Why Dagestanis (and Chechens) Are So Good At Fighting

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  • @canceledmma
    @canceledmma ปีที่แล้ว +4193

    1) the countries are worn-torn, meaning sport is emphasized as a way to keep young men out of trouble
    2) they're highly religious. This prevents them from drinking, partying and creates a brotherhood that hones their talent
    3) they start training as young children. Not abnormal to automatically have about a decade more experience than their opponents

    • @filipnestorovic5949
      @filipnestorovic5949 ปีที่แล้ว +255

      Also don't forget they train in Crazy Mountain

    • @farzanamughal5933
      @farzanamughal5933 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      There is more to it than that otherwise Arabs would be the best

    • @canceledmma
      @canceledmma ปีที่แล้ว +369

      @@farzanamughal5933 war torn ultra religious countries such as Syria or Afghanistan don't have the same sports programs. That's the difference.

    • @machopena257
      @machopena257 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@canceledmma no soviet sports schools thats why shit look at Cuba the best in amateurs

    • @DuuudeMaaan
      @DuuudeMaaan ปีที่แล้ว +15

      *war torn

  • @swerve-experience
    @swerve-experience ปีที่แล้ว +5097

    I always use the analogy “Wrestling in Dagestan is like Football in America and Futbol in Brazil”

    • @hotelmoscow8665
      @hotelmoscow8665 ปีที่แล้ว +266

      And Georgia, Azerbaijan, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan

    • @bigsmall2842
      @bigsmall2842 ปีที่แล้ว +331

      More like basketball in America.

    • @kingtownsend2536
      @kingtownsend2536 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      Well bijj is also big in Brazil

    • @ashfaqaslam2227
      @ashfaqaslam2227 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Hariyana in India .mud wrestling is common there

    • @landonpatton7997
      @landonpatton7997 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      @@kingtownsend2536 actual question no trolling. Who’s bigger in Brazil Pele or Gracie?

  • @bigsmoke8377
    @bigsmoke8377 ปีที่แล้ว +1325

    As a Chechen myself I'm glad someone finally made a good video about this without making mistakes. But one thing, we didn't start doing martial arts just because of those recent wars. Even before these wars martials arts were very popular in Chechnya because violence is just a part of our culture.

    • @mgm661
      @mgm661 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Martial arts among North-Caucasians became very popular during the late USSR. (60s, 70s, 80s)

    • @confusedmgeluka
      @confusedmgeluka ปีที่แล้ว +29

      kavkazz silaa

    • @nicolasbehak6815
      @nicolasbehak6815 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Why do you only shave moustage??

    • @GodO4-
      @GodO4- ปีที่แล้ว +81

      Chechens are like modern day spartans, very tough and extremely disciplined. Greetings from TX.

    • @mgm661
      @mgm661 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      @@nicolasbehak6815 it's sunnah (part of the religion to keep mustache short or shaved)

  • @Justsayin71
    @Justsayin71 ปีที่แล้ว +292

    I’m from there, it’s also the mentality of never losing. One time in 4th grade I got into a fight, but I didn’t fight back because I was afraid of being expelled. I ended up coming back home with bruises all over my face. I nearly got a second beating from my dad and I was told to go back and fight him which I did. Fun times lol.

    • @seldim448
      @seldim448 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      😶😶

    • @zainm5919
      @zainm5919 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      good dad lol

    • @naui2
      @naui2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Lol me too! My dad did thr same thing. I am Adyge, You?

    • @Justsayin71
      @Justsayin71 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@naui2 same lol

    • @naui2
      @naui2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Justsayin71 nice brother 👌

  • @TH-li7lj
    @TH-li7lj ปีที่แล้ว +1613

    Sambo is major there. It’s basically MMA from a young age. I think many fighters are going to need to incorporate Sambo in their training to learn how to counter some of their techniques. The Dagestani handcuff is a huge one that offers them a major advantage.

    • @seanmmachannel
      @seanmmachannel ปีที่แล้ว +178

      As Daniel Cormier once pointed out, the "Dagestani Handcuff" is just wrist control that any US folkstyle wrestler uses... I've never understood why people act like it was invented in Dagestan...

    • @redmarine2717
      @redmarine2717 ปีที่แล้ว +156

      @@seanmmachannel khabib then replied "because I make it famous"

    • @MC-bu2uw
      @MC-bu2uw ปีที่แล้ว +92

      @@seanmmachannel exactly. All the Sambo moves can be found as well in wrestling, bjj and judo. It is not something there that cannpt be found in other martial arts.
      As a matter of fact, I know someone who trained in Sambo, Judo and BJJ and he told me that Sambo is a sloppier Judo whic focuses more on force rather than technique

    • @isaacmendes1926
      @isaacmendes1926 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @Dixon Buts we all know Volk's team studied Islam's style and made a training with it in mind.

    • @hulkman245
      @hulkman245 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Its already being used by allot of fighters. Dustin used it

  • @EMERBRUH
    @EMERBRUH ปีที่แล้ว +497

    What many people should know too is that sambo is the most easily translated martial art to begin before going into mma. Sambo allows strikes but has a wrestling focus thus why on the ground they aren’t always looking for the submission (oliveira, Maia, etc.) but will posture up and lay down ground and pound that they’ve drilled since age 7

    • @mikeyrandom13
      @mikeyrandom13 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Alexander just exposed Islam nuff said

    • @EMERBRUH
      @EMERBRUH ปีที่แล้ว +43

      @@mikeyrandom13 people expected the fight to be a dominant run for islam. And the only reason ppl think volk won was cus he did better than expected. Not that he won forthright

    • @onlybetasgetoffendedbystri8030
      @onlybetasgetoffendedbystri8030 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@EMERBRUH True. Volk did expose islam tho. Theres no way all these bjj black belts that have been training since an adolescent age couldn't stop his grappling but a featherweight who started MMA at 22 completely nullified him lol all while being smaller and is 5'6 tall

    • @jmgonzales7701
      @jmgonzales7701 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      personally i wanna try sambo, seems like a very practical martial art.

    • @EMERBRUH
      @EMERBRUH ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@onlybetasgetoffendedbystri8030 agreed tho I think him being 5’6 was a benefit in the fight. It’s harder to grab the legs of a short person than a taller person

  • @jizzervirusreptikonski8756
    @jizzervirusreptikonski8756 ปีที่แล้ว +369

    Interesting fact: dagestani is not an ethnicity. Unlike Chechnya, Dagestan is a multinational country where the largest ethnic group Avars take only 30% of the population. Khabib, Zabit and Magomed Ankalayev are Avars. Islam Makhachev is Lak.

