r/judo • u/Wise-Self-4845 sankyu • Mar 27 '25

Judo x MMA Judo black belt Islam Makhachev with beautiful technique and execution

can you guys name all of these techniques? I got all except one hahah

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u/crashcap Mar 27 '25

I think its quite funny that judo is by all metrics a lesser art in MMA terms but some of the GOATs are highly skilled in it. Fedor was also pretty good

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '25

I believe a lot of the Soviet countries have been cross training for a long time. Wrestlers put on the gi once a week and judoka take off the gi once a week. I don’t know if that’s true but I was told that by a very high level judoka. That’s why a lot of fighters from that part of the world can incorporate their judo so effectively.