Awesomeguy614

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah same here.

I love how Chael refuses to swear.

Karelin was BORN with 12 lbs in him. Peds or no Peds, the guy was a monster from the get go...

A great story. Told brilliantly by the brightest combat sport guy of all time

AK was one of a kind. That combo of skill, strength, size and speed was nuts.

Karelin never tested positive for PEDs and was probably the most tested wrestlers in the olympics. Not saying he was clean but some people are just freaks of nature. Edit: I'm not looking for a debate. Steroids or not he was by far the best to ever do it at his sport and weight category. He beat plenty of confirmed juicers.

@deadarmd

3 жыл бұрын

His brow line and jawline beg to differ

@roman_roman_roman

3 жыл бұрын

@Semper Fi, all the weak pussies say that

@hristo118

3 жыл бұрын

@Semper Fi No he was definitely tested the most because compared to his opponents he looked like a freak.

@sayedhasan4459

3 жыл бұрын

Their testing was horseshit back in those days, nonetheless he was the best and everyone was juicing

@lachlanm2115

3 жыл бұрын

lmao you fuckin idiot

I watched him back in the day when they had done a Cameo on him...he looked like a true beast of a man,definitely a legend and his myth will always follow.

He was 33 , he is almost 55 now . He was competing senior level since he was 13 and hadn’t lost since age 16. That why it seems he was older then. I was 15 in 1988. And he was triple champ of everything . At 21.

the most interesting part of this story is chael sneaking up to talk to fedor..

Yeah, Russians are the synonym for doping while you have: Andre Agassi, Lance Armstrong, Marion Jones, Jon Jones, Ryan Lochte, Tyson Gay, Ben Johnson, Roy Jones Jr., Florence Griffith Joyner

@notimportant3686

3 жыл бұрын

@Rob Thomas roy jones was ABSOLUTELY on steroids... please don't be that guy.... also, the most athletic boxer maybe of all time, but let's not be delusional... he juiced like everyone else

@zuja1

3 жыл бұрын

Rob Thomas i’m not on meth, but all those americans are on steroids!

@KK-wt1te

3 жыл бұрын

Barry Bonds and every other baseball player...

@Roman-kk1ic

3 жыл бұрын

American exceptionaliZm at its finest "Steroids are bad, nobody allowed to use them-what?our guys are on steroids? Oh well, we want to win right?

@bosnjak8180

3 жыл бұрын

you forgot chael p sonnen

I love when u talk about history ,best trash. Galmet every,but also great storyteller,love the channel

Watch the match again chael, the unlocking of his clasped hands happened in the first period, and he completely broke his grip and moved his hand from overlook to under on Gardeners shoulder and relocked his grasp .. it was blatantly obvious, but the fact that it was a new rule at the time, and apparently only a temporary one... that better explains their hesitation in calling it, cuz it went to review.

Usman to Colby : “ Say sumthin” Usman to Masvidal: “ Do sumthin”

@boaboy8052

3 жыл бұрын

Do sum

@sulbul64

3 жыл бұрын

i cant lie marty was by himself and jorge walked up to him with his boys and they did nothing but shoot gun fingers and saying 'i aint gonna fight u while u have a cast on' etc while marty stood his ground saying 'do sumn' 80 times. whole thing was goofy but that was weak from jorge

@billyblundell-ward3305

3 жыл бұрын

sul would have been a weaker move to jump someone wearing a cast when you have all your boys there

@rectorecto5417

3 жыл бұрын

Ahmad Al Hamar what’s the point in this comment? I’m confused

@TheValdemossa

3 жыл бұрын

Masvidal is doing such a good job of trolling him. Don't underestimate the game of minds. He's in his head big time and like Uncle Chael always says, that changes the environment and can affect performance in a very real way.

Chael: ‘I, as a viewing fan, am very astute of the rules.’ Also Chael: “ that triangle choke? I thought that Anderson only won round 5, and I won the rest of the fight.’

@chilidem

3 жыл бұрын

I think that Anderson fight appeal is still under deliberation by the athletic commission.

@johnbach2380

3 жыл бұрын

@@chilidem Chael clearly wasn't tapping to quit. He was trying to save Anderson's legs from being torn apart by Chael's brilliance.

@travisbickle4337

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnbach2380 exactly

@LuckyDT

3 жыл бұрын

Ridiculous comment. Anderson did not win round 5. Chael choked him out after dominating.

@michaeltorres7696

3 жыл бұрын

He thought they were going by Pancrase rules

You’re a great storyteller, funny thing is my father is an amazing storyteller and also a wrestler. All wrestlers I know are really good at telling stories.

Chael can really tell great stories.

Skip to 9:00 for question to fedor

@rkb929

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@verndavids5087

3 жыл бұрын

how dare you