    • @user-rg2pm5ws7p
      @user-rg2pm5ws7p ปีที่แล้ว +66

      Chechens and Dagestanis are strong, brave,warlike people! Avars, Laks, Lezgins, Dargins, Chechens, Ingush, Georgians, Adyghs and many Ossetians are ethnic Caucasians. Warriors with real Caucasian genetics!

    • @96cespinoza
      @96cespinoza ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Thanks for this!! I always wonder what Khabib and Islam speak in private. In the West we think all Russians are the same but Dagestan translates to land of the mountains so i figured there has to be many different groups

    • @user-rg2pm5ws7p
      @user-rg2pm5ws7p ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@96cespinoza You are right my friend. Dagestan means mountain country, but in Turkish-Persian style. All Caucasian peoples have their own self-name. Lezgins and Avars are also the legal heirs of the great Caucasian Albanian civilization. They also had quite a beautiful script in the early centuries. The arrival of the Arabian Caliphate in the Caucasus marked the beginning of the disappearance of Caucasian Albania.

    • @96cespinoza
      @96cespinoza ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@user-rg2pm5ws7p i hope i can visit one day and see these lands for myself. Despite all the individuals that have crossed through there it’s great to see them retain culture!

    • @user-rg2pm5ws7p
      @user-rg2pm5ws7p ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@96cespinoza Welcome to the Caucasus, my friend

  • @cherryb0ng
    @cherryb0ng ปีที่แล้ว +647

    Georgia doesn't only hold great fighters but had an excellent sumo wrestler in Tochinoshin as well. The man was so gifted that he was one of the few people to be able to lift up 150kg opponents by the belt and carry them out of the circle.

    • @aburoach9268
      @aburoach9268 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      they also have great Judoka's too

    • @bznshee
      @bznshee ปีที่แล้ว +50

      very unrelated but they also have the current world champion arm wrestler Levan Saginashvili. To put it into perspective he has not lost a single match in 5 years and a round in a few years. He is so dominant there is thought to be no one that can currently challenge him, there is a very clear difference between him and the number 2 guy.

    • @slo369
      @slo369 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      My celly in ICE jail was a georgian former K-1 kickboxing champ. Dude was a savage

    • @Ricardo7250
      @Ricardo7250 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I love Tochinoshin. Really help to see a comment appreciating him

    • @user-hj8dh5yr6u
      @user-hj8dh5yr6u ปีที่แล้ว +13

      We're just getting started. We have a lot of talent in Georgia, but they have a visa problem.

  • @gmeister3022
    @gmeister3022 ปีที่แล้ว +181

    Their mentality. It's the foundation for everything tangible that makes them good (technique, stamina, training regime, etc.).

    • @albertocaliano7095
      @albertocaliano7095 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Steroids. And the leaders love MMA.

    • @Neil-qg9cw
      @Neil-qg9cw ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Their stamina is overrated. All 3 in the thumbnail have gassed in fights. I think Islam popping for Meladonium (Russian EPO) explains things a bit more. Khabib's Dad gave them 'vitamins' from a young age...

    • @good8619
      @good8619 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@albertocaliano7095 If you're gonna accuse someone, you're also expected to provide proof. But OK, let's say everyone in the UFC is on steroids. Then why are the Dagestani's so good in particular? Either it's their superb discipline or that everyone else is simply shit, choose for yourself.

    • @STiergoofball
      @STiergoofball ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I agree with technique because especially their wrestling technique is so good and they have very big physical strengh
      Stamina is above the average level but I think their stamina is kinda overrated because many of them still have problems in MMA for fights that go over 3 rounds(latest example vs Makhachev who really had a hard time to follow Volk after round 3 and really NEEDED to hold him for nearly the full 4th round. Or another example was Chimaev who really struggled against Burns and was really exhausted in round 3, I think a 5 round fight with Cardio BEASTS like Colby Covington will be a hard time for him)
      They have good cardio for short fights but there are really many higher leveled cardio fighters
      I think especially USA really showed many fighters with a much better cardio and that they are the true cardio beasts in my opinion

    • @albertocaliano7095
      @albertocaliano7095 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@good8619 they give them steroids since young.
      Also I am not shitting their skill. But they are Russians 🙃
      Edit: it's not the fighters that are going out searching for it( because most of they are Muslim, so no drug). But the team is the one.
      Look at Russian athletes steroids history. It's never the athletes that is taking it willing but the coachs, management that is giving it to them.

  • @VitoFranchesko
    @VitoFranchesko 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

    As a Chechen I would have liked that we had 0 world famous athletes but a lot of technological scientists, medicine, astronomy, biology etc... Sport is good but we need more than violence

    • @user-ts2pe3ms1k
      @user-ts2pe3ms1k 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Хорошо сказал

    • @1Jundallah1
      @1Jundallah1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      no we dont stop being a little kid and be a real man learn how to fight we dont need all of this scientis and stuff we will have plenty of that when we die and are beside allah this world is temp

    • @bblunder
      @bblunder หลายเดือนก่อน

      Northern Caucasus doomed to be stay like that after the Russian invasion in the 19th century. I am an ethnic Circassian and our people don't have a bright future. We are a diaspora people scattered around all parts of Turkiye and other countries. Much of us proud about our history and where we come from but young people don't care about this anymore.

    • @Yanramich
      @Yanramich หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      ​@@1Jundallah1When you get into a hospital with a broken vertebrae, don't ask for a doctor, just pray to Allah, and if you die, that was his will.

    • @mathewvanostin7118
      @mathewvanostin7118 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Less crazy chechen debate 😂

  • @alinasrollahzadeh7610
    @alinasrollahzadeh7610 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

    As Iranian Muslim I see this video very informative to those who don't know much about that place well done brother and Salam Alekuam to all brothers and sisters

    • @ibrahimmahmood1550
      @ibrahimmahmood1550 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Wa alaykum salam brother

    • @baap2429
      @baap2429 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      walaikum assalam brother

    • @Rebe-Caufman
      @Rebe-Caufman 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Pakistan 🇵🇰 guys make you feel pain 😊

    • @khizerbutt8337
      @khizerbutt8337 หลายเดือนก่อน

      IRANIAN MUSLIM?!?!? Protect this brother at all cost!!!!!!

  • @azizmukhsinov5629
    @azizmukhsinov5629 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    Another factor is that these regions are hyper competitive in terms of fighting, growing up you experience tons of fighting challenges at school, your neighborhood and gym. Literally every kid is capable of fighting at some extent, therefore they become fearless to having a fight and less susceptible to pain that follows.

