Thursday, April 23, 2009

Finally! Shinya Aoki and Fedor Grapple

For you mat enthusiasts who wondered, late at night, how the best heavyweight in the world and the man with the most colorful pants in the world would match-up, your day is coming soon.

In a Thursday press release, M-1 announced that company man Fedor Emelianenko and Japanese star Shinya Aoki would get it on in a grappling-only match at the next M-1 Challenge event on April 29 in Tokyo.

The match will be five minutes in duration--just enough time for Aoki to feel the 60- plus pound weight disadvantage--but rules have not yet been sketched out.

In M-1 team action, it's Japan vs. England, Team USA West vs. South Korea, and Spain vs. France.

If Aoki submits Emelianenko in Tokyo....the world may spin off its axis.

16 comments:

Anonymous said...

I love these guys... but what the hell?

Anonymous said...

Fedor is to scared to pick on someone his own size. The guy is all Hype is behind Silva and GSP as far as pound for pound goes.

Anonymous said...

him and Brock Lesner should grapple if he is so good. Whatever you crazy Russians think...

Anonymous said...

Fedor will destroy anyone...
A lot of his older fights are against guys with 60+ pounds on him
This is pretty much an exhibition..

Dana White won't put anyone up to this... Brock Lesnar lol ya right

Anonymous said...

WTF
This is just stupid.
Fedor outweighs him by at least 60 lbs, so where's the challenge in this for him?
I will laugh my ass off if Aoki manages to the sub on Fedor.

Anonymous said...

who knows man... crazier shit has happened. Aoki is a pretty damn good submission guy and i personally think Fedor is losin it... its a crazy sport we love... should be fun to watch either way.

Anonymous said...

i guess you guys aren't old enough to remember gracie vs kimo? how can a guy (silva) be p4p & not avenged any of his losses?

Anonymous said...

i love it when these guys challenge themselves

then all we need is GSP to go 185 and challenge wanderlei (not anderson)and melvin manhoef to fight robbie lawler

Anonymous said...

All of the above comments are gay!

Anonymous said...

its interesting two have the best fighters go at it. aoki is a amazing fighter and so its fedor. I thing aoki has a better chance of submiting fedor then brock. Brock doesnt even know how to sud dana white. DANA=MADONNA BEST FIGHTER FEDOR-AOKI-MIR-MIGUEL TORRES-FITCH-RASHAD-HENDERSON-THEY WILL KILL EVERYTHING ON THEIR WAY. ALWAYS FUN TO WATCH.
DANA WHITE AND JSP SHARE BASELINE WITH LIDDELL WHILE ANDERSON GETS THE BUBBLE BATH READY dana white brain washes fighters and abusses of the UFC POPULARITY AND I HATE THAT.

Anonymous said...

Fitch? Rashad? Henderson? wtf? GSP destroyed Finch. Rashad is a mouthly fool who got one lucky punch on an aging Chuck. Henderson is just another one that's aging. Henderson lost to Silva and he didn't look so great against Rich. He couldn't even finish Franklin like Silva did. TWICE! This Aoki Fedor fight is dumb, and they're just delaying trying to find someone to actually give Fedor a run for his money, like Arlovski did.

You never are going to see the real great ones face each other any more, until all the money has been sucked up with dumb fights that people could pay money for. It's a business, not a sport.

Anonymous said...

AGree with above ^^^^

Anonymous said...

fedor is junk look at all his fights, he hasnt beat anyone with any talent in a long time, we might as well see fedor fight Kimbo slice, they are both a product of there company, they cant fight anyone with talent.

Anonymous said...

Fedor is Like Kimbo what has he proven? who has he fought that has shocked anyone. Big huge guys 60 plus pounds on him...(with not talent) who don't know MMA. FEDOR IS A TOTAL JOKE AND LUCKED OUT WITH ARLOVSKI. Arlovski was working him and made a mistake and beat himself.

Anonymous said...

Fedor should fight Andre the Giant. or the Friendly giant for that matter!

Anonymous said...

Fedor should fight Rosanne Bar!!