    • @muzzamilshehzad1133
      @muzzamilshehzad1133 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I believe there is an element of Islam too that makes them fearless

  • @repliccant3815
    @repliccant3815 ปีที่แล้ว +205

    I think we also must not underestimate the quantity’s argument. If everyone do wrestling/sambo since the age of 5, it’s not only the specific’s trainings neither it is genetics that will create greatness. It’s selection. The sample is simply bigger than most of the countries, you have mathematically more choices.
    It is like muay Thai in Thailand, everyone does it, the strongest will have more competition quite early.
    (Sorry for my English I am not a native 😅)

    • @soarinpenguinlive6372
      @soarinpenguinlive6372 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      It also has a lot to do with how hard you can push someone. It easier to make a world champ when you can push kids to there breaking point without a give a damn. It why Russian countries are know for great athletes cause they will break kids and not care. It the same with thai boxer no one talk about the dude with lasting health issue from the abusive training

    • @maxzak5310
      @maxzak5310 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      you have to also consider their small population which counters your quantity argument , chechnya and dagestan have around 5 mil population combined including woman and children

    • @repliccant3815
      @repliccant3815 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@maxzak5310 maybe but for example, in france they are 20 000 people who do wrestling over 70 millions people. I think we can presume that this number is surpassed in Dagestan. We have to compare not by the population, but by the number of people who do wrestling.
      Also, you have to add this argument with the others, I agree with the fact that this point is not sufficient alone.

    • @whatever_it_takes6691
      @whatever_it_takes6691 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      English sounds good King

    • @denisl2760
      @denisl2760 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @julian marx "America is a technocracy which selects for high IQ individuals" that's not accurate. In America and any western country, basically everyone survives, there is no selection. Poor or low IQ people are just as likely to have kids as rich or high IQ people, sometimes even more likely.

  • @Servent-of-God.
    @Servent-of-God. 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

    1. A life without vices (Drinking, Adultery, etc).
    2. Higher Altitudes (Very Mountainous region).
    3. A life of hardship (Mental Toughness and resilience).
    4. Starting very early in life (Decade more experience then western competition).
    5. Culture of masculinity and Combat sports being promoted.

    • @mangopudding5979
      @mangopudding5979 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Nothing to do with mountains.

    • @infiniteloop5449
      @infiniteloop5449 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      @@mangopudding5979Training at higher altitude with less oxygen gives you more cardiovascular endurance. It’s why the US Olympic athletes train in Denver Colorado to better their performance at sea level.

  • @MrKedr
    @MrKedr ปีที่แล้ว +76

    I’m from that region. You are correct on most part, except the wars. There are much more intricacies there BUT the fact that’s wrestling is like breathing is absolutely true. Half of my cousins are either fighting or in business. Besides discipline, it’s the respect of your elders that drives their success. If your coach (elder) says to do something, you do it. No questions. You just do it.

    • @BobSaint
      @BobSaint ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hey, just wanted to ask - are there local Caucasus sport/wrestling rivalries, like Osetians vs Chechens, Avars vs Laks? Best regards!

    • @DiSAPPOINTED-ll7sv3vd2o
      @DiSAPPOINTED-ll7sv3vd2o 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@BobSaintfirst you need to win in your district, then in your region, then there are competitions between regions that are in the same federal district (for example, Dagestan, Chechnya, Ossetia and others are in the same district) then they get to the Russian championship. How is everything arranged for you?
      для начала нужно победить в своем районе, затем в своем регионе, после идут соревнования между регионами которые находятся в одном федеральном округе (например Дагестан, Чечня, Осетия и другие находятся в одном округе) после попадают на чемпионат России. А как у вас все устроено

    • @abrahamagiba3000
      @abrahamagiba3000 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@DiSAPPOINTED-ll7sv3vd2oprobably some influence comes from the Iranians … As the Caucuses was under Persian rule for centuries before the Russians

    • @mangopudding5979
      @mangopudding5979 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wrestling was given by Persians. Martial arts was given by Russians.

  • @graememcdonald4418
    @graememcdonald4418 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Asked this question so many times. Thank you for a great answer TJ

  • @Devb0mb
    @Devb0mb ปีที่แล้ว +98

    Also, I heard that being in the mountains gives them better cardio at a higher altitude where there's less oxygen, so when they get to lower altitude their cardio is even more. Maybe due to more red blood cells or something.
    Either way they're kinda bred to be OP wrestlers it seems

    • @darylmichaelbacol3932
      @darylmichaelbacol3932 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      this true mountain people has high endurance than coastal people

    • @denisl2760
      @denisl2760 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      True, but that effect is temporary. You can train at high altitude for a few month or years, then go down to lower altitude and have better performance, but then if you stay at low altitude you'll get acclimated to it and won't have any long term advantage.

    • @st1tch988
      @st1tch988 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I’m from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. One of the highest peaks for cities. I don’t think higher altitude makes big difference. The second you’re out of that environment, you are like everyone else.

    • @stoopidhaters
      @stoopidhaters ปีที่แล้ว

      My thoughts too.

    • @LancesArmorStriking
      @LancesArmorStriking ปีที่แล้ว +6

      ​@@denisl2760
      This is true for normal people, but if a group of people live up there for enough generations the changes become genetic and stay even if they come back down to sea level

  • @jordancoccia6590
    @jordancoccia6590 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was really glad to see the title of this because me and my brother would always ask each other what it was about the fighters from this area particularly the four you mentioned!!

  • @liesejunh
    @liesejunh ปีที่แล้ว +37

    It’s not just wrestling though. Zabit uses almost no wrestling but he is so talented and dominant.

    • @michael43567
      @michael43567 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Usman Nurmagomedov too

  • @shiishani3302
    @shiishani3302 ปีที่แล้ว +120

    I can't speak for my ingushetian & dagestani brothers like for my own people, but in chechenya we wrestle a lot at young age. Adult men don't wrestle except for professional athletes of course. Fighting is a part of everyday life. It isn't exactly dangerous either bcs normally it's just wrestling for competition & there are no too hard feelings.
    But actual disputes are also often settled with a fight - not wrestling with rules, but an actual fight. I remember our neightbor having enough bcs his son was being insulted by our other neighbors son for weeks & telling them to fight & settle it out. Both fathers in addition of a few dozen kids & several other adults watched as 2 boys (roughly at the age of 11) fought untill the bully gave up. Everyone cheered for the underdog, everyone went their way & they got along from that day on, although they didn't exactly become friends. And that happened in one of the bigger cities. People in the countryside do those things a lot more often.

    • @JacobYuan_
      @JacobYuan_ ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Culture sounds amazing, wish the west wasnt so soft

    • @testest12344
      @testest12344 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      what would happen if the bully won tho lol

    • @Molybdan42
      @Molybdan42 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah, let's not look who has the better arguments but who is stronger... Probably one of the reasons the region is still poor and underdeveloped

    • @shiishani3302
      @shiishani3302 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@Molybdan42 Yeah, it's not ideal, but it's not like that is the typical solution for everything either. I think there are different reasons for why our region is under developed. For example in the last 200 years alone, we had many wars with russia & endured 3 genocides. At least 2 of them are recognized as genocides. But I'm sure you already knew that bcs you are someone starting arguments in youtube comment section & everybody knows only experts on the given topic ever do that.

    • @Molybdan42
      @Molybdan42 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@shiishani3302 Of course I'm not an expert but it's a reocurring theme that societies with these kind of behaviour tend to oppose science and rationallity. The reason for this are often to find in history, that's true.

  • @kavkazboxing
    @kavkazboxing ปีที่แล้ว +50

    fun fact about artur beterbiev: he actually started off wrestling as a child, got kicked out of his wrestling gym, and ended up taking up boxing.

    • @jfkfklslxkx103
      @jfkfklslxkx103 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      why did he get kicked out

    • @SublineYT
      @SublineYT ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@jfkfklslxkx103 He bear hugged his opponent to death by accident

    • @kavkazboxing
      @kavkazboxing ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ​@@jfkfklslxkx103 it was because he got into fights with people, and the coach told him to leave. also i think he said he enjoyed boxing a lot more so that's why he took it up.

    • @goldgen7352
      @goldgen7352 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      So i guess peoples there are lucky enough because artur doesnt end up in street and jobless, he could kill someone with his barehand if he got trouble in street lol

    • @kavkazboxing
      @kavkazboxing ปีที่แล้ว

      @@goldgen7352 🤣😂

  • @Villanforsome
    @Villanforsome ปีที่แล้ว +46

    In 2022 a nation of 4 million people, Georgia was on the 4th place by the number of UFC Fighters in top 10 and MMA is in its early infancy in the country. Also Georgians are usually more known in the heavier weight classes in combat sports besides MMA. Georgia has the consensus number one Olympic Heavyweight weightlifter, Top HW Wrestlers and Judokas, and a consensus number one arm-wrestler in the world. In 2018 Heavyweight World Champions in Judo, Wrestling, Weightlifting and Armwrestling were all Georgians.

    • @nash_stile
      @nash_stile ปีที่แล้ว

      всем пох

  • @Moebamba22
    @Moebamba22 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love your boxing and MMA videos man, I can tell you put in a lot of work

  • @GooieGames
    @GooieGames ปีที่แล้ว +13

    This video is answering the question I've had for years 🙏 THANK YOU!

  • @vincentgonzalez205
    @vincentgonzalez205 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I’m so happy you’re doing UFC videos😭😭

  • @justworship0570
    @justworship0570 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cheers bro, waiting for you in Dagestan 🙏

  • @simon8890
    @simon8890 ปีที่แล้ว +169

    Georgia also has a top Sumo rikishi, or wrestler, over in Japan, named Tochinoshin. He was and still is a beast of a man, saddly scared by his immens strength. He went on to go to Ozeki, the second highest rank in Sumo, known as the hardest rank to keep, because of the huge pressure you have to endure because of expectations of the Elder-Stock of Sumo. Saddly, he isnt Ozeki anymore but was, for a long time, the most promising Rikishi in Sumo, because he lifted other wrestlers that are heavier AND bigger than him, out of the ring 👍 just a quik fun fact, now that i found this random video 😊 I just like to spread the message of Sumo 🙌 Its WAY more than just "two fat dudes running at each other". its History and should be seen as a real combat-sport. And believe me: Rikishis of the lower divisions would wrestle people like Nurmagomedov straight out of the building, with no problems 👍😅 please dont take this as an offence 😓

    • @bznshee
      @bznshee ปีที่แล้ว +12

      very unrelated but they also have the current world champion arm wrestler Levan Saginashvili. To put it into perspective he has not lost a single match in 5 years and a round in a few years. He is so dominant there is thought to be no one that can currently challenge him, there is a very clear difference between him and the number 2 guy.

    • @simon8890
      @simon8890 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@bznshee who cares if its unrelated? 😄 it cool to get to know something new 👍😊

    • @nash_stile
      @nash_stile ปีที่แล้ว

      всем пох

    • @PIERRE35456
      @PIERRE35456 ปีที่แล้ว

      lol wwe is entertaiment

    • @simon8890
      @simon8890 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@PIERRE35456 yes, Pierre....WWE is entertainment....who talked about WWE? 😅😂 real question! 😅

  • @Kolomin1987
    @Kolomin1987 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    As a native of Dagestan, I will say that the dominance of Caucasians in martial arts is connected with the mentality and history of the Caucasus. Wrestling for Dagestan, Chechnya or Ossetia are national sports like Hockey in Canada or football in Brazil. Well, Caucasians as a mountain people and harsh living conditions are very strong physically. Mountain air, an abundance of meat and a harsh upbringing are bearing fruit.

    • @niconicoo5661
      @niconicoo5661 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      For any caucasian nation wrestling judo is national sport

  • @alex_wagnerr
    @alex_wagnerr ปีที่แล้ว +37

    as Dagestani i am proud of having such brother as chechnya and ingushetia and we all are really good at such combat ,warrior things

    • @Dawah_Help
      @Dawah_Help 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

  • @k1nzhal
    @k1nzhal ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Assalamu alaykum from Dagestan, thanks for the vid, bro

  • @chino9830
    @chino9830 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love your fighting content. Keep it up!

  • @StockyDude
    @StockyDude ปีที่แล้ว +8

    When it comes to wrestling, the best wrestlers tend to come from specific regions of their respective countries where it’s common for most of the population to enjoy watching wrestling matches at the amateur level, even at elementary school level. In Russia, it’s the Caucasus region. In the U.S., it’s the Midwest. In Iran, it’s nearly the entire country as wresting is the national sport.

  • @hotelmoscow8665
    @hotelmoscow8665 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    The whole caucus region is good so Azerbaijan, Georgia and the rest. Mongolians and Kazakhs so sort of central Asians are really good too we are seeing some talent there.

    • @bigsmall2842
      @bigsmall2842 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Mongolians have incredible judo. Wanna see some of them in the ufc.

    • @Letnistonwandif
      @Letnistonwandif ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Azerbeijan is not as good as caucasian groups neither central asians are lol

    • @Blueicyyy
      @Blueicyyy ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Letnistonwandif somebody is ignorant

    • @hanslanda1791
      @hanslanda1791 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Letnistonwandif Kazakhs good at boxing

    • @Kh-fc7vr
      @Kh-fc7vr ปีที่แล้ว

      Azerbaijan is not Caucasian.

  • @ytuser6091
    @ytuser6091 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great report 👏

  • @kanyespastor5888
    @kanyespastor5888 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brilliant video mate

  • @frosik1914
    @frosik1914 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Горжусь своими братьями из Дагестана✊✊✊
    Салам алейкум из Чечни

    • @murmag1872
      @murmag1872 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ва алейкум салам брат

    • @duburlann
      @duburlann ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ва алейкум ассалам

    • @alex_wagnerr
      @alex_wagnerr ปีที่แล้ว +1

      wa alaikum salam my nokhchi brother

    • @landrover-ib7wo
      @landrover-ib7wo ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Noxchi voin

  • @g.k3325
    @g.k3325 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    I'm glad you Mentiond Georgia. But i think it deserves the video of it's own, MMA is quite new in Georgia, we didn't even know what MMA was, we were just calling it "fighing without rules". That's why we don't have as many fighters in the UFC (We still have 5of them 4of which are ranked and are few fights away from title shot). Outside of MMA we have boxing world champion (Avtandil khurtsidze) multiple Judo and Wrestling Olimpic and world champions and strongest weightlifter of all time Lasha talakhadze (his coach was also olimpic gold winner in weighlifting) one of the best Armwrestler Levan Saginashvili is Georgian too. And we have a Georgian Bull that's about to break a world deadlift record soon. I'm writing this just because i think Georgians don't get enough recogniton, meanwhile we are one of the strongest people if not the strongest. I enjoyed the video tho, good job 👍

    • @grimgoreironhide9985
      @grimgoreironhide9985 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You forgot the Georgian Sumo wrestler who competes in Japan.

    • @g.k3325
      @g.k3325 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@grimgoreironhide9985 Yes, Tochinoshin is a beast too.

    • @acanthafiore
      @acanthafiore ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Levan is what brought my attention to Georgia producing monsters for combat sports. His size and strength are unreal. He's exactly what that "Iranian Hulk" wanted to be.

    • @otiaimedashvili4291
      @otiaimedashvili4291 ปีที่แล้ว

      🇬🇪🩸🐺⚔️⚔️⚔️⚔️⚔️⚔️

    • @jasonhenry7182
      @jasonhenry7182 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@chechen_nokhchowhat about illia?

  • @mansur7715
    @mansur7715 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video. Keep it up brother

  • @kidyaes9832
    @kidyaes9832 ปีที่แล้ว

    lets goo tj uploaded

  • @Angel-st2fo
    @Angel-st2fo ปีที่แล้ว +3

    happy it see my boy get the sponsors he deserves

  • @samuraibirds917
    @samuraibirds917 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    In Chechyna they would resort more to fighting to solve problems rather than solving it lightly. When it comes to those Central Asia, there were also foreign fighters who used to wrestle during and after war time. Such foreign fighters also had a reputation in Bosnia when they fought against the Serbs.

  • @georgioslykakis1112
    @georgioslykakis1112 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video!

  • @georgefloyd7749
    @georgefloyd7749 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great videos 💪🏼

  • @rexyz5875
    @rexyz5875 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Training, consistency, no distractions

  • @baha6307
    @baha6307 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    How could you have not mentioned the legend Buvaisar Saitiyev! Dagestan born Chechen, arguably the greatest freestyle wrestler ever

    • @VitoFranchesko
      @VitoFranchesko 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      He born in Chechnya , before Khasavyurt was part of Chechnya

    • @user-rw3sg8np5b
      @user-rw3sg8np5b 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@VitoFrancheskoХасавюрт никогда не был в составе Чечни!!

    • @Naxcho_galanchozh
      @Naxcho_galanchozh 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@user-rw3sg8np5bКаспийского моря наш и всегда был. Хасавюрт тоже наш и Новолакского, И др райони

  • @fadirached2386
    @fadirached2386 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great explanation!

  • @Gerzsilah
    @Gerzsilah 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    As a person who comes from the same village as chimaev i am happy to see a video being talked about our fighters

  • @RickyBobby42069
    @RickyBobby42069 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Even the dogs from there are considered as the strongest LGD dogs in the world. Absolute beasts

    • @era0507
      @era0507 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Caucasian volkodav and Caucasian shepherd

  • @kostagerber2387
    @kostagerber2387 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    i love how he mentions georgia and still gives credit to it. because the dagestanis and chechens are more famous than georgians in the ufc, people forget that georgians are some of the most tough fighters with great personality and they always manage to finish in the top 5 in almost every sport in the olympics. also now with merab and topuria getting hyped up i think we're gonna see a georgian champion soon

  • @reyansk709
    @reyansk709 ปีที่แล้ว

    This video was just soooo accurate & good👌.

  • @karanvarma4843
    @karanvarma4843 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great content. Please go more in-depth in other martial arts too like Muay Thai, Wrestling and BJJ.

  • @thomas_walker
    @thomas_walker ปีที่แล้ว +32

    by some of their own account, part of the reason is because of how frequently they actually fight as amateurs. while i'm sure nurmagomedov's previous claim that islam makhachev has over 200 amateur wins is embellished, i have no doubt both of them fought *a lot* before they went pro. that's always a factor

    • @AndreBland
      @AndreBland ปีที่แล้ว +10

      It’s very unlikely that it’s embellished. A wrestler in the USA alone wrestles that many matches in high school if they’re top tier. Secondly, wrestlers both freestyle, folkstyle, Greco, and sambo simply compete more and have tougher competition than other combat sports. Let’s not forget the fact that wrestlers are used to cutting weight. The fact that they’re using to getting slammed, they’re used to basically being choked in front headlocks, etc. MMA is an easy transition. Hence why wrestling is the most dominant base in mma.

  • @LJ-SigmaKingHARDCORE_ToxicMasc
    @LJ-SigmaKingHARDCORE_ToxicMasc ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Because Islam generates powerful men. I am not muslim but I have big respect for Islam for being patriarchal and traditional
    Westerns raise their men like girls

    • @hassanalinoo
      @hassanalinoo ปีที่แล้ว

      Your right. I agree

    • @step3293
      @step3293 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It's not about Islam.. Caucasians are generally religious. Georgians, Armenians and most Ossetians are not muslims but they are good at wrestling.

    • @era0507
      @era0507 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@step3293Some Ossetians are Muslims

    • @step3293
      @step3293 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@era0507 That's why I said most ossetian

    • @ultrasonicradiation
      @ultrasonicradiation 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If Islam is so powerful, why are the majority of Muslim nations impoverished? Why are there no grand military forces in Muslim nations that can rival the West? Why are there no top universities in Muslim nations? Why are the economies in the majority of Muslim nations, with the exception of a few oil-rich nations in shambles? Why are no technological breakthroughs in modern history stemming from Muslim nations? Why is the healthcare system terrible in Muslim nations? Why with all your powers can you not even defeat Israel, which is a tiny nation surrounded by Muslim majority countries? With grand illusions like yours is why a successful MMA fighter is somehow supposed to be the causation for your farcical statement that Islam generates powerful men and Westerners raise their men like girls. Pathetic, go back to school boy.

  • @madgavin7568
    @madgavin7568 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    One more thing, because these regions are located in the Caucasus mountains the fighters themselves also train at elevation which is always a big advantage when in competition.

    • @Toopizzle
      @Toopizzle ปีที่แล้ว

      Training at altitude is good for fighting at altitude. If it's sea level it doesn't mean anything.

    • @madgavin7568
      @madgavin7568 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Toopizzle Actually its an advantage over fighters who don't train at altitude because of the reduced oxygen need in the lungs. At lower altitudes, the reduced need for oxygen means one can fight at a longer and/or faster pace than normal.

    • @anwarsofian354
      @anwarsofian354 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@madgavin7568 They often ran in the mountains so their breath and body naturally got stronger

    • @Blueicyyy
      @Blueicyyy ปีที่แล้ว

      @@madgavin7568 I live in Denver which is a mile high, so I got better cardio?

    • @madgavin7568
      @madgavin7568 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Blueicyyy You're more acclimatized to higher altitudes. Do you train regularly? If you do, you'll be better conditioned than a person at a lower altitude.

  • @jesusthroughmary
    @jesusthroughmary ปีที่แล้ว

    an ad interrupting the ad is the chef's kiss

  • @gemberss
    @gemberss ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Also a big thing you forgot to mention. is the altitude. living in the mountains is very very good for the lungs. and training running up and down those mountains for years makes them almost unbeatable in terms of stamina

  • @ditik2795
    @ditik2795 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    I suggest "Why Dagestani's are so good at fighting". Shouldn't label them as Russia tbf. One of many republics who were genocided into becoming a part of Russia and they don't identify as Russian.

    • @davidkovac2409
      @davidkovac2409 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Khamzat is from Chechnya not dagestan

    • @ditik2795
      @ditik2795 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@davidkovac2409 ffs forgot

    • @mpforeverunlimited
      @mpforeverunlimited ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Should be caucus. Its not just Dagestan

    • @ditik2795
      @ditik2795 ปีที่แล้ว

      @mpforeverunlimited I agree, yea

    • @pandamonium7801
      @pandamonium7801 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      But officially, they’re Russian-so it’s not wrong.

  • @chrish4129
    @chrish4129 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Congratulations on the sponsorship, get your money the content is great

  • @user-uf2iw5fp2d
    @user-uf2iw5fp2d 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Tough times create tough men 💪

  • @supersaiyansalamence
    @supersaiyansalamence ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Makes perfect sense and I do think they’ll continue to dominate for the foreseeable future. However everything in MMA shifts, wrestling is dominant now but eventually people are gonna start developing more TDD or better ways of getting up like Volk and then I think we’ll shift to a more striking dominated era of MMA. Just like how BJJ was dominant at first because no one knew what it was but now everyone has a black belt in BJJ.

    • @madgavin7568
      @madgavin7568 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      The big difference you can tell with these wrestlers today however is that they aren't just wrestlers like Mark Coleman was back in the day; they're well-rounded, they can strike effectively and many (particularly those from the Caucasus) are well-versed in submissions. Case in point, Islam Makhachev. Primarily a wrestler/grappler but as we've seen in his past two fights the man can strike with some of the best in the world like Charles and Volk. The takedown threat increases the danger from the striking yes, but Islam does have an eye for openings allowing him to see shots coming and land solid counters even against world-class strikers like Volk.
      Its going to be a lot more difficult to solve the puzzle of these Caucasian grapplers than just training BJJ to deal with the Gracies back in the day. Its going to take a very elite, well-rounded skill-set with a lot of cardio and ticker to compete against them.

    • @tarci2994
      @tarci2994 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I dont agree they will never develop TDD enough to beat Dagis, you gotta understand its their lifetime of grappling vs your short taught takedown defence.
      Volk did amazing but the shock of Dagestani not dominating for once has everyone forgeting Islam took him down 4 times and took his back twice.
      Volk did good because his cardio is insane which is natural and not something every fighter will have against them.

    • @supersaiyansalamence
      @supersaiyansalamence ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tarci2994 yeah but they also talked up Islam to be even better than Khabib and he couldn’t submit Volk or keep up with his pace in the later rounds. If this is the best they’ve got against Volk who didn’t start until his 20’s I can see them being knocked off, not any time soon but in the future definitely.

    • @thedeep2202
      @thedeep2202 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@supersaiyansalamenceDon’t act like Volk isn’t one of the best fighters of all time. Smashed Aldo and Holloway. And Islam is better then Khabib, Islam has way better striking and there Wrestling is probably equal, khabib maybe a little better

    • @sherixxn1420
      @sherixxn1420 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Super Saiyan Salamence he wasn't swiping and nullifying his hands when he should have and this and only this was the source of all his issues during the fight. I'm confident upon a rematch with these lessons learnt Volk will lose easily.

  • @Imhim247
    @Imhim247 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I like learn history about other countries. It's interesting. Dagestan and Chechnya people is humble and strong mentality. I respect them. They're good fighters

  • @favorhere
    @favorhere ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Also don't forget they are also used to having low oxygen in the air due to the high altitude in the mountains, making the oxygen uptake ideal.

  • @kartingdudeS
    @kartingdudeS ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Armenians are also worth mentioning. Many great boxers(Arthur Abraham, Vick Darchinyan, Arsen Feroz), kick-boxers(Giorgio Petrosyan, Gago Drago, Marat and Harut Grigorian), wrestlers (Artur Aleksanyan, many more), weightlifting and ofcourse MMA (Gegard Mousassi, Arman Tsarukyan, Karo Parisian)

    • @mansd5131
      @mansd5131 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Ого, Мусаси Армянин ?

    • @mathemagic7616
      @mathemagic7616 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      there is no similarity between us. we are the sons of kavkaz

  • @genises200
    @genises200 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Tough environment creates tough men. Add that they train and rep the basics do much that their game Is polished to the max. They also allow creative freedom. American wrestling coaches are always TOXIC when you try to bring new ideas or methods. They always say "Okay, try that at the state level" like bruh, I can't because you won't let me practice these good ideas that I get influenced from the pros. Almost like the leg locks don't work thing that was going on in the beginning

  • @eslax6885
    @eslax6885 ปีที่แล้ว

    Always clutches up when the food is ready

  • @izylldus
    @izylldus ปีที่แล้ว

    it's all in the beard man.

  • @NecroChampion
    @NecroChampion ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Its not about the place where you're from, it's about the amount of time and hard workd you put in training, most UFC fighters nowadays only train before the next fight, Khabib for example trained every single day, that's why he was so dominant. If everyone started to train every single day, 6/7, we would see a very higher level in UFC. Take for example Muay Thai, a lot of these people train while fighting, so its literally 1 match per day.

    • @goldgen7352
      @goldgen7352 ปีที่แล้ว

      Place also affect lil bit for human's ability

    • @magicianslucky602
      @magicianslucky602 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Place actually depends on human behavior and health , they live and train in a higher altidtude making thier cardio better than average low land people

  • @iskandar4661
    @iskandar4661 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Literally men of focus, commitment, and sheer fucking will

    • @Green-zw9pv
      @Green-zw9pv ปีที่แล้ว

      They live in mountains. They have no intellectual capabilities whatsoever to peruse proper jobs. Instead, they invest in fighting to make ends meat.

  • @florentbarthes-viticulteur
    @florentbarthes-viticulteur ปีที่แล้ว +1

    cool video bro

  • @UlviBektashi
    @UlviBektashi ปีที่แล้ว +30

    I’m from Azerbaijan 🇦🇿. One of the best Olympic wrestling teams. Wrestling and fighting is not just our entertainment sport but also our culture.

    • @momcilojabucilo9320
      @momcilojabucilo9320 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Azeris can’t fight that good

    • @babasutu1637
      @babasutu1637 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Adam no He is not Chechen. He is Firdovs Umudov which is Azerbaijani. What kind a lie is this 😂

    • @AtayMLG
      @AtayMLG ปีที่แล้ว

      🇹🇷🇦🇿

    • @refikkartaler2081
      @refikkartaler2081 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@momcilojabucilo9320. Rafael aghayev? Tofiq? Zabit samedov?

    • @mehrdadb9789
      @mehrdadb9789 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Howa many wrestling Olympic medal does Baku even have ?

  • @merajzia587
    @merajzia587 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    What do you mean defending it “Again”?
    That was his first title defense bro

    • @johnmarkson1998
      @johnmarkson1998 ปีที่แล้ว

      tbf many of us condisered islam the true champion ahead of charles for a long time now. but yes techinically this is only his first defense.

    • @adamxo.
      @adamxo. ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@johnmarkson1998 who tf is many of us💀 islam beat nobody before charles

    • @johnmarkson1998
      @johnmarkson1998 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@adamxo. many of us thought he was the champ before the charles fight though. thats why so many people predicted islam to beat charles easily. we already seen him as the best in the division and the true champ.

    • @adamxo.
      @adamxo. ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Bud just speak for yourself. Its nothing wrong with looking at islam as future champ which I (

    • @tjlovesfights
      @tjlovesfights  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oh shit, my bad. Idk why I said again

  • @_silverscars_
    @_silverscars_ 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    My ancestors have been banished from Chechenya in 1850s or 1860s I think, to Ottoman empire, now Turkey. We are still somewhat true to our roots. Nobody married anbody if they are not either chechen, dagestani, or circissian. My parents still speak the language(not my generation unfortunately), we still play the accordion in our weddings and dance, still eat the same dishes, and I have been wrestling since childhood with my cousins, my father and uncles. My uncles still challenge each other or their sons or nephews randomly during a family meeting, all of a sudden we lift the coffee table aside, push the sofas to the walls and go at it. It's a way of socialising, like you are playing football. I remember being shocked in school when I found out my classmates are not wrestling at all.

    • @amersassila
      @amersassila 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      My background is very very similar to you but as a half-Circassian descendant (Çerkes as you know). My genetics look and are built similar to Caucasians (not as tall due to Turkish genes affecting that lol). My grandparents generation did not retain the Adyge language unfortunately but our habits of always casually wrestling each other maintained as well as love for the accordion. Just seemed so normal to do so :)
      I make it a mission to restore my household’s long lost Caucasian culture in today’s generation :)

    • @mark777C
      @mark777C 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      A Chechen would only marry a Chechen. Marrying Dagestani or Circassian is not acceptable and not staying true to roots.Its the same as marrying foreigners.

  • @kavkazboxing
    @kavkazboxing ปีที่แล้ว +7

    seeing beterbiev mentioned in your video is super cool, as he's my favorite fighter. hope you can make a video about him sometime. great video as always

    • @unforgettabletimes6636
      @unforgettabletimes6636 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same here. I hope he makes a vid on the guy too. Especially with his anticipated bout against Dmitry Bivol over the horizon.

    • @HH-wm7yi
      @HH-wm7yi ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Is he from Chechnya?

    • @kavkazboxing
      @kavkazboxing ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@HH-wm7yi yep

    • @era0507
      @era0507 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​​@@HH-wm7yiyes but born in Dagestan

    • @mark777C
      @mark777C 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@era0507Khasavyurt is Chechen land so no, he's not born in Dagestan.

  • @420cc
    @420cc ปีที่แล้ว

    Love listening to your videos while I work in construction 🦺🔥🔥👍

  • @_Hashishin
    @_Hashishin ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Im Georgian we are Caucasian people they are our neighbors. Chechens are strong big fearless and warrior people. they dont smoke, dont drink alcohol, no drugs and stuff like that. they never steel something from somebody. they women are definition of humanity. I have huge respect and love.

    • @serbiserbiev2560
      @serbiserbiev2560 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Brother thanks for your brotherly and kind words, but we are not perfect. We have our black sheeps sadly

    • @bakastrong4381
      @bakastrong4381 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you from chechnya m'y georgian brother - sorry for 2008, its pro russians not Real chechens

  • @theiyrosthenes1639
    @theiyrosthenes1639 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Khabib is not just an icon for dagestanis, he is a superhero for all Muslims. He embodies the best of Islam and has little to no reason to be disliked. When conor tapped to khabib, every Muslim household roared with joy I promise you

    • @mansmm3146
      @mansmm3146 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Non

    • @LeadLeftLeon
      @LeadLeftLeon 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Islam is a warrior religion

    • @theiyrosthenes1639
      @theiyrosthenes1639 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@LeadLeftLeon we are a religion of warriors in a garden

    • @sagardas5419
      @sagardas5419 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Deeds of a single region people don't make a religion warrior khabib is no doubt a legend because of his hardwork and discipline, I have travelled a lot of nations they all say you people are coward and ter£ori*t​@@LeadLeftLeon

  • @Salman-ir4vu
    @Salman-ir4vu 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I’m from Chechnya i can confirm all you’ve evoked. Thanks for the respect put in our name

  • @djbear5134
    @djbear5134 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great Video you forgot Abdul Rashid Sadulaev though :)

  • @Antonio-bv6qb
    @Antonio-bv6qb ปีที่แล้ว +4

    There is also an incredibly enormous amount of fighters from Azerbaijan that compete in MMA. They’re next to Georgia and Dagestan.

    • @era0507
      @era0507 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Azerbaijanis Persians

    • @Anonim-es7fp
      @Anonim-es7fp 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@era0507 you don't know just anything

    • @fafa-ww9xs
      @fafa-ww9xs 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@era0507😂😂😂

  • @view077
    @view077 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    You should’ve mentioned umar and usman nurmagomedov, umar is a serious contender and usman just became bellator lw champ

  • @JC-uo7re
    @JC-uo7re ปีที่แล้ว

    He getting sponsors now let’s go

  • @MosmMAli
    @MosmMAli 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    there is definitely a warrior trait stemming from that region since the memlueke empire (circa 1290 AD) young boys from that area were imported by the ruling arab elite of egypt and raised in the sultan's guard,were coverted to islam and then educated in horse riding,combat and grew up to form the vanguard of the legendary memlueke sultinate forces that defeated both the crusaders and the mongols in battles

  • @gajebroteam
    @gajebroteam ปีที่แล้ว +5

    the beard man, the beard...

  • @tmcxp
    @tmcxp ปีที่แล้ว +5

    3:24 video starts.

  • @MertD5860
    @MertD5860 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wanted to watch my bear mattress commercial but the fighting content interrupt my joy.
    hahah ı hope u paid well 4 that

  • @lewswinnie
    @lewswinnie 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Spot on

  • @Magickiller13
    @Magickiller13 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    All they do is pray and train, 100% discipline at it's best

  • @eliotkuo3640
    @eliotkuo3640 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Because sambo is russian mma not only these three we have the goat of mma Fedor

  • @asvarun4409
    @asvarun4409 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You are absolutely right.

  • @Kwaney
    @Kwaney ปีที่แล้ว

    The ad was insanely long and felt super fake, but the rest of the video was great. Love to see more people who talk about MMA intelligently.

  • @MC-bu2uw
    @MC-bu2uw ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Put everyone from birth in a region full of conflict where combat sports are the only activity to keep you out of trouble and might get you a ticket far away, and that is what you will get.
    That is my theory regarding Sambo. It is not the superior martial art, it is just the people who do it that are superior.

    • @Neil-qg9cw
      @Neil-qg9cw ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The problem with this is that Khabib and Islam are basically the posh boys of Dagestan. They were never at risk of being in conflict, and were brought up in world class training facilities that most fighters can only dream of. They had a privileged upbringing compared to plenty of fighters from first world countries...

    • @lightnang
      @lightnang ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Neil-qg9cwthis question is related to MMA
      Do you think MMA is getting popular in Africa? Especially since Africa has its own combat sports like dambe(Nigerian kickboxing)

    • @MC-bu2uw
      @MC-bu2uw ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Neil-qg9cw I don’t know of what world class training facilities in Dagestan are you talking about. They just learned everything from Khabib’s father, who was a genius in understanding and teaching grappling and who did everything at his expenses. They only had the luck of being raised by a man who was one of the greatest coaches. And Abdulmanap mentioned that he wanted to train them combat sports to keep them away from getting into trouble.
      In first world countries, there are more opportunities and you usually achieve things on your own. In Dagestan, they value so much combat sports because there aren’t other ways to make a name of yourself.
      Maybe the privilge they had was that they lived in a community where they helped each other compared to the West where everything is focused on individuality. But maybe this is the key of why Dagestani fighters dominate + the hard training and lack of distraction.

    • @ascendantking2178
      @ascendantking2178 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Neil-qg9cw bullshit they weren't rich

  • @robertsantana6462
    @robertsantana6462 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Cuba is definitely up there in producing elite fighters but because of the the government you wont see them coming up in the ufc, imagine 1 Cuban man was able to compete for the belt multiple times and is one of the most scariest fighters the ufc has ever seen and he came at an older age (because of the government) and till this day he still competes in belator for there belt, obviously im talking about yoel Romero lol just imagine if more cubans had the opportunity to fight in the ufc…

  • @Emane-rj3nh
    @Emane-rj3nh ปีที่แล้ว +1

    dude a third of this video was an add for a dam mattress.

  • @Bigsquaresausage
    @Bigsquaresausage หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Muslim. They don't drink alcohol for a start and are very committed in fighting sport. Alcohol slows you down so much its unreal.

  • @Shamrooz_
    @Shamrooz_ ปีที่แล้ว +4

    great video ( i haven't watched it)

  • @Leon-Lets-Play
    @Leon-Lets-Play 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    its not just dagestan its all kavkaz peaple. They are a seperate ethniscity from russians. peaple of this ethnicity are georgian, armenian, cicasian, ecs. the kavkaz ethnicity has does big mountian genetics wich makes them elite fighter, pair that with the wrestling culter there and you get scary fighters. that region has a very low population because they would constitly get concerude and enslaved by muslims as well as eroupeans. and you can tell if somones from kavkaz if they have a big nose, eyes with alot of depth causeing there eye socket to be more exposed, as welll as having dark hair collors. these facial fetures as well as having mostly chin beards is the reason they all look the pretty much the same.

  • @zhengistasbolatov8480
    @zhengistasbolatov8480 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Also climate and nature is a major factor, since those are mountain areas, with clear air, people from Caucas mountains have a lot of natural strength.

  • @rc261
    @rc261 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Inbred strength

  • @jaybeam1466
    @jaybeam1466 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    It’s like everyone has forgotten Russia’s history with PED’s.

    • @mikeyrandom13
      @mikeyrandom13 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yup Juicy Fighters

    • @B10101
      @B10101 ปีที่แล้ว

      Russians and Caucasians aren't the same. Russians need peds cause they all weak skinny cowards

    • @Ok-oo2kh
      @Ok-oo2kh 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think u forgot that America also have history with Peds😂🤣